Dr. Luis Liberman was elected Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica in February of 2010. Previously, he was a member of the Presidential Board and worked at La Nacion as well as the Costa Rican Industry of Electricity. Vice President Liberman was also vice president of the National Company of Power and Light. He has also worked at Plastics for Construction and was President of the Private Investment Corporation of Central America. Vice President Liberman was the founder of the Corporacion Internacional de Finanzas in Costa Rica, which eventually became Banco INTERFIN. There he worked as General Manager and Vice President of the Board to transform it into one of the strongest financial institutions in the country, becoming Scotiabank Costa Rica in 2006, where he also served as CEO.
Vice President Liberman served as economic advisor, Vice Minister of Finance, and advisor to the World Bank under the administration of Daniel Oduber Quiros. Previously, he was a professor of Economics at the University of Costa Rica. Vice President Liberman received his Ph.D. in Economics (Honors) from the University of Illinois.