Education
A lawyer from Universidad del Rosario.
Specialized in civil law ((Universidad Nacional de Colombia), tax law (Universidad del Rosario), and financial administration (Universidad de los Andes).
Professional Experience
During the exercise of his profession, he has gained broad experience in corporate, commercial, aeronautical, and financial law, among others.
Bogota Chamber of Commerce arbitrator in civil and commercial issues.
UNIDROIT correspondent in Colombia.
President of the Colombian Air Transportation Association (ATAC).
Cundinamarca Secretary of the Treasury, Governor (a.i.), and General Secretary of the Ministry of Development (today the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism).
Member of Board of Directors of entities from the public, private, financial, insurance, industrial, and services sectors, and from binational chambers of commerce.
Representative in Colombia for L’Européenne de Banque (formerly Banque Rothschild from Paris).
Business Law professor in the Universidad de los Andes faculty of law and in the Universidad Externado de Colombia transportation law specialization on several occasions.
Member of the Colombian delegation for the negotiation of bilateral and multilateral air-commercial agreements.
Representative of the Colombian government in the UNIDROIT International Financial Leasing Convention. Participated in the initial discussions of the Leasing Model Bill adopted by UNIDROIT.
Languages
Spanish, English and French.