Civil Engineer and MSc in Economics, Universidad de los Andes; PhD in Planning of Hydraulic Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1995, Advanced Management Programme, University of Oxford. Formerly: Energy Specialist Economist, Department of Project Analysis, International Development Bank: 1986-87, Vice-Minister and 1987-90, Minister, Finance and Public Credit, Colombia; Executive Director, Colombia and Peru, International Bank of Development; Chief Executive Officer, La Flota Mercante Grancolombiana; Director-Manager, Petrocolombia; Chief Executive Officer, Asociación Colombiana de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantía-Asofondos de Colombia; since 2007, Chief Executive Officer, Interconexión Eléctrica.