Juan José Chacón-Quirós

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Juan José Chacón-Quirós, CEO & Founder

Mr. Chacón-Quirós founded Establishment Labs (NASDAQ : ESTA) in 2004 and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a Board Director. Mr. Chacón Quirós has been involved in several sectors of the aesthetics industry, including serving for a decade as General Manager of an aesthetic medical device distribution business in Latin America and prior to that as Business Development Manager of a renowned plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic in Costa Rica. He has co-authored more than 50 patents that are helping advance Medtech in areas like implantable devices and biocompatible surfaces, RFID and biosensors, 3D technology and the development of minimally invasive surgical instruments. He served as President of the Rugby Federation of Costa Rica from 2009 to 2015. Mr. Chacón-Quirós received his Baccalaureate from the Academie de Poitiers (Economics) and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He holds the MIT Sloan Advanced Certificate for Executives (ACE) in Management, Innovation and Technology.