Jose was born and raised in Venezuela where he graduated from Catholic University Andres Bello with a BA in Business and he went on to earn an Executive Global Master’s in Management from the London School of Economics.
He started his professional career at the United Nations in New York, where he was the Overseas Operations Coordinator for the Economic and Social Development Agency, ECOSOC.
After the UN, José made the transition into finance, holding senior positions at both consulting firms and private investment companies. He served as Financial Analyst for a private family office managing onshore and offshore funds across a variety of strategies and funds for institutional and select private clients.
Jose has served on the Advisory Board AID FOR AID International – a non-profit organization providing free HIV medication for people in developing countries, particularly in Latin American and the Caribbean.
In his spare time, he enjoys the arts, reading non-fiction books and traveling the world.
Jose has lived in New York for the past twelve years and now resides in the city.