SBS: Sergio Espinosa is the new superintendent

The Executive Branch appointed the Superintendent of the SBS for the period corresponding to its constitutional term

Today, Thursday, July 18, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers appointed Sergio Espinosa Chiroque as the new superintendent of the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS). Espinosa enters through the economist Maria del Socorro Heysen.

This change was approved following the recent intervention of the Sullana Box and its absorption of assets and liabilities by the Piura Municipal Fundan event that caused a stir because it affected many citizens with savings and loans in the entity. This event occurred last Thursday, July 11.

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Professional experience of the new superintendent

Unlike Socorro Heysen, Espinosa is a lawyer for the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Master in International Economic Law (PUCP) and was President Pro Tempore 2019 of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT).

However, he is no stranger to the SBS, as he served as Deputy Superintendent of the SBS’s Financial Intelligence Unit of Peru since 2009. In addition, he serves as Vice President and Technical Secretary of the Multisectoral Executive Commission against money laundering and Financing of Terrorism – CONTRALAFTwith the aim of coordinating and planning actions to prevent and combat Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorism Financing (TF), and monitoring the implementation of the National Plan against ML/TF.