Fernando Ruiz is currently Corporate Vice President and Treasurer of The Dow Chemical Company, and is based in Midland, Michigan at the company's global headquarters.
He also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liana Limited, Dow's holding company of its insurance subsidiaries. He performs the same role for Dorintal and Dorinco Reinsurance Companies and Timber Insurance Limited and has oversight management responsibility of Dow's Insurance and Risk Management function.
Ruiz is also an ex officio member of the EH&S Committee of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company. He is director of a number of Dow's subsidiaries including Dow Financial Services Inc.. He is also a member of Citibank's Customer Advisory Board, Michigan State University (Eli Broad College of Business) Advisory Board and DeVry, Inc. Board of Directors. Ruiz joined Dow in 1980 in Ecuador as a Financial Planning Manager and held several Treasury positions in Latin America and in the U.S. before being elected Assistant Treasurer in 1996. He was appointed Corporate Director of Insurance and Risk Management in 2001 until elected to his current position effective August 1, 2001.
Prior to joining Dow, Ruiz was a credit officer of Citibank, NA in Quito, Ecuador. Ruiz completed his economics studies at the Catholic University of Quito, Ecuador. |