Patricio Peña Romero

EDUCATION

Studied in the United States, Costa Rica, Colombia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Ecuador, seminars such as “Evolving Structures of Securities Markets” at McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University in 2002 and attended the course “Political Negotiation” | Graduate School of Political Management, George Washington University (2009)
Instituto de Desarrollo Empresarial | Diploma in Senior Business Management (1997)
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) | Doctor in Jurisprudence from the Faculty of Law (1982)

ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Founding partner Fabián Ponce & Asociados Law Firm (1977 – 1994)
Member of the Court of Constitutional Guarantees (1988 – 1992)
Undersecretary of Revenue at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (1992 – 1993)
President of the Industries Chamber of Pichincha(1993)
President for the Chambers of Production Associations Council (1993)
External Advisor to the Banking Superintendent´s Office (1993 – 1994)
Member of the National Securities Council (1993 – 1994)
Executive Director for the Council for the Modernization of the State (1994 – 1996)
Member of the Higher Council of Social Security Institute of Ecuador (1997 – 1998)
Member of the Banking Board (1999 – 2000)
Executive President of the Quito Stock Exchange (2000 – 2002)
Member of the Board of the Central Clearing and Settlement Office (2000 – 2013)
Member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito (2001)
President of the Board of the Stock Exchange of Quito (2002 – 2013)
Member of the Board of the Mortgage Securisation Corporation (2002 – 2013)
Vicepresident of the Iberoamerican Stock Exchange Federation (2005 – 2007)
President of the Iberoamerican Federation of Stock Exchange (2007 – 2009)
Member of the Board of the American Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce Quito (2011 – 2013)
Member of the Latin American Business Committee, CEAL (2011)
Director and Founder of the Junior Achievement Foundation in Ecuador
President of the Ecuadorian Institute of Corporate Governance (2012)
Member of the Board of the Production and Industries Chamber (2013)
Founding partner at Noboa, Peña, Larrea & Torres, Abogados Cía. Ltda.

RECOGNITIONS

Awarded by the National Government with the National Order of Merit in the rank of Grand Officer
Awarded by the Superintence of Companies
Awarded by the Industrial Chamber of Pichincha
Awarded by the School of Lawyers of Quito