Colombian.

Education: Mathematics and Civil Engineering Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Civil Engineer, 1954); Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas (1957); Inter-American Development Bank (Course on Internal Policies and Formulation of Investment Projects Evaluation, 1963); Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh (1965); Department of State, Washington, D.C., and Agency for International Development (Management of Development Projects, 1965).

Positions Held: Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia, in the study of international treaties regulating the maritime and land borders for Colombia, and the differences with Venezuela and Nicaragua; Financial Advisor and on Construction Formulation, Construcciones Sigma Ltda, Bogotá; Commercial and Management Advisor, HELICOL S.A.; General Manager, Programación e Ingeniería Ltda., Bogotá; Management Representative in Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, Venezuelan Petrochemical Institute; General Vice-President, Petroquímica del Atlántico and Antex Oil and Gas Company; Director of Loans from U.S. Government, Instituto de Fomento Industrial-IFI; Investment Project Elaboration Group, National Planning Department of Colombia; Director of Consulting Studies, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Bogotá; Professor of Soils Engineering Department, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; Technical Group Engineer, Creole Petroleum Corporation, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Member of Boards of Directors (present or past): Colombo-Venezolana del Nitrógeno, COVENITRO, Caracas, Venezuela; Petroquímica del Atlántico S.A.., Bogotá; Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, Bogotá; Constructora Currea, Aya y Uribe-Holguin S.A., Bogotá; Corporación Financiera Popular, Bogotá; Fotogrametría Aérea Colombiana, Bogotá; Cafetal Hacienda Misiones S.A., Bogotá; Gerlein y Compañía S.A., Bogotá; Colombiana de Televisión S.A., Bogotá; Cafetal Hacienda Santuribe Limitada; Frigorífico San Martín S.A., Bogotá.

Member: Colombo-Venezolana del Nitrógeno, COVENITRO, Caracas, Venezuela; Petroquímica del Atlántico S.A.., Bogotá; Monómeros Colombo-Venezolanos, Bogotá; Constructora Currea, Aya y Uribe-Holguin S.A., Bogotá; Corporación Financiera Popular, Bogotá; Fotogrametría Aérea Colombiana, Bogotá; Cafetal Hacienda Misiones S.A., Bogotá; Gerlein y Compañía S.A., Bogotá; Colombiana de Televisión S.A., Bogotá; Cafetal Hacienda Santuribe Limitada; Frigorífico San Martín S.A., Bogotá.

Languages: Spanish and English.