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

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