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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a collegiate management and governance body whose mandate is to manage the company. Its composition, rules of procedure and members’ profiles are listed below.

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Principal Members

The Board of Directors is a collegiate management and governance body whose mandate is to manage the company. Its composition, rules of procedure and members’ profiles are listed below.

Carlos Arturo Azuero Perdomo

Proprietary – Principal

Carlos Arturo Azuero Perdomo

Proprietary – Principal


Agro-industrial production engineer, operations specialist and MBA. With extensive experience in food processing companies of mass consumption. He has worked in leading companies in the rice sector such as Roa and Florhuila. He was operations manager of the Roa Florhuila Organization, corporate manager of Flexo Spring, co-founder of Agroindustria Los Altares and currently serves as operations manager of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia.

María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar

Independent – Principal

María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar

Independent – Principal


Political scientist and specialist in Diplomacy and Strategy. She has extensive professional experience in the diplomatic field and high government affairs. She has served as former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and former First Secretary, in charge of Commercial Affairs at the Colombian Embassy in France.

Pablo Casabianca Escallón

Independent – Principal

Pablo Casabianca Escallón

Independent – Principal


Business Administrator. He has held executive positions at Syngenta S.A., Corfinsura, Asociación Nacional de Industriales (ANDI), Monsanto Company, Corporación Financiera Nacional (now Bancolombia) and member of the Board of Directors of Mundial de Seguros S.A. He is currently a member of the following Boards of Directors: Banco Comercial AV Villas S.A., Procafecol S.A., Internexa S.A. (Grupo ISA) and JMalluchelli Travelers S.A.

Ana María Barrera Vallejo

Independent – Principal

Ana María Barrera Vallejo

Independent – Principal


Administradora de Empresas y MBA. Cuenta con amplia trayectoria en el diseño, estructuración y ejecución de proyectos, inversiones y estrategias de financiamiento para un amplio rango de clientes. Experta en gestión de riesgo financiero para empresas del sector financiero y del sector real. Actualmente es cofundadora y Directora Ejecutiva de una Fintech líder en inclusión financiera en Latinoamérica.

Carlos Alberto Eraso López

Proprietary – Principal

Carlos Alberto Eraso López

Proprietary – Principal


Lawyer specialized in Private Procedural Law and MBA candidate. He has stood out as a coffee leader and has been a member of the Steering Committee and the National Committee of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. He is currently a member of the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Nariño and of the Board of Directors of the Cooperative of Coffee Growers of Northern Nariño.

Alternate Members

Diego Fernando Rojas Lara

Proprietary – Alternate

Diego Fernando Rojas Lara

Proprietary – Alternate


Lawyer specialized in Contract Law and Financial Law. He has extensive experience in the public, private and union sectors. He has worked in law firms and has served as General Secretary of the Empresa de Acueducto de Bogotá, Vice Minister of Water and Basic Sanitation and Advisor of the Instituto Financiero para el Desarrollo del Huila (Financial Institute for the Development of Huila). He currently serves as Private Secretary of the General Management of the National Federation of Coffee Growers.

Juan Camilo Robledo Vásquez

Independent – Alternate

Juan Camilo Robledo Vásquez

Independent – Alternate


Economist and MBA. Founding partner of Operadora de Franquicias de Colombia S.A.S., a company that has operated the Buffalo Wings franchise in the national territory since 2008 and developed other casual dining restaurant brands such as Dos Chingones Taqueria and Fuku Ramen Bar of Japanese food.

Claudia Amparo Barrero Lozano

Independent – Alternate

Claudia Amparo Barrero Lozano

Independent – Alternate


Lawyer specialized in Commercial Law and Master in Law. Partner of the firm Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría. She has advised issuers in public offerings, listing processes, debt transactions, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and all related aspects of corporate governance.

Yonatan Bursztyn Vainburg

Independent – Alternate

Yonatan Bursztyn Vainburg

Independent – Alternate


Industrial Engineer, specialist in Printing Technology and specialist in Marketing studies, with more than thirty years of experience in production and manufacturing processes, retail and international trade. He is co-founder and current President of the Nalsani – Totto Group.

Argenys Rojas

Proprietary – Alternate

Argenys Rojas

Proprietary – Alternate


Lifelong coffee grower, lawyer and specialist in Administrative Law from the Universidad de la Amazonía, with a Master’s Degree in Public Law from the Universidad Surcolombiana. She was President of the Community Action Board of her community and councilwoman of Timaná, Huila. She is a member of the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Huila and has more than 10 years of experience as a trial lawyer. Since 2021, she has been working as a public defender in the Ombudsman’s Office.