Sodexo announced as its new director for the Colombian subsidiary Manuel Colmenares, a professional with 30 years of experience in different industries of the telecommunications sector, pharmaceutical companies and mass consumption companies.
An accountant administrator by profession, with a postgraduate degree in management and business coach, Colmenares initially arrived at Sodexo Venezuela 20 years ago in the financial area. He then served as CFO in Asia.
He then worked as CFO in Latin America for Sodexo in countries such as Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. After 15 years in the financial area of Sodexo, this Venezuelan by birth had the opportunity to be CEO of Sodexo Panama, where he worked five years in the development of the business, where he tripled the size of the company and finally arrives as CEO of Sodexo Colombia, with ambitious goals.
"The passage through different countries and their cultures has made me open to adaptation and change. I am ready for the challenge of running Sodexo Colombia, because it has a much larger operation with much more history than Sodexo Panama. I arrive with a very high expectation, not only because of the magnitude of the Colombian market, but also because of the offer of services that is much broader and also because of the innovative solutions that we are launching to the market such as Nexoz, a pioneering and unique solution in Colombia and Latin America that digitizes 100% the payment process, calculation and settlement of parafiscals to independent workers.", explains Colmenares.
Colombia is an important market within Latin America for Sodexo and according to Manuel Colmenares, "there is a special characteristic that makes the country a challenging, particular and interesting territory, which is the fact that we have a wide market potential not yet developed and that offers many opportunities where we want to continue innovating with new solutions and continue investing in a sustained way to accompany this development.", concluded the new CEO of Sodexo Colombia.
Source: La República.