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Eduardo Belmont
Belcorp

Lloyd Blankfein
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Henryka Bochniarz
Boeing

Frank J. Brown
INSEAD

Kevin M. Campbell
Accenture

John T. Chambers
Cisco

Kristin Clemet
Norfund

Rick Goings
Tupperware Brands Corporation

Kevin L. Kelly
Heidrick & Struggles

Sung-joo Kim
Sungjoo Group (Korea) and MCM Group (Germany)

Yang Lan
Sun Media Investment Holdings LTD

Wendy Luhabe
Women Private Equity Fund

Dennis Nally
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Carlson

Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin
Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin Foundation

Rex W. Tillerson
ExxonMobil

Lynn Taliento
McKinsey & Co.

Elena Viyella de Paliza
Grupo Inter-Quimica, S.A. Monte Rio Power Corp.

Nitin Paranjpe
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)

Mark Parker
Nike

Peter Sands
Standard Chartered PLC

James S. Turley
Ernst & Young

Mona Zulficar
Shalakany Law Office

Grupo Inter-Quimica, S.A. Monte Rio Power Corp. - Elena Viyella de Paliza

Elena Viyella de Paliza

President

Company: Grupo Inter-Quimica, S.A. Monte Rio Power Corp.

 

Member Background | Company Information | Focus on Women's Empowerment

Member Background

Elena Viyella de Paliza, President, is also President of Grupo Inter-Quimica Monte Rio Power Corp. and Indescorp, S.A., and a member of the Board of Directors of Potash Corp. She also is past president of the umbrella business association in the Dominican Republic, the Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, the Dominican Stock Exchange, the Dominican Manufacturers Association and the National Agribusiness Board.

 

Company Information

Grupo Inter-Quimica, S.A. Monte Rio Power Corp. was created in 1974 to supply the local industry with liquid industrial chemicals. As importers and distributors of high quality products, they offer wharf terminal services, reception, storage and delivery of liquid chemical products in bulk. InterQuímica has grown and diversified to include solid chemicals and solvent sales and are the leading supplier of industrial chemistries in Dominican Republic.

 

Focus on Women's Empowerment

Elena serves on the Board of the Inter-American Dialogue, and served on the steering committee of the Women's Leadership Conference of the Americas which has overseen the Inter-American Dialogue's work on women in leadership.