Alfredo Carrasquillo – ACCO Advisory Group

President and principal consultant, certified executive and corporate coach, organizational development consultant and business families advisor

Certifications in group process facilitation, Hogan Assessment Systems, GELM, Dare to Lead, and Deeper Signals

When companies are identifying and training successors for their top leadership roles; when teams require inspiration and training; when family businesses and boards of directors find themselves at an impasse, necessitating difficult conversations with a skilled and trustworthy facilitator; and when organizations seek someone who not only listens but also understands the complexity of their challenges and assists in mapping out successful strategies, they turn to Alfredo Carrasquillo. In these situations, his expertise is trusted by organizations, family businesses, and leaders alike.

Alfredo Carrasquillo stands out as a leading executive leadership coach and organizational development consultant. He is dedicated to unlocking the potential of teams and individuals, overcoming performance barriers with his specialized skills.

With a rich interdisciplinary and multicultural educational background spanning university, graduate, doctoral, and professional studies across Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, the United States, and Quebec, Carrasquillo is renowned for his expertise. His capabilities in leadership development, business family dialogues, and team coaching are highly regarded.

Over twenty-seven years, Carrasquillo has collaborated with over two hundred corporate clients, family businesses, and governmental and non-governmental organizations worldwide, including in Puerto Rico, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Colombia, the United States, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, and Turkey.

His academic contributions are equally impressive. For twenty years, he balanced professional practice with teaching and research as a postgraduate studies professor in Administration at the University of the Sacred Heart in Puerto Rico. There, he pioneered the first graduate program in Administration of Non-Profit Organizations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in 1999. He also founded the Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Citizenship and the inaugural postgraduate program in Business Administration specializing in family businesses.

Carrasquillo’s leadership extends to numerous boards of directors in diverse sectors such as education, hospital services, non-governmental management, and organizational consulting in Puerto Rico, the United States, South Africa, and the Dominican Republic. He has been a trusted advisor to boards of directors, family councils, and governance bodies on challenges related to governance, roles, and responsibilities.

A prolific writer and speaker, Carrasquillo has authored over a hundred essays and co-authored sixteen books, with his work published in multiple countries. His insights have featured in various media outlets, academic, and professional conferences, both within and outside Puerto Rico.

In 1998, he was selected by the Inter-American Development Conference, the James P. Grant Trust, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank as one of the sixty most distinguished young social entrepreneurs in the world, becoming the sole Caribbean member of the Common Futures Forum.

In 2007, he was selected as one of the ten members of the Top Ten Management of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, recognizing him as one of the ten most outstanding management consultants in our region.

In 2015, he was given the Training and Development Professional Award by the American Society for Training and Development, Puerto Rico Chapter.

In 2024, he was chosen as one of the scholars for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program.