Background
Benjamin Escobar Companies of Honour., Jose was born on January 27, 1946 in Coro, Venezuela.
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Jose Benjamin Escobar Companies of Honour.
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Central University of Venezuela (Law Degree, 1967. Master Degree, Tax Law, 1972). Central University of Venezuela and International Faculty of Comparative Law (3rd Cycle in Comparative Law, 1971).
Brazilian Institute of Capital Market, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Capital Market Certificate, 1971).
Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
Career
Worked at Escobar, Vethencourt Consultores Asociados (Caracas) specializing in Central Banking, Banking, Privatization, Foreign Investment, Tax, Administrative, International Trade Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Venezuela. Former Professor: Political Economy, faculties of law, Central University of Venezuela.
Financial Law, Andrés Bello Catholic University.
Financial Law and Capital Market, National School of Finance. Master Degree Course of Tax Law, Central University of Venezuela.
Visiting Fellow and Senior Associate Member, Saint Antony"s College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1982-1984. Practicing Lawyer, 1968-1969.
General Inspector and Fiscal of Public Finance (by contest), Ministry of Finance, 1970-1971.
Lawyer, legal department, Central Bank of Venezuela (C.B.V.), 1972-1974. Deputy General Counsel, C.B.V., 1974-1975. General Counsel: Superintendency of Banks, 1976.
General Counsel of C.B.V., 1976-1982.
First Vice President and General Manager of C.B.V., July 1984 - June 1988. Member, Presidential Commission for Reforming the State (COPRE 1985-1989).
Executive President and Chairman, Board of the Republic Bank, under leave of absence of C.B.V., (July 1988 - October 1989). Senior Counsellor, Presidency of C.B.V. Legal Coordinator, Venezuelan Financial Reform financed by the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank, October 1989 - April 1994.
Member, National Economic Counsel (several periods ended 1994).
Former Member: Venezuelan Insurance of Deposits and Banking Protection Fund (FOGADE). Andean Fund of Reserve (presently Latinamerican Fund of Reserves). Italian and Venezuelan Bank.
Advisory Committee to the Superintendency of Foreign Investments (SIEX).
Venezuelan Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV). Teresa Carreńo Foundation and Vicente Emillo Sojo Foundation.
Negotiator, First Agreement for exchange of information against money laundering signed between the governments of Venezuela and the United States. Advisor, Venezuelan delegation for the redaction of the Model of the Organization of American States against money laundering.
Member, Venezuelan Negotiator teams on trade in services at the Uruguay Round of General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, Group of 3 (México, Colombia y Venezuela).
Andean Group and the Latinamerican Association of Integration (ALADI). Negotiator, Financial Services. Member, working group on financing and investment of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Achievements
Membership
Member, Presidential Commission for Reforming the State (COPRE 1985-1989). Executive President and Chairman, Board of the Republic Bank, under leave of absence of C.B.V., (July 1988 - October 1989). Senior Counsellor, Presidency of C.B.V. Legal Coordinator, Venezuelan Financial Reform financed by the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank, October 1989 - April 1994.
Member, National Economic Counsel (several periods ended 1994).
Former Member: Venezuelan Insurance of Deposits and Banking Protection Fund (FOGADE). Andean Fund of Reserve (presently Latinamerican Fund of Reserves).
Italian and Venezuelan Bank. Advisory Committee to the Superintendency of Foreign Investments (SIEX).
Venezuelan Securities and Exchange Commission (CNV).
Teresa Carreńo Foundation and Vicente Emillo Sojo Foundation. Negotiator, First Agreement for exchange of information against money laundering signed between the governments of Venezuela and the United States. Advisor, Venezuelan delegation for the redaction of the Model of the Organization of American States against money laundering.
Member, Venezuelan Negotiator teams on trade in services at the Uruguay Round of General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, Group of 3 (México, Colombia y Venezuela).
Andean Group and the Latinamerican Association of Integration (ALADI). Negotiator, Financial Services.
Member, working group on financing and investment of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Military: ege Year">).
