Agricultural Engineer from Universidad de Caldas, with a Masters degree in Agronomy from Virginia Tech (USA) and a Ph.D. in Tropical Soil Fertility from North Carolina State University (USA).
He has served as the Director of Environmental Policy of the National Planning Department, Vice Minister of the Environment, Director of the Department of the Environment of Bogotá (now the Secretariat of the Environment), professor and researcher at the Center for Economic Studies of the School of Economics of the Universidad de los Andes, Vice President of Sustainable Development of ECOPETROL, researcher at FEDESARROLLO; and advisor and consultant to several multilateral organizations, governments and companies in the areas of sustainability, strategies, regulations and environmental policies.
He is currently serving as Sustainability and Communications Director of Grupo Energía Bogotá S.A. ESP, the parent company of Grupo Energía Bogotá.