Carlos Uribe-Echeverria is Regional Operations Director of Latin America and the Caribbean. He joined CHAI in 2017, and provides operational and strategic leadership to the region to the governments of Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama on malaria elimination, COVID-19, and oxygen systems strengthening while also working closely with other global and country teams across all levels of the organization.
Mr. Uribe began his career in the private sector working with several industrial and service companies in Europe, holding different managerial positions in logistics, marketing, business development, strategy, and general management. After more than 15 years, Mr. Uribe moved from his home country of Spain to Panama where he started his career in the international cooperation field as Country Representative for John Snow, Inc. (JSI), a global public health consulting organization, providing technical and operational assistance to the Ministries of Health in Mesoamerica to strengthen the supply chain management and health commodity security in different projects founded by USAID.
Mr. Uribe holds a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc. in Industrial Organization from the University of Navarre, a Postgraduate Certificate in Procurement and Logistics from AERCE (Asociación Española de Profesionales de Compras, Contratación y Aprovisionamientos), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from IESE Business School, University of Navarre.