Luis Pastor.

• Author: Parry, Amanda
• Position: Financial Services - Brief article

CEO, LATINO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, DURHAM

When Luis Pastor began volunteer work with Latino Community Credit Union in September 2000, it was meant to be a temporary gig. He and his wife had moved to Durham from Spain so she could get an MBA at Duke. He heard about the credit union, then open less than three months, and liked its mission. It was launched after a spate of robberies of Hispanic immigrants, who were targeted because many kept their savings at home. A veteran banker with an MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and five years' experience as the financial director of a pet-food company, Pastor quickly moved from helping people open accounts to managing the credit union's sole office. Less than seven months after he started as a volunteer, he became CEO of LCCU, which now has branches...