CSA Past Presidents - Carlos Urriola

Carlos Urriola

2009-2012 Panama

Carlos Urriola, an Industrial Systems Engineer who graduated from Mexico’s Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, is president of Carrix Inc-owned SSA International. He is responsible for overseeing marketing and customer contracts for all Carrix’s international container operations. He’s also responsible for regulatory affairs at Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT).

Carlos joined MIT in 1995 as its assistant vice-president of marketing. In 2003 he was promoted to general manager of MIT Panama and in 2011 was named SVP of Carrix Inc and named member of Carrix’s Executive Committee. He also serves as board member in the Carrix‘s joint ventures in Chile and Colombia. He has served as Executive Vice President of MIT since 2012. In 2017 he was promoted to President of SSA International and president of Manzanillo International Terminal Panama.

Carlos has served on numerous national and international trade and shipping organizations. He was President of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce of Panama 20012002 and was re-elected for a second term. He was president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Panama in 2006-2007 and also president of Junior Achievement for the period 2006-2007. From 2006-2009 he was Vice-President of the CSA and President in 2009-2012.