Luis Chang

Experience

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  Central Reserve Bank of Peru

  May 1981 - Dec 1990

  Professional Analyst

  • Undertook studies on exports of engineering, construction and consulting services, textiles exports, export finance, export credit guarantee, debt-equity swap schemes, and free trade zones.• Co-authored the first poverty map of Peru. • Took part in a research on minimum wage with the Ministry of Labor. • Analyzed employment in the informal sector of the Peruvian economy and contributed to the design of an index to measure the evolution of informal service providers’ income.

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  National Society of Exporters

  Jan 1991 - Sept 1994

  General Manager and Economic Council Secretary

  • Implemented policies and guidelines set by the Board in order to consolidate the export development model, and managed the provision of advising services to member companies.• Organized meetings of the Board with the Central Bank’s president and general manager, ministers, and consulting and advising organizations’ representatives over macroeconomic policy issues, the exchange rate, and international trade negotiations. • Managed relationships with the press to disseminate the Society’s activities and promote an export development model for the country. • Monitored and assessed the macroeconomic environment and policies and their impact on exporting companies' performance. • Coordinated and participated in the design of policy proposals to promote exports such as the drawback of indirect taxes to exporting companies which was actually implemented. Show less

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  Securities and Exchange Commission (CONASEV)

  May 1992 - Jun 2000

  Vice Chairman and Director of the Board

  • Chaired the Board of Directors in the absence of the Commission's Chairman. • The Commission was involved in an intense process to reform the stock market, producing new regulations that laid the foundations for the market’s significant growth and dynamism in the following years. Innovative regulations were issued for critical topics such as initial public offerings, insider trading, corporate governance, mutual and investment funds, and securitization.• Co-chaired the Coordinating Commission of CONASEV and Lima Stock Exchange to address topics related to the stock market reform. • Chaired CONASEV's Financial Accounts Committee. • Organized the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas in Lima. Show less

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  Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Peru

  Oct 1994 - Jun 1999

  • Served as economic advisor in industrial development policy and competitiveness, small business promotion, tourism policy and international trade. Helped design and implement a highly comprehensive industrial development policy to promote SMEs’ growth through red tape simplification, market information provision, service centers that provided technical and training assistance nation-wide, finance access tools, new innovation centers, and export promotion services. • Coordinated and participated actively in the project Building the Competitive Advantage of Peru commissioned to Monitor Company, Michael Porter’s consulting company, and took part in Monitor's Knowledge to Action Seminar in Boston (1995), pioneering the design and implementation of competitiveness related policies. • Participated at missions to promote investment and trade with Peru in Atlanta and Boston (1995); Seattle, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Madrid (1996). Show less

  • Advisor to the Minister

    Apr 1999 - Jun 1999

  • Secretary General

    May 1996 - Mar 1999

  • Advisor to the Minister

    Oct 1994 - Apr 1996
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  Quimica Suiza and others

  Jul 1999 - Feb 2002

  Consultant

  • Helped Química Suiza develop its natural products business (Naturalfa), nutraceutical products based on Peruvian superfoods (maca, cat’s claw, and caigua). • Participated at the XI World Productivity Congress (Edinburgh), presenting the paper A Service Quality Breakthrough in the Peruvian Retail Sector: the Case of E. Wong Supermarkets, and helped set up the Peruvian chapter of the World Confederation of Productivity Science, connecting Peruvian productivity advocates with world productivity thinkers and practitioners. • Produced, wrote, and directed the pilot TV program El Factor Gamma on business strategy and development topics. Show less

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  CAF - Development Bank of Latin America

  Apr 2002 - Jun 2006

  Coordinator of the Competitiveness Program (PAC)

  • Supervised the Program’s country executives (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) and managed projects and activities at the Andean regional level. • Managed an annual budget of US$ 2 million to be allocated in projects and research consulting jobs. • The Competitiveness Program provided technical assistance to public and private agents, through research and development projects, in order to help the private sector increase its ability to compete in international markets. Working areas included: clusters development, entrepreneurship and innovation, business climate improvement, and institutional strengthening. Knowledge assets measurement and social capital building were new areas in which the Program did some innovative work. • To disseminate all the work undertaken by the Program, commissioned and oversaw production of small books and videos for all projects (more than 20) undertaken in the five countries, and organized the CAF Competitiveness Conference (2004) with 400 attendees from ten countries, an unprecedented event that showcased the results the Program attained in the 2002-2004 period and other contributions by CAF in areas such as infrastructure, environmental care, SME promotion, cooperation for development, and cultural development. Edited a book on the CAF Competitiveness Conference. • As member of the Trade Capacity Building Table of the US-Andean Free Trade Area being negotiated (2004-2005), facilitated CAF cooperation to develop projects to support negotiations by Peru and Colombia, and organized conferences to debate competitiveness issues at the Andean level. Show less

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  National Competitiveness Council of Peru

  Nov 2006 - Sept 2009

  Senior Advisor to the Executive Director

  • Advised on the design and implementation of strategies, plans, projects and activities of the Council. • Managed the Council’s organizational planning and communications strategy. • Was in charge of the Council’s initiative to promote entrepreneurship and new ventures. Mapped the types of organizations that provided entrepreneurs with support in Peru. • Coordinated and produced the “Competitive Peru” proposal to promote clusters’ development as a way to dramatically reduce poverty levels in Peru. Helped coordinate the cotton-textile-apparel-fashion value chain. • Organized the 2008 International Science, Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness Forum to disseminate lessons on successful cases of innovation policies in Finland, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. The audiences included policy-makers at the Peruvian national government level, regional government level, and members of the Pacific Arch Competitiveness Committee. The Forum helped create momentum to recognize the importance of innovation policies and the need to build an innovation promotion system in Peru. • Organized the Competitiveness Conference with the participation of a World Economic Forum representative in Lima to foster debate on critical issues for the design and implementation of competitiveness policies (2008). • Was member of the jury of the National Quality Award 2007, 2008 and 2009, providing support in assessing and choosing the best companies and government organizations that had successfully implemented strategies to foster productivity and quality. • As member of the Multisectoral Export Development Plan Committee, represented the Council in the implementation of the Export Development Plan. Show less

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  USAID New Private Sector Competitiveness and Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Activity

  Oct 2009 - Aug 2013

  Deputy Chief of Party

  • Provided senior management advisory support in the implementation of the Project’s strategies to leverage funds, and meet sales, employment, and investment targets. • Led the operations and finance teams in support of the Project’s ten economic centers located in the highland region of Peru. Managed nine staff members in the Lima office. • Managed proper and timely fulfilment of all commitments and requirements of the Project’s contract with USAID. • Advised and participated in the design and implementation of the communications strategy. Wrote the five-year Project Work Plan including the mainstreaming of new areas of concern such as environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, gender equality, adoption of labor standards and inclusion of the disabled. Wrote all quarterly and annual reports, and the final report for USAID. • Endowed with US$13.4 million from USAID for a five-year period, the PRA Project connected small producers in poor areas with the market, linking them with buying companies and providing them with technical assistance to improve production, increase their income and overcome poverty. The Project helped USAID leverage US$5.2 million in additional funds from private resource partners. From October 2009 to June 2013, the Project generated new sales for US$97.8 million, 21,605 new jobs, and US$5 million in new private investments, benefiting more than 12,400 small producers. The PRA Project has become one of the most highly recognized development programs in Peru. Its model has been applied in other sixteen countries. Show less

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  Trade Commission of Peru in Houston

  Feb 2014 - now

  Chief Tourism and Investment Specialist

  • Champions and leads new initiatives that significantly increase the number of U.S. travelers to Peru, including the job of positioning Peru as a premier destination for the U.S. MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) industry.• Participated in three pioneering MICE sales missions (2015-2016) and led five other MICE sales missions (2017-2019) in the U.S. • Promotes implementation of new routes between the Lima airport and US airports which do not have direct flights to Peru. • Served as the Peru Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism’s chief facilitator for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2015 for which Peru was the single featured country. The Festival gathered more than half a million visitors. As a result of the Festival, 10,400 new tourists were estimated to visit Peru and spent US$17 million in the Incan nation. Direct sales of handicrafts and processed foodstuff reached US$ 1.3 million. Handicrafts sales were 23% higher than the 2014 Festival’s sales when China and Kenya were featured together. • Coordinates with Peru Investment Promotion Agency the design and implementation of the strategy to attract U.S. companies to invest in both public sector and private sector projects and companies located in Peru. • Leads inititative to help Peruvian companies start to sell to the U.S. federal government and states’ governments, including the design of a workshop in Lima and the follow-up activities with engaged companies. Show less

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  Gamma Coaching and Training

  Oct 2021 - now

  Leadership and Effective Communication Executive Coach and Trainer

  - Coaches and trains executives and professionals to communicate effectively, in both Spanish and English. - Main motto is “The Power to Express and Connect” to highlight the importance of effective communication as a way to be heard and properly connect with others to improve performance, strengthen leadership, inspire, influence, and build better relationships, fulfil one’s purpose, and enjoy life more fully. - Uses a combination of coaching techniques, mental fitness, and an extensive experience as a policymaker and business development expert working with leaders in business, government, and multilateral organizations. That extensive experience includes writing speeches and official documents for top government officers in Peru, producing impactful presentations, and organizing and conducting innovative conferences in Latin American countries. Show less