Specialist in Administrative Law from Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. Lawyer from Universidad de La Sabana. Appointed delegate to the Colombian government in the sessions of the technical committee concerning origin regulations for the World Customs Organization; participated in meetings of the task force for customs procedures and origin regulations prior to the establishment of ALCA, and in meetings of the Cartagena Agreement Board. Collaborator in the first edition of the Colombian Customs Code (1990 and 1991). Worked as Operations Deputy Director and as General Secretary and General Director (acting) of the Colombian Foreign Trade Institute (Incomex). Consultant to the World Bank and to the GTZ in Ecuador's institutional restructuring and in the restructure of safeguard mechanisms.