Executive adviser, international consultant and keynote speaker. Former president of the Inter-American Commerce Organization (OCTA), former president of Puerto Rico’s CUD, and a voice for private enterprise in hemispheric institutions.
XXXII Congress of the Americas · UN Geneva · OAS Panama · CEPAL · U.S. Congress
Official portrait provided by doctor Ramon Barquin IIIPUERTO RICO · AMERICAS · INTERNATIONALThe public record brings together former inter-American trade leadership, a hemispheric congress presidency and representation at international and federal forums. Selected engagements are presented with their dates, nature and supporting sources.
Former president of the Organization of Commerce of the Americas (OCTA), the hemispheric trade organization associated with the inter-American commerce and tourism congresses. This is a former role, not a current appointment.
Presided over the thirty-second hemispheric congress, convening business associations, representatives of commerce, public officials and academic leaders. The San Juan Round adopted a declaration addressing trade, regional integration and cooperation.
Delivered a keynote before the World Trade Point Federation at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the role of capital, trade, digital trust and private-sector integration of the Greater Caribbean. This was an engagement at a UN venue, not an appointment as a UN official.
Participated in business and institutional engagement in Panama in the context of the 56th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, connecting private-sector priorities with hemispheric development dialogue.
Participated in Santiago de los Caballeros during the 41st session of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), promoting a private-sector Greater Caribbean commerce agenda and cooperation among universities, business associations and cultural organizations.
Represented business and institutional priorities through visits and discussions with congressional offices and federal counterparts in Washington, D.C., addressing economic development, trade, federal recovery programs, competitiveness and opportunities for Puerto Rico. This describes advocacy and meetings, not testimony before a congressional committee.
Original blue cover of Caribe Unido; the magazine article is linked separately.
The No. 16 edition of MARCO.TRADE, published by Trade Times, features the Greater Caribbean’s regional economic opportunity—a central theme associated with doctor Ramon Barquin III’s Caribe Unido work and wider regional-development writings.
Read the magazine’s original coverage of regional productive capacity, trade and connectivity. The reference below links directly to the publisher’s complete issue; this website presents an independent summary, not a reproduction of the article.
Source: Trade Times, MARCO.TRADE, issue 16 (2026), “El Gran Caribe: un mercado de 300 millones que espera ser activado.”
Doctor Ramon Barquin III has led organizations spanning business representation, regional trade, higher education, technology and civic development. His advisory experience with Puerto Rico’s government, public-sector leaders across the Americas and international institutional counterparts brings together economic development, public affairs, governance, trade and recovery strategy.
He currently manages a multinational, multi-industry business group of enterprises operating in the U.S. Caribbean, with more than US$500 million in assets.
His academic preparation includes three earned doctorates—two in management and organizational leadership and one Ph.D. in Divinity—plus a separate honorary doctorate.
Executive responsibility across commercial organizations, university boards and civic institutions is supported by decades of earlier federal, editorial and organizational service.
Managing a multinational, multi-industry business group in the U.S. Caribbean with more than US$500 million in assets. Leadership includes Grupo Barquin, Barquin International, Barquin Solutions, Intelligence Media Group and Caribe Unido.
Atlantic University, American Military Academy, Corporación Educativa Ramón Barquin, National Student Parent Mock Election, Instituto de Formación Democrática, Recovery Innovation Coordinator & Center of Excellence (RICCE) and fellowship at Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute.
Former leader of the Organization of Commerce of the Americas and president of its XXXII International Congress of Retail Trade and Tourism in 2025. Other past roles include NASLCC, SCORE and the CUD (2024–2026).
His earlier leadership also includes the chairmanship of the Puerto Rico Institute for Public Policy & Strategic Studies, recognized in his professional record as Puerto Rico’s first public-policy think tank, with a history spanning more than three decades. His broader career includes Barquin Group Enterprises, IntelliMedia Group, Windsor Systems Group, Atlantic University and federal advisory service.
Independent, tailored engagements for businesses, governments, professional associations and academic institutions.
Regional growth strategies, regulatory reform, competitiveness, permitting, fiscal and enterprise frameworks.
Discuss an engagement ↗Trade missions, cross-border partnerships, Caribbean integration and market development.
Discuss an engagement ↗Organizational strategy, governance, financial oversight, leadership transitions and change management.
Discuss an engagement ↗University strategy, creative technology, talent pipelines, academic partnerships and emerging industries.
Discuss an engagement ↗Strategic planning, government affairs, consensus building and complex stakeholder engagement.
Discuss an engagement ↗Executive positioning, strategic messages, thought leadership and public-facing institutional campaigns.
Discuss an engagement ↗Explore the nine black-and-gold volumes of the Caribe Unidos economic series, including the regional implementation title. The earlier blue-cover Caribe Unido book is an independent, standalone work.
Una región, un propósito, una voz para el desarrollo
The first Caribe Unido book, presented with its original blue cover, stands alone and is not one of the nine volumes. Volume 4, Caribe Unidos: Primera aplicación regional, is a different book with a black-and-gold cover.
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Keynotes and executive briefings grounded in experience at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, the XXXII Congress of the Americas, inter-American dialogues in Panama and CEPAL in the Dominican Republic. English and Spanish presentations.
Request speaker availability ↗Selected conversations on leadership, economic reform and the future of Puerto Rico.
A long-form discussion with Christian Sobrino on enterprise, planning, economic ideas and leadership.
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