In 1984, Susana de la Puente joined
JP Morgan in New York City, in
Investment banking. Later in 1992 she was appointed senior banker and director of JP Morgan Perú. She was managing director and vice president of
JP Morgan Chase for the Andean Region, Central America and the Caribbean and then vice-chairman for Latin America until 2007. director of the NGO Acción Comunitaria del Perú, director of the NGO CARE and director of Lumni Perú. Susana de la Puente is an art lover and
collector who participates intensively in the London art scene, as well as in biennials and art fairs in Europe and America. She is also a board member of the
Museo de Arte de Lima, and the
Museo del Barrio in New York. De la Puente manages the B Boutique Hotel in Lima,
Peru. This hotel is a house built in 1914 that was converted into an
arts-boutique hotel. Each of the 17 rooms at the property houses
sculptures,
paintings and
photographs by
contemporary artists from around the world. Since November 2015, she is director of LUMNI, a social impact company that manages
investment funds that invest in the human capital of young people in higher education in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and the United States. LUMNI funds finance a portion of the student's education expenses and in return the student pays a percentage of his or her labor income for a certain number of years. Since October 2016, she has been a member of the Advisory Committee of
Laboratoria, which offers young women from low-income backgrounds a career in technology that transforms their future. Thanks to her activity, there are more than 2500 young women graduates since 2015 and today more than 85% of her students have been placed as
web developers, almost tripling their income, improving their lives and generating a positive impact on their families and communities. She is president of the board of directors of the Club Empresarial de Lima, member of the Board of Trustees of the
Universidad del Pacífico and member of the advisory board of the
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Applicadas. Previously, she was director of
Telefónica del Perú, member of the Advisory Committee to the chairman of the Board of the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), director of the Peruvian Institute of Business Administration (IPAE), director of OWIT – PERU and director of Pro Mujer-Peru, an NGO dedicated to women-led microfinance in Latin America. In July 2017, she was appointed as Ambassador of Peru to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In October of the same year, she was appointed as permanent representative of Peru to the
International Maritime Organization. In 2018, Susana de la Puente made her position available to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as
Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as permanent representative of Peru to the
International Maritime Organization. Susana de la Puente currently resides in
London and is dedicated to investing in
startup projects. == Acknowledgments ==