Jose Luis Contreras C.

Senior Executive and Economist with 35 years of experience in financial leadership and strategic project execution across private and public sectors. Expertise in navigating complex regulatory environments and building relationships with government stakeholders and multilateral organizations, including IDB. Demonstrated success in business development, investment appraisal, and macroeconomic analysis in Bolivia and other markets. Aiming to apply extensive country knowledge and executive skills to support IFC's mission of private sector growth and sustainable development in Bolivia.

• Strategic Leadership & Business Development: Demonstrated ability to lead multinational organizations and identify high-value private sector investment opportunities.
• Stakeholder & Government Relations: Experience in engaging with ministerial-level government officials and international financial institutions.
• Financial & Macroeconomic Analysis: Deep expertise in business policies, actuarial liabilities, and financial positioning (assets vs. flow).
• Multisectoral Expertise: Broad knowledge across insurance, pensions, securities, and financial markets, with specialized research in the banking sector, micro-insurance, and financial innovation.
• Operational Excellence: Expert in organizational change, due diligence, and risk management in complex transactions

General Manager | 2015 – Present

• Directs strategic financial analysis and project execution, providing specialized consultancy on macroeconomic impacts and investment positioning
• Senior Project Consultant, KBR Group, led merchant banking prospect searches and conducted comprehensive due diligence on major financial institutions and industrial entities. Orchestrated the financial structuring and "stack" preparation for a strategic lumber company and two financial institutions for sale, optimizing for prospective international buyers and private investors
• Senior project consultant to KBR Group, merchant banking prospect search, due diligence on major financial institutions, and lumber company for strategic sale preparation of financial stack for prospective buyers and investors
• Designed and implemented the rapid count module for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras in 2017

Chief Executive Officer | 2001 – 2014

• Led regional operations as CEO in both Ecuador and Bolivia, overseeing business development, portfolio management, and client engagement strategies
• Identified, led, and executed successful mergers and acquisitions
• Managed high-level corporate relationships and ensured organizational alignment with the group's standards

Intendant of Insurance | 1998 – 2000

• Regulated and supervised the national insurance market, establishing critical government relationships, and implementing regulatory frameworks
• Wrote insurance market regulations for insurance markets following the implementation of the new insurance law in 1997

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Executive Officer | 1994 – 1998

• Spearheaded regional operations and organizational change initiatives in the Southern Cone
• Supervised the successful execution of acquisitions of companies in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia

Chief Executive Officer | 1991 – 1994

• As founder and CEO, I oversaw operational and commercial strategy, successfully taking the company to a leading position in the Bolivian market by establishing strong relationships with reinsurers and a client base

Adviser to the president and CEO| 1987 – 1991

• Oversaw financial reporting, established KPIs across business units, and supervised business expansion in Chile

Senior Auditor & Consultant / Trainee | 1982 – 1987

• Developed foundational expertise in financial auditing, business consultancy, and international accounting standards

• Spanish
• English

• Date of Birth: 05/16/60
• Nationality: Bolivian

• Author: ‘Microseguros: Rompiendo el Paradigma’, 5th International Microinsurance Conference, Dakar.
• Featured: Strategic proposal commented on by the Harvard Business Review Latin America (Dec 2009).
• Guest speaker: Financial Innovations at KFW Berlin, Alternative Economies at San Diego University, and Microinsurance Conferences in Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, Miami, and Mexico City
• El Deber: Weekly column on financial, business, and economic issues

• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Consultant for Bolivia and Honduras; identified regulatory changes for insurance and pension laws and restructured the Superintendency of Insurance.
• American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Bolivia: President (2007–2009).
• Bolivian Stock Exchange: Vice President (1992–1994).

• 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Crypto Currencies
• 2009, The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarships, Tokyo, Japón, Executive Leadership Programme
• 1998, Columbia Business School - Columbia University, Nueva York, EE.UU., Leading Change Management
• 1989, Harvard Institute for International Development Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, EE.UU., Programa de Evaluación de Inversiones y Gerencia