About

‘An up-and-coming figure of genuine talent and with real push’, Alberto José Alcalá moved in house at Empresas Polar in 2004 where he gained invaluable industry experience before being appointed head of legal at Pernod Ricard in 2011. Since then, he has also been appointed a member of the board (2012), and as local compliance officer (2013). In addition to developing the in-house legal department, he has also been responsible for developing units responsible for institutional relations (asuntos públicos), and corporate social responsibility, both of which he also leads. Characterised as ‘committed, service oriented and professional’, insiders also note his ‘resilient optimism’, stating it ‘undoubtedly informs his effectiveness’. ‘The current scenario in Venezuela requires one to be creative’, Alcalá comments, ‘and it has made me a better professional, better at finding novel solutions; the situation is distressing but I have grown intellectually and in my formation as a lawyer’.