Major Companies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2011

05333 BANCO BCT S.A. COSTA RICA
Management: José Gerardo Corrales Brenes (Gerente General),
Karina Meza (Contador), Guillermo Sanabria (Auditor
Interno)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: Commercial bank
Parent Company: Corporación Tenedora BAC San José
(Grupo Finanaciero BAC San José)
Auditors: KPMG SA
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Principal Shareholders: Corporación Tenedora BAC San José
(Grupo Finanaciero BAC San José) (100%)
Date of Establishment: 17 July 1968
No of Employees: 1,837
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 31,541,426 29,298,473
Profit after tax 23,097,895 19,972,443
Share capital 47,141,052 77,200,000
Shareholders’ equity 90,496,233 110,566,008
Total Assets 1,004,231,300 1,073,930,695
05333
BANCO BCT S.A.
Address: 150mt al norte de la Catedral Metropolitana, San
José
International tel: +506 2212 8000
International fax: +506 2222 3706
Company email: info@corporacionbct.com
Website: www.bancobct.com;www.bct.fi.cr
Company Registration Number: 3101048587
Management: Nelson García Rivas (Auditor Interno), Ana
Mariela Martínez (Contador), Javier Gerardo Ulloa Castro
(Gerente General)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: Multi-service bank
Parent Company: Corporación BCT SA
Auditors: KPMG SA
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Principal Shareholders: Corporación BCT SA (100%)
Date of Establishment: 20 October 1981
No of Employees: 178
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 1,871,254 1,533,030
Profit after tax 1,467,930 1,237,106
Share capital 7,119,000 10,920,000
Shareholders’ equity 10,241,203 14,213,911
Deposits 66,325,026 91,944,934
Total Assets 96,381,934 112,635,469
05334
BANCO CENTRAL DE COSTA RICA
Address: Avenidas Central y Primera, Calles 2 y 4, Apdo
10058, 1000 San José
International tel: +506 2243 3333; +506 2243 4333
International fax: +506 2223 4559
Company email: webmaster@bccr.fi.cr
Website: www.bccr.fi.cr
Company Registration Number: 4000004017
Board of Directors: Dr Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez Gutiérrez
(Presidente), José Eduardo Angulo Aguilar (Vicepresidente),
Jorge Alfaro Alfaro (Vice Presidente), Silvia Charpentier
Brenes (Director), Bernal Jiménez Chavarría (Director),
Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco (Director)
Management: Franklin Giralt Amador (Director Gestión de
Calidad), Roy González Rojas (Gerente General), Melvin
Jiménez Quesada (Director de Tesorería), Rodrigo Madrigal
Fallas (Gerente de Contabilidad), Carlos Melegatti Sarlo
(Subgerente General), Jorge Monge Bonilla (Secretario),
Bernardita Redondo Gómez (Director de Riesgos), Ernesto
Retana Delvó (Auditor Interno), Jose Antonio Rodríguez
Corrales (Director Administrativo), Ricardo Rodríguez
Hernández (Director de Recursos Humanos), Erick Villalobos
Martínez (Director de Gestión de Servicios Institucionales),
Iván Alexander Villalobos Valerín (Director Jurídico)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: Central bank
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Date of Establishment: 28 January 1950
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Share capital 5,000 5,000
Total Assets 2,516,806,300 2,715,305,526
598
05335
BANCO CITIBANK DE COSTA RICA S.A.
Former name: Banco Cuscatlán de Costa Rica SA
Address: De la Rotonda Juan Pablo II, 150 metros al norte,
Centro Comercial Cafesa, La Uruca, San José
International tel: +506 2299 0299; +506 2229 0200
International fax: +506 2220 0927
Company email: bancocuscatlan@cuscatlancr.com
Website: www.bancocuscatlan.com/costarica
Company Registration Number: 3101064051
Board of Directors: Raúl Armando Anaya (Presidente),
Edgardo del Rincón Gutiérrez (Vicepresidente), Manuel
Calvillo Aranda (Director), Alvaro Jaramillo Escallón
(Tesorero), Samuel Libnic (Secretario), Carlos Eduardo
Malvido (Director)
Management: Marcela Chaverri (Contralor), Francina Quiros
Gonzalez (Auditor Interno), Gijs Bert Veltman (Gerente General)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: Provision of consumer and commercial
banking services
Mergers and Acquisitions: In November 2008 Banco Cuscatlán
de Costa Rica SA merged with Banco Uno and
became Banco Citibank de Costa Rica SA
Branch Offices: 23 Branches around Costa Rica
Parent Company: Citigroup Overseas Investment Corporation,
USA
Auditors: KPMG SA
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Principal Shareholders: Citigroup Overseas Investment Corporation,
USA
Date of Establishment: 22 March 1984
No of Employees: 918
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 3,321,667 5,493,917
Profit after tax 2,815,381 3,336,269
Share capital 36,216,796 40,846,792
Shareholders’ equity 58,425,499 60,942,732
Total Assets 449,247,548 384,954,195
05336
BANCO CRÉDITO AGRICOLA DE CARTAGO
Bancrédito
Address: Avenida 2, Calle 3 y 5, Costado Sur Catedral Santiago
Apóstol, Apartado 297, 7050 Cartago
International tel: +506 2550 0202
International fax: +506 2552 5872
Company email: bancredito.digital@bancreditocr.com
Website: www.bancreditocr.com
Company Registration Number: 4000001128
Board of Directors: Enrique Eduardo Rivera Bianchini (Presidente),
Alvaro Enrique Dengo Solera (Vicepresidente),
Arnoldo Chryssopulos Marúa (Director), Hugo Garita
Sánchez (Director), Fernando Enrique Rivera González (Director),
Luis A Salas Araya (Director), Nidia Solano Brenes
(Director)
Management: Jorge Gómez (Contador), Guillermo Quesada
Oviedo (Gerente General), Gregorio Segura Coto (Subgerente
General), José Manuel Solano Méndez (Auditor
Interno), Arnoldo Trejos Dobles (Subgerente Comercial)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: State-owned multi-service bank
Branch Offices: 41 Branches around Costa Rica
Auditors: Despacho Lara Eduarte SC
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Date of Establishment: 01 June 1918
No of Employees: 859
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 6,040,009 2,893,149
Profit after tax 4,345,045 2,395,528
Share capital 14,039,119 14,039,119
Shareholders’ equity 32,720,967 36,185,697
Total Assets 294,766,970 561,776,497
05337
BANCO DE COSTA RICA
BCR
Address: 2o. piso Oficinas Centrales, calles 4-6 Avenidas
0-2, Merced Central, San José
International tel: +506 2287 9000
International fax: +506 2255 0911
Company email: bancobcr@bancobcr.com
Website: www.bancobcr.com
Company Registration Number: 4000000019
Board of Directors: Luis Carlos Delgado Murillo (Presidente),
Percival Kelso Baldioceda (Vicepresidente), Luis Paulino
Arias Fonseca (Director), Alcides Calvo Jiménez (Director),
Rolando Chacón Loaiza (Director), Leonard Ferris Aguilar
(Director), Victor Emilio Herrera Arauz (Director)
Management: Leonardo Acuña Alvarado (Subgerente de
Finanzas), Miguel Arguedas Jiménez (Director de Servicios
Corporativos), Gilbert Barrantes Campos (Auditor Interno),
Ricardo Brenes Jiménez (Director de Tecnología), Tatiana
Cárdenas (Contador), Lissander Chacón Vargas (Director de
Recursos Humanos), Carlos Eduardo Muñoz Vega (Subgerente
Gestión de Riesgo), Renán Murillo Pizarro (Director de
Operaciones), Rodrigo Ramírez Rodríguez (Director Gestión
de Crédito), Mario Alberto Rivera Turcios (Gerente General),
Fernando Víquez Salazar (Subgerente Comercial)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: State Owned Multi-service bank
Subsidiary Companies: (100% owned unless stated): Banco
Internacional de Costa Rica S.A. (51%) (Panama); BCR
Corredora de Seguros S.A.; BCR Pensión Operadora de
Planes de Pensiones Complementarias S.A.; BCR Sociedad
Administradora de Fondos de Inversión S.A.; BCR Valores
S.A.
Auditors: KPMG SA
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Principal Shareholders: Costa Rican State
Date of Establishment: 20 April 1877
No of Employees: 3,360
Financial Information: Consolidated figures
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 51,683,413 32,665,445
Profit after tax 32,600,967 23,302,107
Share capital 80,942,585 96,571,590
Shareholders’ equity 264,169,919 289,269,794
Total Assets 2,325,296,065 2,563,030,793
05338
BANCO HSBC (COSTA RICA) S.A.
Former name: Banco BANEX SA
Address: Apartado Postal 7983-1000, Torre HSBC, Edificio
Meridiano, Escazú, San José
International tel: +506 2287 1000
International fax: +506 2287 1020
Website: www.hsbc.fi.cr
Company Registration Number: 3101046008
Board of Directors: José Manuel Domínguez Díaz (Vicepresidente),
Alastair James Bryce (Director), Andrew Gent
(Director), Jorge Juan González González (Secretario), Mario
Eduardo Pérez Cordón (Director)
Management: Rafael Arana de la Garza (Tesorero), Francisco
Coccaro Neto (Gerente General), Mauricio Naranjo
(Contador), Gustavo Retana (Auditor Interno)
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES: Bank
Company History: On 26th Nov 2006, HSBC Holdings plc
(UK) acquired Banco BANEX SA’s parent company, Primer
Banco del Istmo SA.
Branch Offices: 31 Branches around Costa Rica
Parent Company: Corporación HSBC (Costa Rica) S.A.
(05360)
Auditors: KPMG SA
Status: Non Quoted Public Company
Principal Shareholders: Corporación HSBC (Costa Rica) SA
(100%)
Date of Establishment: 26 January 1981
No of Employees: 848
Financial Information:
31.12.08 31.12.09
Colon’000 Colon’000
Profit before tax 9,185,903 2,221,168
Profit after tax 6,478,245 2,113,190
Share capital 50,383,409 57,583,409
Shareholders’ equity 70,234,648 72,755,374
Total Assets 796,796,612 750,478,038
05339
BANCO IMPROSA S.A.
Address: Costado Sur del Periódico La República, Barrio
Tournón, San José
International tel: +506 2284 4000
International fax: +506 2256 4025; +506 2284 4021
Company email: banimpro@sol.racsa.co.cr