He is a civil and environmental engineer with a master’s degree in Environmental Management from Universidad de Los Andes. He has served as advisor to the Presidency of Andesco; project manager of the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory; and president of the Water and Basic Sanitation Regulatory Commision (CRA). Former advisor to the Senior Presidential Advisor for the Regions of the Presidency of the Republic; coordinator of Environment and Water Resources for USAID’s Orinoquia Master Plan; Deputy Superintendent for Water, Sewage and Waste of the Superintendence of Public Utilities; and consultant to the Business Management Directorate of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) . He also served on the Board of Directors of EPM and was general manager of the latter, where he managed, among other things, to complete the Hidroituango project, a key project for the generation of electricity in the country.