Julio has developed his career in large-scale processing and trading companies of cocoa beans and by-products of cocoa; he draws on more than twelve years of experience in the cocoa industry. He has worked in three cocoa producing countries, where he has played managing and commercial roles, held sustainability projects, and developed flavor profiles for chocolate customers in Europe. Julio speaks several languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian and Mandarin. He holds a degree in International Business from the University of Herfordshire in England and an MBA from the European Business School in Spain.

Alejandro draws on more than thirteen years of work experience for important transnational companies that process and trade cocoa and coffee where he has successfully opened new operations and markets in different countries such as the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Brazil and Ecuador. Alejandro holds an MBA focused on Finance from Johnson & Wales University (USA) and a second master's degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation from Skema Business School (France), as well as a bachelor's degree in engineering from the National University of Engineering (UNI).