José María Orlando

José María Orlando studied Business Administration at Universidad Católica Argentina. He worked as an officer of Bank Boston between 1986 and 1996, holding different positions in Buenos Aires, London, and Boston in the areas of Finance, Treasury, and Investment Banking. From 1996 to 1998, he served as CFO and Head of Global Markets for Deutsche Bank, DMG in Argentina. In 2000 he became CFO and CIO of Zurich Argentina. In 2005 he became Corporate Development Director and in 2007 he became CEO and Chairman of Zurich Argentina. In 2010, he was appointed as Latin America CEO of Zurich Global Life. During that term, he also served as Board Member of Zurich-Santander Insurance Americas in several countries. Since 2015, he has been a consultant at Deal Financial Services, which provides advisory services in brokerage, asset management, capital markets and mutual funds to individuals, corporations, and institutional investors. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of CIPPEC (Center for Research on Public Policies for Equity and Growth) and is a Director of Clodinet S.A. (Pilara). He is a member of the Board of Colegio Madre Teresa and is Co-Founder and First President of Voces y Ecos, an NGO focused on Media. In the past he was also a Member of the Administration Council and Treasurer of Universidad Católica Argentina; Director of Escuelas de Liderazgo Universitario; Member of the Executive Investment Committee of Máxima AFJP; Member of the Financial Matters Committee of the Argentine Banking Association; Member of the Board of Mercado Abierto Electrónico S.A. and Member of the Administration Council of Club Newman. He has participated as a speaker at numerous international conferences and seminars in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Since August 2020 he is an Independent Director of Grupo Supervielle S.A.

Mr. Orlando brings extensive local and international strategic and financial experience in commercial and investment banking, treasury, general and life insurance, asset management & brokerage through acting during more than 30 years in several international organizations as CFO, CEO, Director, and shareholder. He also brings background in organizational leadership and culture.