President, Latin America
Group RCI
Ricardo Montaudon is President, Latin America for Group RCI, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, and the global leader in vacation exchange and European rentals with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 67,000 vacation properties around the world.
Montaudon is responsible for all Group RCI operations throughout Latin America, including Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Additionally, he will assist with Global Development opportunities and the servicing and support of our key affiliates and developers.
Montaudon joined Group RCI in 1985, and has held various leadership roles in the company, including Vice President of RCI Resort Management, where he oversaw the operation of more than 35 resorts and approximately 80,000 owner/members. Additionally Montaudon was Vice President of Business Development where he was responsible for developing new contracts.
With more than 21 years of experience in the property ownership industry, he has developed expertise in key areas such as sales, database administration, marketing, new business development, and customer service. Some of his major achievements during his tenure at Group RCI include RCI’s vacation ownership development in Latin America & Caribbean, with business development and service operations in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. He also handled the consolidation and implementation of all Latin America call centers in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Montaudon is a member of the Board of Directors and a founding member of the Asociación Mexicana de Desarrolladores Turisticos (AMDETUR) and an ARDA Trustee. He studied business administration at La Salle University and at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM) and also studied strategic planning and business management at MIT Sloan School of Management and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Leah Latour
Manager, Public Relations
Group RCI
7 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
(973) 753-6560
leah.latour@rci.com