Management

Gabriel Amado de Moura became Chief Executive Officer on January 30, 2020, after serving as Chief Financial Officer of Itaú Corpbanca since April 1, 2016. Mr. Moura joined Itaú Unibanco in 2000 and became a partner in 2017. He has more than 24 years of experience in investment management, risk management, finance and M&A. Mr. Moura held the position of Chief Investment Officer for Itaú’s pension funds, endowments and insurance businesses. He was also Chief Risk Officer for Wealth Management as well as member of the board of directors of different companies in Brazil and abroad. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked at BBVA Asset Management and Itaú Bankers Trust. Mr. Moura holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rodrigo Luis Rosa Couto became Chief Financial Officer on September 1, 2020. Mr. Couto joined Itaú Unibanco in 2008 where he worked in both risk and finance, notably as head of capital management for the last 11 years as well as CFO for both the Wholesale and Retail divisions. Previously, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, specializing in corporate finance and risk management, as well as a bank supervisor at the Central Bank of Brazil. Mr. Couto has a business degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and holds a M.B.A from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sebastián Romero became Corporate Director of Wholesale and Investment Banking on September 20, 2021. Mr. Romero has extensive experience leading teams that serve global corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors. Prior to joining us, Mr. Romero held a wide range of executive roles at Santander Group in Chile, Spain and London. He served as Global Head of Multinational Corporations based in London, being member of the Global Executive Committee of Banking & Corporate Finance. Previously, he led the Corporate and Investment Banking unit in Chile. In March 2009, Mr. Romero was appointed Managing Director and Global Head of Export & Agency Finance based in Madrid, with global responsibilities to oversee all structured export finance activities of the Santander Group. Mr. Romero received a B.A. in Business and Administration from Universidad Gabriela Mistral and a post-degree from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and Universidad de los Andes.

Julián Acuña Moreno became corporate director of Retail Banking in September 2016. Mr. Acuña has vast experience in both national and international banking, having worked as Commercial Division Manager in Chile and in Colombia in Banco Santander-Chile and in Banco Santander Colombia, respectively. Mr. Acuña holds an Accountant Auditor degree from the Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.

Pedro Silva Yrarrázaval became corporate director of Treasury on April 1, 2016. Between October 2006 and March 2016, Mr. Silva held the same position at Corpbanca. Mr. Silva previously served as CEO of our subsidiary Corpbanca Administradora General de Fondos S.A. (Asset Management). Mr. Silva received a B.A. in Business and Administration from the Universidad de Chile and also an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Jorge Novis Neto became Corporate Director of Digital Business Development in March 2021, leading the digital transformation of Itaú in Chile. Mr. Novis previously served as Corporate Director of Operations between April 2018 and February 2021. He joined Itaú Corpbanca in May 2017 as Head of Strategic Planning and Quality Service. He previously worked at Itaú Unibanco for approximately four years, leading several business transformation programs. He also worked as a management consultant between 2002 and 2014, working in Latin America, the US, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Novis received a Civil Engineer degree from Universidade Federal da Bahia, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science in Finance from Fundação Getulio Vargas.

Mauricio Baeza Letelier became Chief Risk Officer in September 2016. With more than 33 years of experience in the banking industry, Mr. Baeza Letelier has held diverse executive positions in risk management areas of local banking institutions. He served as Chief Risk Officer of Banco de Chile and is currently the vice president of the Risk Committee of the Bank and Financial institution Association of Chile (Asociación de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras de Chile). Mr. Baeza received an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Eduardo Neves became Corporate Director of IT on April 2, 2021. Mr. Neves has more than 26 years of experience in technology, working mainly in the financial and telecommunications sectors. Previously, he served as Vice President of Cloud Applications and Innovation for Latin America at IBM, from Brazil, where he led large-scale projects since joining in 2013. He was responsible for the accounts of Bradesco and later Itaú Unibanco, managing most of the IBM Consulting business for Latin America. He studied Engineering in Technology, and has an MBA from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Cristián Toro Cañas became General Counsel in June 2016. Mr. Toro worked for more than 10 years in Citibank Chile, acting as general counsel since 2004. In 1999 he worked at Shearman & Sterling in New York. In 2008 he joined Lan Airlines as legal vice-president. After the merger of Lan and Tam, he continued to work as legal vice-president and as the secretary of the board of directors of Latam Airlines Group. Mr. Toro received a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad de Católica de Chile and a master of law degree from the New York University School of Law.

Marcela Jiménez Pardo became Corporate Director of People and Management Performance in April 2016. Between July 2012 and March 2016 she held the same position at Corpbanca. Previously, she served in the Global Banking Consulting Group at Banco de Chile from 2008 to 2012. Mrs. Jiménez received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.