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Jorge Luis Silva Orozco
[ President ]
Structural engineer, leading the firm with solidity and commitment to transparency, customer satisfaction, personalized service and above all friendship to make the business relationship a success.
Mr. Silva’s experience is extensive, with more than 35 years of experience in the development of large-scale projects in various sectors, motivated by providing tangible and at the same time comprehensive benefits that allow a society to obtain benefits within a social engineering that allow the socially guaranteed minimum.
With a vision of the future, a deep respect for sensitive issues in ecological terms, quality of life, alleviating poverty, generating sources of employment, promoting industry, business and agriculture in any country, has led him to high-level executive events seeking investment and development alternatives.
In the commercial field in his country-of-origin Mexico, he stood out in the real estate construction sector and, the agribusiness sector, which allowed him to escalate to the mining and oil sector, consolidating by designing new marketing schemes between several countries, mainly China, where he enjoys of extraordinary commercial and investment relationships.
Alejandro García-Palacios
[ CEO ]
Visionary thought-leader and entrepreneur who builds the strategies, teams, and opportunities that position companies for long-term success in the competitive commodities market.
Proven expertise in product development and launch, supply chain management, and new business development.
Multi-lingual consensus-builder with over 25 years’ experience in farm-to-cup coffee production and distribution.
Chief Negotiator for the Mexican coffee industry in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Strategic Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Partnerships, Team Leadership & Development, Product Positioning, Operational Planning, Complex Decision-making, Negotiations, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance, New Business Development.
Timo Juhani Mäkinen
[ Vice President ]
Of Finnish origin: Of a relentless, decisive nature, wise, with great leadership and coordination capacities, Timo has carried out various activities in several countries Spain, France, Cameroon, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, demonstrating its management capacity, risk management and developing optimal financial schemes for the industry, companies, with a great international negotiation capacity in various sectors.
This has allowed him to consolidate a group of talented professionals, who share the challenges and obstacles posed by the financial and market crises and now at the time of the global pandemic.
His experience translates into the successful implementation of large-scale projects, involving new technologies. Together they evaluate the mistakes made by companies and industries, which are overtaken by not taking changes with the necessary speed. Altruistic, dedicated and rebellious, with great challenges to face and solve, Gappi’s spirit is not idealistic, it is reality and facts.
Jukka Tapani Riivari
[ DUBAI Office ]
Of Finnish origin living in Dubai: Jukka is strategic thinker, decisive nature, experienced, with proven leadership and coordination capacities, he has carried out various activities in 20 years in big high-tech organizations followed by 20 years of entrepreneurial activities in SME segment and in Middle East, Asia, US and Europe. Jukka is at his best in selling big picture and putting deals together, raising capital, helping people in putting together plans that are credible and executable. He has worked on deals of any sizes from hundreds of dollars to tens of billions of them. With broad experience he possesses international negotiation capacity in various sectors. His network and experience translates into the successful spotting of large-scale project opportunities, involving new technologies or serious market demand. A visionary, equipped with dedication and deep thinking, he brings to Gappi not only his network, but Northern calm and single-mindedness needed in making transactions happen.