Holds a B.A. degree from BROWN UNIVERISTY and an M.B.A. degree from HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. Currently Chairman of the board of the group Horacio Icaza y Cia., S.A. with activities including distribution of medical equipment and software as well as real estate, diversified investment management and other services. He is a board member of both local and foreign companies. He has been a member, director and advisor to the boards of several trade and business associations and foundations and on the boards of: the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama, 1987-2013; the Union of Industrialists of Panama from 1987 to 1994 and the Association of Users of the Colon Free Zone, from 1984 to 1994. On behalf of the latter two unions, he participated in the National Council of Private Enterprise, between 1987 and 1993. Currently, he is a member of the board of MOVIN/ Movimiento Independiente por Panama and the Fundacion 'El Caño'.