He was born inBogotáin 1951,married withtwo children.
At the time ofhis appointment,he served asGeneralManager of theISAGroup.CivilEngineer from theUniversidad de losAndes,witha Masters inIndustrialEngineering.In early1981 hetook a courseinExpansionPlanningElectrical Systemsat the InternationalAtomic Energy AgencyandArgonneNational Laboratory, Illinois;and in 1991,a Specialization inFinance attheUniversity ofMedellínEAFIT.
In 2002he received the "Portfolio"award in the category"Best BusinessLeader."In 2005,America EconomiaMagazineawarded him"TheExcellence" awardin the category of"Internationalization"and that sameyear, the newspaperLa Repúblicamade himrecognition asone of thetop tenexecutiveof the year inColombia.