Mr. Koloditch has been a Commercial Officer for 18 years. \u00a0He is now serving his sixth tour in USCS as the Regional Director for Europe, overseeing operations in 28 countries.\u00a0 His responsibilities include administration, policy, budget, and liaison with USDOC and other USG officials.<\/p>\n
His most recent overseas posting was in Caracas, Venezuela, where he navigated through one of the most complicated commercial and political situations in the world, balancing export promotion with realistic advice about doing business in Venezuela and counseling exporters on trade payments and regulations.\u00a0 He also provided business intelligence and analysis to the Ambassador, Country Team, and USDOC in Washington.<\/p>\n
Prior to Caracas, Mr. Koloditch served as Deputy Senior Commercial Officer\/Counselor for Commercial Affairs in Paris; Senior Commercial Officer in Oslo, Norway; Deputy Senior Commercial Officer in Santiago, Chile; and Director of Market Research in Mexico City.<\/p>\n
Mr. Koloditch enjoyed a successful career as an international banker before joining the Commercial Service in 1993.\u00a0 During employment with two banks, he performed a wide variety of international banking tasks: credit and country risk analysis; restructuring of large corporate loans while stationed in Mexico City during the 1980\u2019s debt crisis; and \u00a0\u00a0supervision of one bank\u2019s international correspondent bank network.\u00a0 As a trade finance officer, he provided financial and export counseling to businesses of all sizes.<\/p>\n
Mr. Koloditch holds the MBA from Louisiana State University, the M.A. in Latin American Studies from the George Washington University, and the B.A. in Spanish from Davidson College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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