JOSÉ R. MÉNDEZ

Executive Director at Patronato del Rímac and CITE Technology and Creative Industries. 

Entrepreneur, with experience in the management of organisations and projects. Bachelor in Electronic Engineering, master's programme at CENTRUM of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Tulane University.

Currently in the Master's Programme in Tourism and Cultural Heritage and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Tourism and UNESCO World Heritage Site Management certification.

Executive Director of the Patronato del RIMAC, which is a non-profit civil association, made up of people committed to the country and its society, which seeks to mobilise, involve and commit public institutions, private enterprise and individuals to achieve the recovery of civic space, conservation, dissemination and enhancement of the tangible and intangible, natural, archaeological, historical and artistic cultural heritage of the district of Rimac.

For the Bicentenary, the objective is to turn the Historic Centre of Rimac, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into the best possible demonstration of Lima's and Peru's determination to transform Rimac into a city to live, work and enjoy.