Alberto Vollmer

Chairman and CEO of Ron Santa Teresa – founded in 1796 – producer of Venezuela’s oldest rum brand. Before taking up this post, he was Santa Teresa’s export manager, and later led the turnaround of the company that took place in 1999. He is the founder of Project Alcatraz, a rehabilitation program for criminal gangs in the County of Revenga in the state of Aragua, which has succeeded in dismantling ten notorious gangs, dramatically reducing the incidence of violent crime. This initiative has become a benchmark for similar organizations in Colombia and El Salvador. Vollmer took part in the Police Reform Commission in Venezuela in 2006-2007 and has played a role in various negotiations aimed at promoting the country’s exports and a more open economy. Since May 2017 he has chaired CONAPRI – the privately steered national investment promotion agency – members of which include most multinational and key national corporations. Mr. Vollmer is Honorary Consul for South Korea in Venezuela since 2017, he sits on the boards of the Institute of the Americas in San Diego California, Domegas – natural gas distribution company, among others. Mr. Vollmer is also a fellow at Ashoka, a fellow YGL of the World Economic Forum, he’s a member of the Inter-American Dialogue and has been a member of YPO since 2007. In 2013 he was awarded Best of Best worldwide for risk taking – ”Paths to Freedom”. Vollmer is a Civil Engineer and has received executive training at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Chicago Booth School of Business, IMD, the Kellogg School of Management, IESA and the THNK School for Creative Design.