President Luis Abinader converted Joel Santos in his Minister of the Presidency on an interim basis in substitution of Lisandro Macarrulla Tavarez, who took a leave of absence from the position.
His full name, Joel Adrián Santos Echavarría. He is an economist who served until today as general manager of the Administrator of Reserve Pension Funds (AFP Reservas) and honorary advisor to the Executive Branch on matters of sightseeing.
In the past he was president of the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (asonahores) and the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE).
He participated in the elaboration of the government plan of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) and, together with a work team, coordinated the national survey of needs of the tourism sector during the campaign.
Academic training
Santos Echevarría graduated Magna Cum Laude in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Pucmm). He holds an MBA in International Business from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Arizona, which he earned as a FullBright Scholar.
Since 2007, he has served as executive vice president and founding partner of the company Coral Hospitality Corp, which manages hotels, tourist condominiums and other services in the tourism industry under the Coral Hotels, Xeliter and International Vacation Club brands with 35 properties. in administration, more than 1,500 collaborators, and with operations in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Jamaica.
In addition, he was part of the BHD Group for 10 years, occupying the Vice Presidency of Planning and Development of New Businesses, and the Vice President of Finance of Coral Hotels and Resorts.
He worked for the financial sector with Citibank and for the telecommunications industry in the areas of marketing and finance in the companies Codetel and Tricom.
Professor. For 10 years, Santos Echavarría dedicated part of his time to teaching at Pucmm as a professor of Economics and Finance, and of the Postgraduate Program in Corporate Finance.
