About

Jose Antonio Polanco is a highly experienced head of legal and compliance with a strong demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. He has significantly assisted the expansion of Empresas Adoc, a leading Central American shoe manufacturing group headquartered in El Salvador that has exponentially grown in the region in the last year. With plans to open seven new outlets to add to a portfolio of 259 stores in the region, this expansion has been put in place by Adoc’s investment program, which allocates funds to projects in manufacturing, technology, logistics, warehouses and retail chain. Polanco is responsible for addressing legal matters faced by the 30 companies that make up the group in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Polanco is additionally in charge of corporate governance of the group and holds responsibility for controlling regulatory compliance programs across Central America. Polanco concurrently takes part in lecturing duties at José Matías Delgado University as professor for the Masters in International Business course and teaches international Economic Law.