Diego de la Torre De La Piedra
(Perú)
- Chairman of the Board, La Viga S.A
- Chairman of the Board, Quikrete Peru S.A
- Chairman of the Board, Aleteia Capital.
- Board Member, Nuevas Inversiones
- Board Member, Sindicato de Inversiones y Administración
- Board Member, Access-Seaf (Private Equity Fund)
- Professor of Business, Universidad del Pacifico.
- President, Global Compact Peru.
- Board Member, Peru 2021.
- Board Member, Asociación Atocongo.
- Board Member, Art Museum of Lima.
- Member of the Investment Committee, Access-Seaf.
- Member of the ISO 26000 Committee, Peru
- Member of the Advisory Board of the FGL Open Global Business Society, Canada.
“Licenciado” in Business Administration, Universidad del Pacifico.
Master of Business Administration, London Business School, England.
Diego de la Torre is co-founder of La Viga S.A, the largest cement and steel distribution company in Peru. Mr. de la Torre has, in part, been able to achieve such considerable success because his ability to build cultural and business bridges between the Andean migrants from the highlands and the “western” sector of Peruvian society. He developed the intangible assets of his company that allowed the design of a structure, culture and business processes that have become benchmarks in the industry. He is also founder of Quikrete Peru, a joint venture with an American company that has led and pioneered the production and development of dry ready mix concrete in the Peruvian market.
Mr de la Torre is also Professor of Business at the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima. His research interests include the dynamics of start-ups and how to foster trust, understanding and ethical business relationships. He is an international speaker in the subjects of corporate strategy and intangible assets management. In 2002, he was invited by the Canadian government to make a presentation about corporate social responsibility at the Organization of American States in Washington D.C.
Recently, he has written a chapter for a book edited by the Batten Institute of the University of Virginia about Angel Investing. In 2007, he was president of CADE. During the last years he has focused his research on intangibles assets which prompted him to found Aleteia Capital to boost innovation, intellectual capital and anthropological sensitivity of corporations. His findings are making possible to understand the Andean, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, European and American buying and investing decision processes through a tailor made methodology that combines years of applied experience with state of the art research from the leading management thinkers.
Mr. de la Torre implemented the insights and observations from his research to develop successful strategic alliances with foreign companies on his private businesses and to connect economically, culturally and emotionally twenty years ago with the then undiscovered “non western” sector of the Peruvian economy. In 2006, he was one of the speakers at the Global Leadership Summit in London, event organized by the London Business School, Financial Times and Business Week. In July 2007, he was selected to present the Buenos Aires Declaration to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva. He allocates part of his time to promote culture and education through his involvement in the Art Museum of Lima and the edition of books.
Diego de la Torre actually , is actively promoting a more socially and environmentally conscious business culture chairing the UN Global Compact in Peru.