Esteban Chong

Esteban Chong is a Professor at Universidad del Pacifico where he is a full-time faculty member of the Accounting Department, in charge of Intermediate Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards courses since 2017. He is also a Research Professor at the Centro de Investigacion de la Universidad del Pacifico in accounting, reporting and audit. Esteban chairs the University’s Admission Council and is a member of the Advisory Council to the Master in Auditing Program and member of the Budget Committee. Previously he has been member of the Advisory Council of and Vice-Dean of Accounting at the Business School.

Esteban is a retired Partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers Peru (PwC) after more than 36 years of professional career, 20 of which as partner. During his career in PwC, he was elected or appointed for several positions within the Firm, including Territory Senior Partner (TSP) for Peru and Bolivia, Head de Assurance for Peru, Risk Management Partner, Member of the Regional Executive Committee and Member of the Regional Oversight Board where he was appointed Chairman of the Admissions Committee.

Esteban has served on the Board of the International Potato Center (CIP) since 2018 and chairs its Audit and Risk Committee. He also serves or has served as Member of the Board of Directors in several companies and institutions, with current Board appointments including KR Comercial, an agribusiness company, since 2016; Inmobiliaria Los Alerces since 2018 and KR Proyectos since 2018.

Esteban holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, a BS Science – Accounting and is a Peruvian Certified Public Accountant.