Fernando Zavala

Fernando Zavala
Prime Minister of Peru
In office 28 July 2016 – 17 September 2017
President	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Preceded by	Pedro Cateriano
Succeeded by	Mercedes Aráoz
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office 23 June 2017 – 17 September 2017
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Alfredo Thorne
Succeeded by	Claudia Cooper Fort
In office 16 August 2005 – 27 July 2006
Prime Minister	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Preceded by	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by	Luis Carranza
Personal details
Born	(1971-02-16) 16 February 1971 Tacna, Peru
Political party	Peruvians for Change
Alma mater	University of the Pacific University of Piura University of Birmingham

Fernando Martín Zavala Lombardi (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando mar'tin saˈβala lomˈbaɾði]; born 16 February 1971) was the Prime Minister of Peru, in office from July 28, 2016 to September 17, 2017. Previously he was the President of Backus and Johnston, a subsidiary of SABMiller. From 2005 to 2006 he was Minister of Economy and Finance.

Biography

Zavala studied economics at the University of the Pacific and obtained a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Piura. He also studied for an MBA at the University of Birmingham in England. He was assistant manager of Samtronics Peru. He was also Chief Financial Officer of Apoyo S.A. (Now Ipsos Perú S.A.), a consultant and pollster.

In 1995 he became the Chief Executive Officer of Peru's National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), a position he held until 2000. He was Peru's Minister of Economy and Finance under President Alejandro Toledo and Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from 2005 to 2006.

In 2006 he left the government and began working at Backus and Johnston as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Relations. After three years in office, he was named the president of National Brewery – SABMiller Panamá. In November 2013 he returned to Peru as President of Backus and Johnston.

In 2016, he was elected the Prime Minister of Peru.

Zavala has been a member of the Boards of Directors of Interbank, Alicorp, inmobiliaria IDE, Cerveceria San Juan, Banco Falabella, and Enersur.