Ishmael Quiroz
Executive Director of the Belize Trade and Investment Department Service (BELTRAIDE)
Biography
Mr. Ishmael Quiroz is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the national and international civil service with a focus on private-sector development in Belize. He has demonstrated expertise in public-private dialogue, investment and trade promotion, socio-economic development, business climate reform and innovation. Ishmael has led transformative initiatives, including the modernization of Belize’s Companies Act, the advancement of digital transformation and the expansion of entrepreneurship and microenterprise growth with a view to sustainable economic and social impact.
Ishmael currently serves as the Executive Director of BELTRAIDE, Belize’s trade and investment promotion agency and previously spent nearly a decade in the Office of the Prime Minister as Director of Public-Private Dialogue. Prior to that, he also spent nearly a decade with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), specializing in private-sector operations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Management from Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom and a Master of Science in Economics from Galen University, Belize.
He is also a Paul Harris Fellow with a distinguished history of leadership, including two terms as President of the Rotary Club of Belmopan, and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Belize Audubon Society and Finance Belize.