<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-594" alt="Manuel Sotomayor" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Manuel-Sotomayor.jpg" width="532" height="800" />Manuel F. Sotomayor is President of Sotomayor S.A, one of the biggest companies in the fishing sector.

He is a member of institutions such as: “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">The G-50</span>”, a renowned group of Latin American businessmen sponsored by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Carnegie Foundation; PREAL (Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe); The Peruvian Chapter of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">CEAL</span> (Latin America Entrepreneurial Council) since 1992. He also was special representative of the President of Peru in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ABAC</span> (APEC Business Advisory Council) from 1999 to 2001.

From 1998 to 1999, he was President of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">CONFIEP</span> (Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas), the national confederation that groups Peruvian business associations. He was also CONFIER's Second Vice-President for 6 years.

He was President of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">SNP</span> (Sociedad Nacional de Pesquería del Peru) from 1989 to 1990.  He is founder and has been President from 1994 to 1997 of a non-profit organization named Peru 2021. He has also been President of FEO (Fishmeal Exporters Organization) in 1989.  In the same way, he has been President of the Board of  Productos Pesqueros S.A. from 1983 to 2000 and Vice President of SNE (Sociedad Nacional de Exportadores del Perú) in 1990, 1994-1995.

As speaker and panelist, he has represented CONFIEP and Peru 2021 in numerous Conferences and National and International Forums of Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurial Vision, Environment and Globalization.

In 1992 he was elected “Business man of the Year” by the international magazine “America Economía".

Mr. Sotomayor has graduated in Economics from the Universidad del Pacífico in 1976.  Additionally, he obtained in 1977 a Master Degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.