Julio Martin Herrera Velutini

Over 25 years of experience as Banker and Entrepreneur. Italian national. Experience in founding and acquiring banks, developing business units and managing. The Herrera & Velutini family have had a great influence on Venezuelan and Latin American history since José Antonio Velutini Ron who was a politician, congressman, diplomat, and Venezuelan between 1871 and 1912. His family has especially influenced the Venezuelan banking & real estate industry since 1590 with the founding of Hacienda La Vega in 1590 and in the late 19th century with the founding of Banco Caracas in 1890 by His great-grandfather Julio César Velutini Couturier who chaired Banco Caracas until 1930. Later generations were all Chairman and senior managers of Banco Caracas for over 100 years until its sale in 1998. Julio M. Herrera Velutini is “Fifth” generation of the Herrera Velutini family and is part of a lineage that helped set in place a central bank and independent national currency.