Forty-first session of ECLAC

Julio Virgilio Brache Álvarez is a prominent Dominican business executive with extensive experience in the agro-industrial and food sectors, as well as in the institutional and business development of the Dominican Republic.

He graduated from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in 1981, with a concentration in Finance and Economics, and later pursued studies toward a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Pasteurizadora Rica, S.A. and Consorcio Cítricos Dominicanos, S.A., companies of Grupo Rica, where he has contributed to the strengthening and growth of the Dominican food and agro-industrial sector.

His leadership also extends to the institutional and social spheres. He chairs Fundación Rica, an organization dedicated to promoting social and educational development initiatives in the Dominican Republic. He is also President of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) and First Vice President of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP). Throughout his career, he has presided over institutions such as the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR), the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) and ECORED, and he served as a member of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic.

He has also served on the Board of Directors of Grupo BHD and on the Board of Regents of the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC).

His career in the livestock, agro-industrial and citrus sectors is part of a family business tradition that, for generations, has contributed to the development of agricultural production and national industry. Through his business and institutional leadership, Brache Álvarez has taken an active part in initiatives aimed at sustainable growth and at strengthening the Dominican productive sector.

In his personal life, he enjoys golf and tennis, and is a private pilot.