Los Presentes is a bronze sculptural ensemble created by Costa Rican artist Fernando Calvo, located in the outdoor plaza of the Central Bank of Costa Rica since 1989. The artwork consists of nine life-size human figures representing the traditional inhabitants of the Central Valley and Costa Rican rural communities.

Institutional information and procedures

Organizational structure

One of the key elements of the Bank’s Corporate Governance includes its organizational structure, which through its components seeks to fulfill the objectives outlined in the Organic Law of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, based on an institutional control environment to maintain confidence and its technical leadership before society.

Board of directors

 

Chairman:

Róger Madrigal López​​

 

Vice-president:

Max Alberto So​to Jiménez​​

 

Board member:

Silvia Charpentier Brenes

 

Board member:

Marta Eugenia Soto Bolaños​

 

Board member:

Jorge Guardia Quirós

 

Board member:

Juan Andrés Robalino Herrera

 

Board member:

Rudolf Lücke Bolaños

 

Minister of finance:

Rodrigo Chaves Bolaños

 

 

President:

Róger Madrigal López​​

 

Corporate Government​​​

Pablo Villalobos González

Head assitant: Ericka Sequeira Rojas.

Internal ​​​​​​​auditor:

José Joaquín Vargas Guerrero

 

Deputy internal auditor:


Position currently vacant

 

Financial audit department:

Head Adryana Barquero Ulloa

 

Operational audit department:

Head Ileana María Segura Hernández

 

​​​Head:

Ana Rita Mora Zúñiga

Interim Head​:

Carlos Mora Gómez

Interim secretary:

Celia Alpízar Paniagua

​​​​​​Head:

Iván Alexander Villalobos Valerín

 

Head assistant:

Ignacio Ruiz Barquero
 

Legal Management Department:

Interim head Karol Zúñiga Castro

 

Head:

Henry Vargas Campos

 

Head asistant:

Ronald Araya Vallejos
 

Government and data management department:

Head Peggy Barrantes Pereira

 

Department of data integration and analysis:

Interim Head  Mónica Rodríguez Zúñiga

 

Organizational data department​:

Head: Rigoberto Torres Mora

 

Data collection and cleansing department:

Head: Gabriela Saborío Muñoz

 

 

​​​​​​​Head:

Alonso Alfaro Ureña

 

Head assistant:

Stephanie Rodríguez Quesada

 

Economic research department:

Head Evelyn Muñoz Salas
 

Economic analysis and advice department:

Head Betty Sánchez Wong

 

Financial stability​ department:

Head Julio Rosales Tijerino

 

Head:

Bernardita Redondo Gómez

 

Head assistant:

Yeimi Villalta Mena

 

Reserve Administration Department:

Head Mario Alberto Ramos Esquivel

 

Risk analysis department:

Head Diana González Gómez

 

Administration of national operations department:

Head Francisco Meza Chacón

 

Head:

José Antonio Rodríguez Corrales 


Head assistant:

Roy Araya Barboza
 

Procurement departament:

Head Rafael Ángel Ramírez Acosta

 

Institutional Services Department:

Interim Head Hannia Barrantes Rosales

 

Payments and collections department:

Interim ​head Andrea Oconitrillo Rojas

 

​​​​​​Head:

Luis Guillermo Zumbado Chinchilla

 

Head assistant:

Marta Rodríguez Chinchilla

 

IT architecture and management department:

Head Charles Bryan Quirós

 

Cybersecurity department:

Head Miguel Ángel Carballo Chavarría

 

​Data science and engineering department:

Head Allen Murillo Cruz

 

Infrastructure department:

Head Luis Carballo Vargas

 

Technology support department:

Head Hazel Umaña Morales

 

Payment systems IT department:

Head Harold Murillo Chaves

 

Economic and financial IT department:

Head Zaida Rojas Jiménez

 

IT department for supervision:

Head Fernando Zamora Vargas

 

Head:

Carlos Melegatti Sarlo

 

Head assistant:

Guiselle Cortés Herrera

 

National electronic payment system department​:

Head José Francisco Carvajal Chavarría

 

Treasury department​:

Head Juan José Leiva Cortés

 

Department of electronic payment system in public transportation​:

Head Suzeth Rodríguez Solís

 

Department of Payment Card Systems

Head: Position currently vacant

 

Head:

Edgar Arias Freer

 

Interim ​head assistant:

Gilberto García López

 

Management planning and control department:

Interim head: Mariela Murillo Víquez

 

Quality management and continuous improvement deparment:

Interim head Priscilla Monge Camacho

 

Management of human factor department:

Head Ricardo Rodríguez Hernández

 

Accounting and financial department:

Head Mauricio Guevara Guzmán

 

Budget department:

Head Carolina Villalobos Hidalgo

 

Institutional relations departament:

Head Jorge Monge Bonilla

 

Organizational structure

Organizational structure of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) and its hierarchical structure