First Seat - Primary VICE-MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT Carolina Soto Losada Degree in Economics from Los Andes University. Masters of Economics, Universidad de los Andes. Master in Public Administration and Public Policy, Columbia University Executive Vice-Chairman of FASECOLDA. Economist from CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento). General Director of the National Public Budget of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. External Advisor to Economic Studies Bureau, National Bureau Advisor, Assistant Director of Budget Programing and Follow-up - Central Sector and Director of Public Investments and Finances for the National Planning Department. Ministry of Transport Advisor. Board of Directors : Colombia Telecomunicaciones and Banco Mundial de la Mujer Colombia.
Second Seat - Primary VICE-MINISTER OF ENERGY Orlando Cabrales Segovia Law degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Masters of Philosophy from Boston College. President of the National Hydrocarbon Agency. BP Colombia's Legal Vice-President for Latin America, Legal Director, Senior Lawyer, Executive Advisor and Political Analyst of the Presidency. Ecopetrol Management Advisor. Board of Directors : Malterías de Colombia, Aluminio Reynolds S.A, Astilleros Vikingos S.A, BP Gas Colombia E.S.P, Oleoducto Central (Ocensa), Corporación excelencia a la Justicia and Casa Editorial El Tiempo.
Second Seat - Alternate Tomás González Estrada Bachelor's and Master of Science Degree in Economics from Los Andes University, Doctoral Degree in Economics from the University of London. Vice-Minister of Energy of the Ministry of Mines and Energy Professor and researcher in Los Andes University's Department of Economics. Technical Secretary of the National Council of Economic and Social Policy (CONPES, in Spanish). Member of the Council of Ministers. Director of Foreign Affairs for BP Colombia. Assistant Director of the National Planning Department. Economic Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic. Board of Directors : FEN, ISA and ISAGEN, and the Steering Committees of IPSE and UPME.
Third Seat - Primary Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero Partner at the firm Esguerra Barrera Arriaga Law Degree from the Javeriana University, Graduate Certificate in Socioeconomic Sciences from the Javeriana University, Master of Law from Cornell University. Minister of the Interior and Justice. Ambassador of Colombia to the United States of America. National Defense Minister. Associate Judge of Colombia's Constitutional Court and Council of State Delegate to the National Assembly. Ad Hoc Judge for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Vice Minister and General Secretary of Communications. Professor for the Law departments of various universities. Registered member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence. Board of Directors : Mapfre Seguros Generales de Colombia, Mapfre Colombia Vida Seguros and ISAGEN.
Third Seat - Alternate Nicolás Echavarría Mesa President of Comercializadora Internacional de Banano y Plátano C.I. Banafrut Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University in Montreal, Master's Degree in Economic Development from the University of Sussex, in Brighton, England. Head of the Colombian Delegation for the European Union (Brussels) and Ambassador of Colombia to Belgium and Luxembourg. Executive of C.I. UNIBAN S.A. Executive of Industria Agrícola Velaba Ltda. CEO of Antioquia de Roldán and Cía Ltda.- Customs. Medellín Alderman Board of Directors : ISAGEN, Medellín Metro, Metroplus, C.I. Valley Farms and Augura.
Fourth Seat - Primary Luis Ernesto Mejía Castro Independent Consultant Law Degree from the San Buenaventura de Cali University and Master of Business Administration from ICESI de Cali. Former Vice Presidential Candidate of Colombia Minister of Mines and Energy. Vice-Minister of Hydrocarbons and Mines. Chief Executive Officer, Administrative Vice-President, Director of Sales and Finance at MAC. Board of Directors : Ecopetrol, Ecogas, Mac S.A., Coéxito S.A, Smurfit Kappa Cartón de Colombia, ISA and the WWB Colombia Foundation, among others.
Fourth Seat - Alternate Jorge Humberto Botero Angulo Banco Davivienda Board of Directors Advisor, Advisor to the Steering Committee of the Excelencia de la Justicia Corporation. Private Practice Lawyer Law Degree from the University of Antioquia, Post-Graduate Studies in Political Science from West Virginia University. Executive Director of the World Bank Group. Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. President of ASOBANCARIA. Founder and President of ASOFONDOS. President of the Banco Cafetero. Legal Secretary to the President of the Republic. Legal Vice-President of the Asociación Nacional de Industriales (ANDI - National Association of Industrialists of Colombia). Board of Directors : Banco Cafetero, Banco de Colombia and Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF).
Fifth Seat - Primary CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EMPRESAS PÚBLICAS DE MEDELLÍN Juan Esteban Calle Restrepo Business Administration degree from EAFIT University, MBA with a Business Finance and Economics concentration from the University of Chicago. Bank of Montreal Investment Advisor. Director of Foreign Investment of Proexport's Trade Office in Canada Secretary of Finance of the Antioquia Governor's Office. Founding Partner of Metrix Finanzas. Director of Projects at the Corporación Financiera del Valle. Senior Associate of Investment Banking, Chase Manhattan Bank. Board of Directors : ISAGEN, ISA, Une EPM. Telecomunicaciones, Ruta N, Andesco and Various Companies in Medellín.
Fifth Seat - Alternate Jesús Arturo Aristizábal Guevara Degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Colombia. Director of Energy Generation, Administrative, Assistant and Acting CEO of Empresas Públicas de Medellín EPM. Acting CEO of the Medellín Metro. CEO of the Empresa Antioqueña de Energía (EADE), Empresas Varias de Medellín, the Corporación Forestal de Antioquia, and the Fondo Prestacional de Antioquia. Chief Administrative and Service Officer of the Medellín Metro. Secretary of Government and Public Works for the Department of Antioquia. President of the Universidad de Antioquia and the Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Acting Director of Departmental Improvements in Antioquia. General Director of CORPAUL. Member of the Medellín City Council. Board of Directors : ISA, ISAGEN, Sociedad Hidroeléctrica Ituango and member of the ITM Steering Committee.
Sixth Seat - Primary José Fernando Isaza Delgado Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics from the National University of Colombia, Master's Degree in Mathematics from Strasbourg University, In France; Engineering Degree with Honors and an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Caldas. President of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. Professor of the Universidad Central. Executive President of the Compañía Colombiana Automotriz. Minister of Public Works and Transportation. CEO of ECOPETROL. CEO of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial (IFI ). Executive Chairman of Coldeaceites and Fedemol. Head of the Infrastructure Unit and of the Energy Division of the National Planning Department. Consultant to the United Nations University and the World Bank. Board of Directors : Ecopetrol, Carbocol, Empresa de Energía de Bogotá and member of the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano's Steering Committee.
Sixth Seat - Alternate Andrés Felipe Mejía Cardona CEO of Mecánicos Unidos Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan, Master's Degree in Administration from the EAFIT University of Medellín, Certificate in Strategic Planning from the University of Barcelona, Upper Management studies at the Los Andes University, EXPRO Program in International Business from the CBI in Rotterdam. Board of Directors : Edatel, Protección, Sufinanciamiento, Fabricato, ISA, Internexa and ISAGEN.
Seventh Seat - Primary Gonzalo Restrepo López CEO of Almacenes Éxito since 1990 Bachelor of Science in Management from Syracuse University, Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Georgia, as well as other academic programs in Colombia and abroad. President of Caribú Internacional, Caribe Motor. Assistant Director of Almacenes Flamingo. President of Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council for Latin America University professor. Board of Directors : Consumer Goods Fórum, Grupo Casino Executive Committee, Éxito Foundation, Mi Sangre Foundation, Argos, Smurfit Kappa - Cartón de Colombia and ISAGEN, among others.
Seventh Seat - Alternate Andrés Escobar Arango President of EConcept AEI SAS Degree in Economics from Los Andes University, Master's of Economics from Los Andres University, Master's of Economics from New York University, Doctoral Candidate of Economics from Berkeley University, California. Colombian attaché for major financial entities through GlobalSource for United States. Assistant Professor of Economics department at Los Andes University Assistant Director of the National Planning Department. Head of Economic Studies of the National Planning Department. Researcher at Fedesarrollo. Board of Directors : Ecopetrol, Expertos en Mercados - XM, Banco Agrario de Colombia, Compañía Colombiana Automotriz, Propilco and Colgener.