Luis Valdés

Luis Valdés is President & CEO, Principal International, Inc. Previously he was Senior Vice President, Principal Financial Group Latam (2010 – March 2011), supervising operations in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Having also been Regional Vice President Latam, PI (1998 – March 2010). Within his career path, he has also served in several positions as a public servant for the Chilean Government since 1980, highlighting his last appointment as Insurance Commissioner for Chile (1989 – 1991).

Valdés received his Bachelor´s of Physics and Math Degree (1980) and his degree of Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de Chile in Santiago (1982). He received his MBA degree from the IESE – Universidad de Navarra in Barcelona, Spain (1988).

Valdés has been an Insurance Market Consultant for the World Bank and member of the Board of various Associations in Latam and Asia. He has been a professor of Business Policy and Finance since 1988 at several universities. Valdes also served as a professor in a postgraduate program in Business at the ESE School Business of Universidad Los Andes.