University of Pennsylvania,
The Wharton School, Accounting and Decision Sciences (Bachelor of Science in Economics 1987)
Université Catholique de Louvain, Marketing (Maitrise)
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Finance
(MBA)
WHU Koblenz, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung,
Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, International Corporate
Finance (Dr. rer. pol.)
IBJ Schroders Bank & Trust Co., New York, mergers &
acquisitions
von Specht & Asociados, Caracas, corporate finance and
mergers & acquisitions