Three Costa Rican Executives Among Latin America’s Top 100 Businesswomen

April 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Three executives in Costa Rica are included in a new ranking of Latin America’s Top 100 Businesswomen from online publication Latinvex.

They are Tara Polanco, the general manager of Procter & Gamble in Costa Rica; Silvia Elena Chaves Quesada, the vice president of Distribuidora Florex Centroamericana and Miriam Manrique, the Costa Rica country manager of Amba Research.

In total, there were eight female executives from Central America that made the list.

The ranking, the largest that has ever been done on female executives in Latin America, includes both foreign and native executive of the region and spans 15 countries.

Latinvex also highlights several women who play a key role in promoting business in Latin America through chambers of commerce, business groups and investment agencies.

In Costa Rica, the publication highlights Catherine Reuben, who has been the executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica since November 2011.

The ranking also includes five executives in the rest of Central America, including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Mexico dominates the ranking, with 26 entries, followed by Colombia, with 18. Brazil, Latin America’s top economy, only has 11 entries.