PROFILE
Lawyer (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), with more than 40 years of professional experience in the private and public sector, with experience as in-house legal manager of large corporations, director of legal firms, legal advisor to public entities of the national level and member of boards of directors of local and foreign companies, among others.
He has deep knowledge in the management of corporate groups, the financial system, public regulation, the functioning of the State, the structuring of projects and the resolution of complex disputes.
EDUCATION
Lawyer (JD)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Law School
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Master of Laws (LL.M)
American University
Washington D.C., United States of America
EXPERIENCE
Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce
Arbitrador – List A
Board of Directors Member
Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S.
Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S.
Inversiones de Gases de Colombia S.A
Bioenergy S.A.S
Ecopetrol Global Energy S.L.
Econova
Banco de Desarrollo del Caribe
Banco Popular S.A.
Corporación ING Baring S.A.
Banco Corficolombiana Panamá S.A.
Leasing Corficolombiana
Coviandes S.A.S
Pajonales S.A.S
Unipalma S.A.
Ecopetrol S.A.
Legal Vice President
- Legal leader of the Ecopetrol Group with responsibility for the control and administration of the legal risk.
- Direction of the activity of the Vice Presidency with nearly 160 professionals in all areas of law.
- Legal management of subsidiaries in Colombia and abroad.
- Participation in senior management committees, including, the Executive Committee, the Steering Committee, the Business Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Judicial Defense Committee, the Downstream Committee and the Supply Governing Council.
Corficolombiana S.A.
Legal Vice President and General Secretary
- Leader of the legal area of the Corporation, responsible for the legal management of the company and its subsidiaries.
- Advice to corporate and business areas.
- General Secretary of the Corporation with responsibility for the minutes of the Board of Directors and General Assembly of shareholders.
Bejarano Arias y Asociados S.A.S.
Managing partner
- Advice in relation to the public and private sector, particularly in infrastructure structuring and financing.
OPEBSA Compañía de Abogados S.A.S.
Managing partner
- Advice on commercial matters, public law, conflict resolution, drafting of laws and regulations.
- Work with investment banks in the legal, technical, financial and environmental structuring of infrastructure projects
ING Baring S.A.
Representative Representative Office in Colombia
Estudios Palacios Lleras S.A.
Partner
- Advice on public, corporate, contractual law and dispute resolution.
Bank of the Republic
Secretary of the Board of Directors and the Monetary Board, Advisor to the Deputy Managing Attorney and Assistant to the Deputy Managing Attorney.
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Office advisor
Presidency of the Colombian Republic
Legal Secretariat Advisor
Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Economic Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
General Administrative Director
- Direction of the administrative management of the Ministry, including finances, human talent, supplies and budgeting – planning.
- Ministry expenditure organizer.
