Biography
Since 2015 Pedro Pesqueira holds the Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs position for MetLife Latin America which includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Uruguay. Under such position Pedro is responsible for (i) corporate legal matters, corporate governance, litigation, M&A, contract negotiation and corporate restructuring (ii) outside counsel management (iii) representation before relevant authorities and regulatory bodies (iv) implementation and training of legal policies (v) recruitment and talent development of legal associates and (vi) close interaction with the business and support factions such as Finance, HR, Risk, Compliance, Government Relations and Audit Services.
On May 2021 Pedro’s role was expanded to lead the International Privacy Law Team covering more than 30 countries where MetLife operates advising MetLife on non-US privacy restrictions and requirements consistent with laws, regulations and best practices.
Pedro reports to MetLife’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and to the Executive Vice President for Latin America and is a member of (i) MetLife’s Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council (ii) the Latin America Executive Leadership Team (iii) the Senior Legal Leadership Team and (iv) the Latin America Functional Leadership Team.
From 2005 to 2015 Pedro was Vice President of Legal and Compliance for Sura Asset Management (Formerly ING Latin America).
Prior to joining ING Pedro was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Sun Microsystems Canada based in Toronto.
Pedro is a Mexican Lawyer graduated from Mexico’s National University in 1993 with additional legal training from New York University School of Law in 1994. He has over 26 years of legal practice experience in New York, Canada and Latin America.