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I, Alfonso Sircz,Yeneztrelarq of Iegal age, of this domicile, holder of Venezuelan identity

card No 12711460, public interpreter, in the English language in and for The Bolivarian

Republic of Venezuela, as appears of a License dated on July 13,2AA4, published in the

Official Gazette, ofthe Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, N" 38040, dated on 1010812004,

duly registered with the Principal Public Registry Office of the Capital District, on July 14,

2004, under N" 169, Folio 169, Volume 01, and with the 6th Court of First Instance for

Civil, Mercantile, and Traffic Matters of The Judicial Circuit of The Metropolitan Area of

Caracag on September l,2OO4, under N" 05, Folio 12. Registered in the embassies of the

United Kingdom and Canada. Do hereby certify: That a document on the Spanish

Language has been submitted to me, whose faithful translation into English Language

reads as follows:

"Banco Central de Venezuela.

Caracas, April3'd of 2013.

Professional Recommendation.

We, the undersigned, Carmen Maza Ramos and Jaime Alberto Moros officers of the

Internal Audit Vice-presidency (VAI for its initials in Spanish) of the Banco Central de

Venezuela (BCV), make known that the Engineer Jesris Robert Ramirez Bonilla, holder of

ID card n" V-16937491, has worked as an officer of the BCV since 2AA4, specifically in

the Audit Department, as Auditor I, since 2010, showing great skills in his work mainly in

the execution of controls, such as the audits performed in key areas of the BCV, including

those scheduled in the Yearly Operational Plan of the VAI as well as those requested by

the administration of the institution, also in any task assigned to him which concluded in

the reaching ofthe goals and objectives established in the VAI.

lt is worth mentioning that during his time at the institutiorl Mr. Jesris Robert Ramirez

Bonilla had the opportunity to work in the special task force to re-weight the gold, carried

out during the repatriation of this resource brought back from abroad to be placed in the

vaults of the Banco Central de Venezueia, which was a task with institutionai impact,

contributing to the achievement of the goals set by the institution.

He also participated as Facilitator in the training programs carried out by the Human

Resources Department, for the empioyees of the institution, supporting the initiative of the

Internai Audit Vice-presidency regarding Public Participation and Sociai Control; having

already participated as Facilitator in Nueva Esparta and Amazonas states in 2008, during

the "Monetary Reconversion" process, when the Yenezuelan currency set changed and the

Banco Central de Venezuela had a very important role in that. -------

Among the audits performed by the hereinabove mentioned officer, the ones practiced in

the Treasury Department and the Administration Department are worth mentioning, the

findings of which were presented in corresponding reports, these helped improve the

evaluated processes? helping to reach the goals of both units and also helping to strengthen

the internal control system.

On the other hand, it is important to point out that Mr. Jesirs Robert Ramirez Bonilla, using

his knowledge as systems engineer, has used the ACL (Audit, Command language)

program, which is a software for the analysis and extraction of data, which transforms

large amounts of data into representative information, used in the assessment of the audit,

thus providing added value for the audited unit and hence to the institution. Likewise he

uses the Audit for Windows tool to automate the audit function.

During a ten (I0) month period comprised between the months of February and December

ZAl2, the Engineer Jesfs Robert Ramirez Bonilla was commissioned as Auditor I in the

Department of Follow-up and Other Controi Functions also part of the Internai Audit Vice-

presidency, during which time he performed cash audits and inspections to the vaults of the

institution, and in the Industrial Complex Casa de la Moneda, as well as any other assigned

activity; as well as providing support to his co-workers in the usage of the ACL

appiication

For everything mentioned and according to Mr.

consider him to be worthy of a great opportunity.

Jesfs Robert Ramirez's aspirations, we

(Signed illegible)

Carmen MazaRamos

Vice-president of Internal Audit

Phone: +582128015050

(Signed illegible) --

Jaime Alberto Moros

Audit Manager

Phone: +5821253 67 69A -----------

Interpreter's note: The document is printed on ofiicial letterhead from the institution.

Below each of the signatures is an impression of a wet round seal from each of the signees

departmentg ". ---------

I attest that the above is a true and correct translation of the document in Spanish presented

to me. In Witness Whereof I set my hand and affrx my seal, in Caracas April 9, 2AB.

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