Ensurge, Inc. announced the hiring of Leonardo Riera as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Riera brings extensive experience in investment banking, international affairs, executive management, and mining. After starting his business career as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., Mr. Riera left to become a manager at Citigroup, heading a mergers and acquisitions unit that focused on operations in Venezuela. He then transitioned to the Bankers Trust Company as the Executive Director and Country Head of the Venezuelan operations for twelve years. There, Mr. Riera coordinated dozens of transactions involving credit, Eurobonds, securitizations, private equity, bonds, trading, Mergers & Acquisitions, and advisory work for Private Bank clients, Venezuelan Corporations and Multinational companies in the oil, mining, construction, electric, food, banking, telecom, and retail sectors. Following his tenure at Bankers Trust, Mr. Riera pursued a career in business consulting as well as various entrepreneurial endeavors, including gold mining operations in Brazil and in Peru, and in renewable energy. Mr. Riera was elected President of the Association of Foreign Banks of Venezuela for three consecutive terms. He was knighted by the Sovereign Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem and Malta (Knights of Malta – Vatican, June 2011.).