Oscar Luis Chaves
Chairman of the Board
Oscar Luis Chaves Bolaños is the Investment Banking Director of Grupo Aldesa and serves as Board Secretary for Aldesa Corporación de Inversiones S.A.. In the past he served as president of Aldesa Valores Puesto de Bolsa S. A.
He holds a Licentiate Degree of Business Administration with a major in Finance and a Masters Degree of Economics from the University of Florida.
Mr. Chaves served as financial consultant responsible for the appraisal and financial structuring of major companies including Fertilizantes de Centroamérica, S. A., Inversiones Agroforestales, S. A. (I.A.S.A.), in Panama, Corporación Cormar, S. A., Lachner & Sáenz, S. A. (Automotive Products Division), Cementos del Pacífico (CEMPA), La Nación S. A., Technofarma, S. A., Universidad Interamericana, Auto Mercantil, S. A. (Mercedes Benz), Florida Ice and Farm, and Cocoa Products S. A. Recently he served as the head financial consultant in the purchase of Media Gurú by Ibope.
Mr. Chaves is director of El Financiero Newspaper as well as of Technofarma S. A. Previously he served as Vice-President of the Brokerage House Concessionaire Chamber of the Costa Rican Stock Exchange.
In addition, he has taught courses at Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Bursátil (Indecab) and has offered regional seminars at different stock exchanges in Central America.