Roger Forbes

• Leading consultant and auditor in management systems and process modeling according to ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 45001, ISO 50000, FSSC22000, ISO 27001, carbon neutral, automotive standards, sustainability (ISO 26000, SA 8000, ISEAL standards) risk and compliance (ISO 31000, Guiding Principles on Human Rights, Private Security Principles / ISO 18788, ISO 22301, gender equality, pharmaceutical regulations and ILO principles). • Evaluator in socio-environmental due diligence according to IFC standards and Responsible Banking in multiple companies in Central America, Mexico, Belize and Colombia for DEG-Invest (Germany) investments; SNV and ITC (Switzerland) and Pymecapital (Netherlands). • Design, consulting and training of the Essential Costa Rica (PROCOMER), SAS (PymeCapital, Nicaragua), Green Business (ILO, Honduras) and Social Compliance System (IHCAFE - ILO, Honduras) models; among others, according to ISO 17065/24 • Leads consulting, training and evaluation services in Central America, Belize, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Sweden, Ghana, South Africa, Nepal and Colombia in companies such as Codisa DC, CENCE, ThermoFisher Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, Agroamérica, Meditek, SUGEF, BN Valores, Tablemac, IDEA International, NSEL, among others. • Design of schemes for Human Rights and Business and Sustainability Models • Sustainable Public Procurement Consultant • Technical expert for PROCOMER in the creation and maintenance Essential Costa Rica country brand including the developmentof the new 2021 version (2 protocols and 5 guides, published in 2022) •Project design. • Author of several manuals, guides and articles on issues of sustainability and organizational improvement including issues of process approach, social responsibility (MinBuza), human rights and companies (Chamber of Agriculture of Guatemala, IDDH, ILO, others) • The above in contracts as permanent CEGESTI personnel in the periods Apr 2000-2016, 2016-Jan 2019 and Feb 2019-Present.