Title
Vice Minister
Company
Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica
Bio

Jhon Fonseca was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica on May 8, 2014. In such capacity, he oversees the country’s international trade and investment policies.

Mr.Fonseca has extensive experience in this field from four different approaches. First, from the private sector, as an entrepreneur and CEO of Global Network Investors. Second, from the academic view, as the Director General of the Customs and Foreign Trade Management Programme at the University of Costa Rica. Third, from the government sector, as the Chief of the Customs Area for the development of the Customs IT system; and fourth, as a consultant on trade-related issues of the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, World Customs Organization, among others.

He has a degree in Customs and Foreign Trade Management from the University of Costa Rica and a master degree in Management from the Sherbrooke University (Quebec, Canada); and several certifications on international trade from the Forum for International Trade Training (Ottawa, Canada) and a certification from INCAE Business School on Strategic Thinking (San Jose, Costa Rica).