A native of Lima, Peru, Federico Perez Eguren has used his passion for regional development in tourism throughout his career in his work for UNESCO, as Finance Officer at COFIDE, Deputy Manager of the National Tourism Corporation in charge of the operation of 43 hotels around Peru, International Manager of Promperu and US Director of the Peru Tourism Board.
He settled in Miami with his family and started his first company, Eco Expeditions, a tour operator agency, designing and promoting natural history itineraries as well as building and operating an Eco Lodge in a private reserve of 3,000 hectares in the Peruvian Amazon. Afterward he was appointed as Marketing Manager for the US in Aeroperu Airlines and finally opened his own Marketing and Sales Company representing well known tourism companies of South America.