Boards of Director

Antonio José Dieck Assad

Former President of Universidad de Monterrey (August 2009 – August 2018).

He holds a master’s degree and a doctorate’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech, United States. Engineer, committed educator, passionate about education and dedicated counselor. He is well-known for his leadership skills in projects that promote educational quality, research and consulting in the public and private sector.

Rossina Caballero Muñiz

Legal Director of Laureate Perú

Graduated from the Master's Degree in Business Law with a financial specialty and Lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with studies in Strategic Negotiation from the Yale School of Management and a Specialization in Banking and Finance from the IEB of the Complutense University of Madrid. She has been General Manager Director of La Positiva EPS.

Christian Eduardo Haeberle

CEO of Laureate Perú

MBA by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Commercial Engineer by the Universidad Gabriela Mistral. His work experience includes multinational companies, such as Pepsi Co. and Unilever, where he extensively developed his knowledge in the finance field in several Latin American countries such as Chile, Paraguay, and Brazil, among others.

Gonzalo Echeandía Bustamante

Governing Board President

President of Santander Bank Peru. He has completed a Senior Executive program in Spain, a Banking Administration program in Costa Rica and a graduate program in Finance and Accounting. He has been a member of the Board at Universia Peru and Fondos Mutuos Santander, among other important positions

Jesús Villate Castillo

UPC Director

Economist from the Universidad del País Vasco ( (Spain). He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame (USA). He has more than 17 years’ experience in the management of Higher Education institutions being CEO of Laureate Latam (Spanish) as well as CEO of Laureate Spain and Portugal. He has also been President of Instituto Profesional Aiep in Chile and member of the Boards of Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile), Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain), Universidad de las Américas (Ecuador), Universidad de Viña del Mar (Chile), Instituto Aiep (Chile), Escuela Moderna de Música (Chile). Finally, he was the CEO of the Southern Cone for Verizon Telecom.

Mariana Rodríguez Risco

President of Empresarios por la Educación - EXE

MBA by the Boston University and Civil Engineer by the University of Missouri S&T. Co-founder of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). the Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN), and of the higher technical institutes Cibertec and the Instituto Tecnológico del Norte. She worked as the General Manager of UPC until 2014 and as the President and CEO of Laureate Peru until 2016. President of CADE Educación 2016 and President of CADE Ejecutivo 2020.

Alex Pendavis Heksner

Chief Financial Officer Laureate Peru

Mr. Pendavis Heksner is a Senior finance professional with more than 18 years of experience working in multinationals in Latin America, the US and Europe, leading roles in in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investments, Operations & Risks. Prior to joining Laureate, Mr. Pendavis Heksner served as Senior Finance Director for Alicorp SAA, Finance Director of Auna SAA, CFO of Viru SA, and Investment Banking Senior Associate at Goldman Sachs, among others. Mr. Pendavis holds a Licenced with a degree from the University of Lima (Lima, Peru) and an MBA from Columbia University (NY, USA)

Lieneke María Schol Calle

Independent Director

Scotiabank Perú S.A.A., Cencosud S.A., Promigas Perú S.A., Gases del Pacífico S.A.C., Gases del Norte del Perú S.A.C., LHH DBM Perú, Alicorp S.A.A. and University Peruvian of Applied Sciences.
More than 30 years of experience in Technology and Innovation. For 15 years she worked at Microsoft Peru as Commercial Director, Country Manager, Director of the Andean Region Public Sector, Director of Marketing and Operations, among other roles. Prior to Microsoft, he spent 13 years at IBM del Perú, where he worked as a Systems Engineer, Banking Solutions Specialist, Sales Representative, Software Manager, among others. At Camposol she was Vice President of Transformation, Innovation and New Business at Camposol S.A.

Monica García Junco

Chief Digital Officer Laureate Peru

Business degree from Pacífico Business School, has an MBA by INCAE (Costa Rica) and Adolfo Ibañez(Chile) Business school. Graduated from the Executive Digital Transformation Program by IMD Business School and from the Executive Certificate in Innovation by MIT Sloan School of Management.
Has led teams in business transformation, digital transformation, product management, customer experience, analytical and technology strategy as well as innovation. Was appointed as Head of Deposits and Investment products and Head of Retail Strategy for Interbank, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Digital Transformation at Rimac Insurance Company and Vice President of Digital Transformation in Visiva.