Mathias Held

Elder Mathias Held was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018, at age 57. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy in the South America Northwest Area. He served at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City in various committees and assignments. He currently serves in the North America Northeast Area Presidency.

Elder Held has served in several Church callings, including high councilor, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, counselor in a stake presidency, and counselor in a bishopric.

Elder Held received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, in 1983. In 1985 he received a master’s degree in business administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada. He worked for more than 25 years for Mercedes-Benz in different countries such as Germany, Guatemala, and Brazil and most recently in Colombia as general manager. In 2017 he began working as general manager of LED Industrial Group Colombia.

Tomas Mathias Eduardo Held was born in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 5, 1960. He married Irene Jungkurth in 1985. They are the parents of three children.