IX Breakfast Conference · July 3, 2025
Impact and risks of United States tariff policy on the Dominican Republic’s financial sector
Practical cases and solutions in the financial sector

Fabio Salas
Tax and Legal Services Partner
Biography
Deloitte
Law degree from Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho, graduated with honors, and graduate of the doctoral program in Administrative Law. Experienced in several branches of law, mainly litigation and consulting on taxes and foreign trade, administrative law, public procurement, telecommunications law and constitutional law. University professor of Administrative Law and Tax Law at Universidad Hispanoamericana.

Daniel González Sesmas
Senior Manager of Economic Analysis
Biography
Deloitte
Daniel González holds a Master’s degree in Economics and is a PhD candidate in Economics, with broad experience in competitiveness, sector economic analysis, public policy evaluation and economic regulation. He has held managerial roles at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, in the Industrial Standardization, Competitiveness and Trade Practices departments. He also worked in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Statistics Directorate at Mexico’s Ministry of Energy.
He was a research professor at Universidad del Istmo in Oaxaca and previously worked as a financial consultant at Banco Santander and as a futures market trader at the brokerage firm Alaron. He is currently an Economic Analysis Manager at Deloitte, assigned to the economic analysis of the Central America region.

Richard Troncoso
Tax and Legal Services Partner
Biography
Deloitte
He joined Deloitte in 2006 and has led the Tax Department of Deloitte Dominican Republic ever since. He has more than 20 years of experience advising multinationals on international transactions, tax strategies and projects to reduce tax burdens.
He specializes, among other things, in structuring and maintaining local or foreign capital investments, in developing strategies for cross-border business operations and expansions, and in tax due diligence and tax planning for clients in different sectors, both local and international.

Roberto Revel-Chion
Transfer Pricing Partner
Biography
Deloitte
Roberto Revel-Chion is a Transfer Pricing Partner for Deloitte Spanish Latin America. He has more than 16 years of experience in the energy and resources, telecommunications, laboratories, manufacturing and services industries. He has taken part in Transfer Pricing projects in countries such as Venezuela, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. He currently centralizes Transfer Pricing documentation and planning services and the preparation of defense audits for multinational groups.
Roberto Revel is a Business Administrator with a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance. He provides services to clients in the financial, commercial, electricity, hydrocarbons, insurance and tourism sectors.

Aracelli Cardozo
Audit and Assurance Partner
Biography
Deloitte
Aracelli Cardozo is an Audit and Assurance Partner at Deloitte Dominican Republic and Talent Leader of the Cluster made up of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. She has more than 24 years of experience in Audit for clients in various sectors, both local and multinational, especially financial, commercial and manufacturing companies. She is a member of the firm’s Agribusiness Committee for the aforementioned Cluster.
Aracelli’s experience includes the planning, execution and supervision of financial audits under International Standards on Auditing and prepared in accordance with full International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities, the preparation of audit reports, agreed-upon procedures, limited reviews, compilations and IFRS convergence projects.

Randolf Niedermeyer
Assurance Leader Partner for Central America
Biography
Deloitte
More than twenty years of experience in Audit and Consulting roles with clients based in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has advised clients on complex accounting matters under various GAAPs, and has supported banking supervisors with regulatory compliance and quality reviews of financial institutions in Europe.
He is also a specialist in IFRS conversions, issuance of debt instruments, definition of hedging strategies, analysis and review of derivatives and hedge accounting, optimization of accounting close processes, evaluation of internal controls, and support in the implementation of new standards such as IFRS 17, among others.

Daniel Rodríguez
Audit and Assurance Manager
Biography
Deloitte
Daniel Rodríguez has worked in recent years as a consultant in the Financial Services practice. He has more than 10 years of experience in the banking sector as a specialist in the development and implementation of mathematical models, quantitative formulations and the development of methodologies and policies for integrated risk management (credit, market, liquidity and operational). He has also worked on reviewing methodologies and policies to meet the requirements and scope of international regulations and best practices on risk.

Mildred Roa
Credit Risk Director, Scotiabank Dom. Rep.
Biography
With almost 20 years of experience in credit risk, Mildred Roa has held various key positions in the financial sector, specializing in integrated risk management, policies, credit analysis and mitigation strategies. She currently serves as Credit Risk Director at Scotiabank, where she leads teams and projects focused on financial soundness and the sustainability of the credit portfolio. Her career has made her an expert voice in risk assessment, banking regulation and risk transformation in changing environments.

July Grández Portocarrero
Vice President of Integrated Risk Management at APAP
Biography
Economist with 19 years of experience in the financial sector, specializing in integrated risk management. She has led teams responsible for portfolio administration, control and monitoring, as well as the production of regulatory and management reports. For 15 years she developed her career at Banco BBVA Perú, and she currently serves as Vice President of Integrated Risk Management at the Asociación Popular de Ahorros y Préstamos, where she leads the development and implementation of internal methodologies and models for the measurement, monitoring and control of all types of risks.
She has completed diploma programs in Financial Risk at CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School in Peru and in Finance at the Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas. She has also taken part in specialized programs in financial decision-making, credit risk and executive leadership.
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