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Jose Miguel Torrebiarte is vice president of Grupo Progreso, a company primarily dedicated to the cement industry and the commercialization of building materials in Central America. Throughout his 20-year career within the family business, he has occupied different important executive positions, and in 2004 he was the first of his generation to be the president of the board of directors of the company. During this period, the company´s corporate government was restructured and a ten year strategic growth plan was implemented. Jose Miguel serves as a director of Fundación para el Desarrollo (FUNDESA), is a member of Young Presidents Organization, member of Consejo Empresarial de América Latina (CEAL), president of the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM-APCAC) and president of the Foundation of the Cultural and Natural Mayan Heritage (PACUNAM). José Miguel has a BS in industrial engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and a MBA from INCAE in Costa Rica. He lives in Guatemala with his wife and four children. He is a Fellow of the fourth class of the Central America Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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