José Gregorio Baquero is global CEO of the Food Business Group at CMI (Corporación Multi Inversiones). He has worked with CMI since 2009 first as a consultant, senior advisor, and non-executive member of the Board of Directors. In 2018, he was appointed CEO of CMI Foods and in 2024 he was appointed CEO of CMI Global Foods. He is responsible o leading the growth of CMI Foods in the United States and holds the overall responsibility for the food businesses in all geographies where we operate.

Before joining CMI, José Gregorio spent over 22 years at Booz Allen Hamilton/Booz & Co., advising food businesses around the world, with a focus on the development and implementation of new growth strategies, channels, go-to-market models, supply chain improvements, and organizational transformations in the consumer goods, food, and beverage industries.

He began his career at Booz Allen Hamilton in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1994. He was named partner in 2000 and moved to the Dallas office in 2003 to lead the firm's global relationships with several multinational consumer goods companies and work with family-owned corporations in Latin America.

From 1989 to 1992, he was brand manager for Procter & Gamble Venezuela. His responsibilities included implementing strategy development, marketing plans, and managing major brand-related projects.

He holds a Master of Business Administration with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and studied Industrial Engineering at the Andrés Bello Catholic University.