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Conferencia de Compañías Express de Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Conference of Latin American & Caribbean Express Companies

New CLADEC chairman

At CLADEC’s Annual General Meeting 2023 held November 30th and December 1st in virtual format, the CLADEC chair transitioned from Mike Parra, President of DHL Americas, who had served in that role since November of 2021 to Francisco Ricaurte, President of UPS Mexico & Latin America. All of us at CLADEC want to thank Mike for his outstanding support and leadership these past two years. We welcome and very much look forward to working with Francisco. Please see below some biographical information about Francisco.

Francisco Ricaurte
President of UPS Mexico and Latin America

Francisco Ricaurte is the president of UPS in Mexico and Latin America. With an extensive career of more than 20 years working for UPS in Latin America, Francisco has the responsibility of supervising the small package business unit in more than 40 countries and territories in the region.

Prior to his current role, Francisco served as Vice President of UPS Supply Chain Solutions, managing international air cargo, ocean and ground freight, customs brokerage, logistics and distribution operations for all countries in Latin America. Previously, he was Managing Director of the Andean countries, overseeing the small package business, supply chain and international air cargo operations for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

In 2011, as UPS’s Latin American and Caribbean Healthcare industry manager, he worked on the development of new facilities to support global alliances and establish operations with customers in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Later that same year, he assumed the position of general manager of UPS for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In 2014, Francisco was named Customer Solutions Director for UPS in the Americas Region.

Francisco Ricaurte
Presidente de UPS Mexico y Latinoamérica

Francisco Ricaurte es presidente de UPS en México y Latinoamérica. Después de una amplia trayectoria de más de 20 años trabajando para UPS en Latinoamérica, Francisco tiene la responsabilidad de supervisar la unidad de negocio de Small Package de UPS en más de 40 países y territorios de la región.

Antes de su cargo actual, Francisco se desempeñó como vicepresidente de UPS Supply Chain Solutions, gestionando las operaciones internacionales de carga aérea, carga marítima, carga terrestre, aduana, logística y distribución de todos los países en Latinoamérica. Anteriormente, fue director general de los países andinos, supervisando el negocio de paquetería, la cadena de suministro y las operaciones de carga aérea internacional para Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela.

En 2011, como gerente para la industria de Cuidados de la Salud para Latinoamérica y el Caribe de UPS, trabajó en el desarrollo de nuevas instalaciones para apoyar alianzas globales y establecer operaciones con clientes en Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Puerto Rico. Luego, ese mismo año, asumió el cargo de gerente general de UPS para Argentina, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay. En 2014, Francisco fue nombrado director de Soluciones para Clientes de UPS en la Región de las Américas.

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