Juan Pablo de la Puente is a lawyer specializing in the regulation of cultural assets, with a focus on the protection and management of cultural heritage, both in nonprofit preservation investments, as well as in mining, infrastructure and real estate projects. The former Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage of Peru from 2015-2016, de la Puente served as Executive Director of the initial Peruvian Committee and then World Monuments Fund Peru from 2010-2015. He served on WMF Peru's Board of Directors and rejoined as the office's Executive Director in 2024. He is also a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and previously was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School from 2022-2023, where he researched the impact of legal regulation as the cause of cultural sites underuse and destruction.
Executive Director, WMF Peru