About

In charge of the legal department of the National Stock Exchange of Costa Rica, Ricardo Hernández Lopez has made a valuable contribution to the modernisation and efficiency improvements of financial markets in the country, improving transparency and freedom of information for investors. Over the past five years in the role of director of legal services, Hernández has made his mark on the company with his work in the field of corporate finance and business strategy. Since 2011, Hernández has combined his work at the exchange with a position as referee at the International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration in Costa Rica. More recently, in 2015 Hernández also became the director of legal services at Interclear Central de Valores, an entity supervised by the national financial market regulator and tasked with modernising infrastructure services in the Costa Rican financial services market. Prior to joining the stock exchange, Hernández worked at the law firm Lara, López, Matamoros, Rodríguez & Tinoco as a junior partner for six years. In the past, Hernández held legal positions in the Costa Rican public sector for Superintendencia General de Valores, the Costa Rican Ministry of Justice and Grace and the Ministry of the Presidency.