Our People
Oscar Leonel Marenco Ruiz
- Infrastructure and Project Management Senior Advisor, Civil Engineer
- Public-Private Partnerships, Construction & Infrastructure, FIDIC Contract, International Development, Contract Management, Claims & Disputes, Project Recovery & Risk Management
- Panamá City
Profile
Civil Engineer and international infrastructure executive with 25+ years of experience managing complex projects, contracts and portfolios across Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.
Senior managerial experience across Costa Rica, Panama and the United Nations system, including serving as UNOPS Country Manager in the Philippines, Regional Infrastructure Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Infrastructure & Partnerships Advisor in Asia. Extensive experience working with governments, UN entities, multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, the European Union, multi-partner funds and development partners on major infrastructure and investment programmes involving hundreds of millions of US dollars across multiple jurisdictions.
Specialized in FIDIC-based contracts, contract management, claims, dispute avoidance and resolution, PPPs, project recovery and risk management, bridging the technical, contractual, commercial and institutional dimensions of complex infrastructure projects
- Master in Project Management – University for International Cooperation (UCI), 2005
- Degree in Civil Engineering – University of Costa Rica (UCR), 2001
- FIDIC Module I – Practical Use of FIDIC Contracts
- FIDIC Module II – Contract Claims and Disputes under FIDIC
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) – Project Management Institute
- Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®) – Project Management Institute
- PRINCE2® Practitioner & Foundation
- MSP® Foundation – Managing Successful Programmes
- P3O® Foundation – Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices
- HCMBOK® / HCMP® – Human Change Management
- Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CFIA) – Registered Civil Engineer, IC-10643
- Spanish Association of Road Safety Auditors (ASEVI) – Member / Global Director of Partnerships
- Project Management Institute (PMI) – Member
- PMI Panama Chapter – Member
- PMI Costa Rica Chapter – Member
- PMI Santiago Chile Chapter – Member
- PMI Dominican Republic Chapter – Member
- Rotary International – Panamá Nordeste Club – Volunteer
- Project Managers Without Borders – Volunteer
Spanish: Native language
English: Full professional proficiency
Portuguese: Full professional proficiency
