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Colombia

Colombia

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

CEO and owner of a company with two business areas:1. Consulting in corporate governance, corporate finance and strategy.2. Represent and promote software from the following companies: Bizagi a leading BPMS suite; Nebula a distributor of Netsuite (ERP and CRM); Addactis a company that specializes in actuarial consulting and production of actuary software; U Bits a company that offers an online education platform; Novasec a company that produces and sells a suite for integral risk management.

Bogotá, Colombia

Coordinated a project to adopt a new corporate governance model.Lead the repositioning of Previsora with the large insurance brokers that has resulted in invitations to participate in new market segments.Managed a project that included a strategic analysis, and rethinking of the long term strategy process and organizational architecture redesign to prepare the company for strong growth in a very competitive scenario.Lead the design and lunch of new and innovative lines of business for the Colombian market including agriculture, a fully comprehensive logistics policy and art related policies among others.Lead the production of the first report on social responsibility.Lead various technology projects to update the company´s platform and tools.Transformed the relations with the workers, particularly the union and started a program to transform the culture and prepare the company to participate in Great Place to Work.

Bogotá, Colombia

Established alliances with local and foreign investment banks to work in origination of business in Colombia.Developed long term financial model for a group entering the cement business in the northern region in Colombia for marketing purposes to attract investors and banks to finance the project.Fairness opinion of impact of postponed capitalization of an industrial company in an arbitration processParticipated in a joint venture in charge of a project to design the legal, organizational and financial structure of a light train for Bogota and vicinity.Financial and strategic diagnostic of a firm of lawyers, currently redefining its business model. Developed a P&L forecast model and recommended several changes in the management process that were succesfully adopted.

Bogota, Colombia

Wrote the business plan that served as basis for approval by shareholders to adopt the project and presented it to potential international investors and financial institutions of a company that started operations in April 2006 and reached sales of Col$59 billion in 2010.Identified technical consultants, machinery and equipment and raw material suppliers of a Col$24 billion project.Raised loans and established credit lines for Col$27 billion for start up of operations and working capital needs.Designed the long term financial and valuation model for the sale of a stake in the company to investors.Produced the business plan and long term financial projections of two plants of complimentary products for the drywall system to be installed in the vicinity of Bogota.Developed a preliminary business plan to establish a gypsum drywall plant in Peru.

Bogota, Colombia

Started my own consulting firm in Corporate Finance and Strategic Planning. Preliminary evaluation and opinion on the valuation of a company dedicated to producing and distributing veterinary products for the majority shareholders and outside Directors of the company.Valuation model for the sale of a minority stake in Comcel in association with Latinvestco S.A.Consultant through the International Telecommunications Union to Conatel, the Honduran Telecommunications Regulatory Commission that consisted of an appraisal and independent opinion regarding the minimum price for their second countrywide wireless license bid that took place in March 2003 and was awarded thereafter. The work also included the presentation of a methodology to value telecommunications licenses and supporting work thereto.Mandate to establish the feasibility to start a plant to produce light construction materials in Colombia based on international benchmark analysis and local market development and perspectives.

Bogota, Colombia

As Chief Financial Officer at the head office of the GTI Group in the specialty automotive and architectural glasses business (industrial and commercial operations in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Brasil, USA, Germany and Honduras) with global sales of US22 million in 2002 I was responsible for the implementation of financial strategy, for the coordination and supervision of working capital management and the design of an improved capital structure of the companies within the group. In that capacity I:Negotiated terms and conditions of loans and leases that resulted in better time structure and reduced costs for the individual companies and the group.Lead and articulated a corporate restructuring process.Established a new collections policy and procedures that resulted in improvements between 20 and 40% in A/R turnover. Cash converting cycle also improved by more than 20% in all units.Coordinated the financial and tax reporting teams.

Bogota, Colombia

Coordinated a renegotiation of a syndicated loan to one of the Colombia´s largest banks where Bankboston had the lead advisory role.Designed leasing and factoring products that met internal quality assurance and risk policies as well as local regulationsMarketed loan participations that the Bank had underwritten previous to the credit downgrading of Colombia.

Bogota, Colombia

Managed the merger of the back office operations of an insurance and a reinsurance broker.Built the team and established the head office reporting system.Managed and supervised the IT and administration department.Negotiated credit lines and loans that enhanced the balance sheet structure of the companies.Designed a compensation structure taking advantage of local regulations, that resulted in savings of 25% of cost for the company while maintaining or improving take home pay for personnel.

Bogota

Sixth employee of the first mobile phone operator in Colombia. Responsible for the design and implementation of financial strategy from the start up of the company.Negotiated largest syndicated loan to a Colombian private corporation with banks and institutional investors.Coordinated recruitment of personnel to start operations in record time.Supervised implementation of IT platform and customer management information system.Managed and supervised accounting, treasury, tax, IT and administration departments.

Bogota, Colombia

Bavaria is the largest beer producer in Colombia currently owned by SAB Miller. At that time it acted as a holding company that was actually the largest conglomerate in Colombia.As VP of the Soft Drinks division I coordinated all the prelaunch activities to start selling bottled water and soft drinks with national coverage.As VP of Planning and Strategic Planning Director I worked:Monitoring performance of the companies in the Bavaria Group (100+ companies)Directed and executed works in areas as project feasibility evaluations, financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, capex and optimization projects of companies in different industrial sectors.Directed an economic and financial newsletter published by Bavaria with circulation among Director and Management of the Bavaria Group companies.

Specialist In Finance, Finance

Graduate program in Finance from the Universidad de los Andes School of Business

Economist, Economics