Experience

Fundación Berta Martínez Oficial

• Colombia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• “VIVE- Soluciones de crédito habitacional” Manager

  • May 2020 - Present

  Manage “VIVE” – a loan program that offers a financial solution to those who have no access to the Banking system and want to build or make their existing home habitable. We work to provide affordable and dignified housing opportunities through microfinance services. Manage “VIVE” – a loan program that offers a financial solution to those who have no access to the Banking system and want to build or make their existing home habitable. We work to provide affordable and dignified housing opportunities through microfinance services.



Alcaldía de Medellín

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Secretary of Strategic Communications

  • Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

  - Led, designed, and executed strategic communication plans for the government of Medellín, prioritize communication strategies based on public impact. - Supported strategic communications efforts to advocate local government initiatives. - Managed budget and expenses for Communications and Public Affairs Team.

• Technical Director at Secretary of Economic Development

  • Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

  - Applied and received a $1m grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, designed to create a new financial program called “Bancuadra”. I oversaw managing distribution of funds.- Led a social program called Bank of the Poor. Responsible for operational, financial, marketing, and human resources. Also responsible for the placement of more than 80,000 microcredit loans to families who had no access to the traditional financial system. - Designed educational programs to train our clients how to manage money or their personal finances to reduce borrower’s use of loan sharks tied to gangs. - Refreshed the public policy of the Bank of the Poor that allowed new public programs to operate in the city and expanded its social impact by increasing its microcredit loans by more than 70% which gave up to 100,000 entrepreneurs a chance to succeed. Show less

• Consultant at Secretary of Education

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  - - Design and present to the Colombian national Government to seek budget approval for the physical and structural improvement of seven schools located in Medellín. - Led the public procurement committee, ensuring the correct structuring and coherence of each of the contracts under the principles of efficiency and transparency.- Monitoring budget’s effective execution and contractual planning, guaranteeing an efficient execution of the resource of more than 97% during 2016.



BTG Pactual

• Brazil
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Compliance Assistant

  • Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  - Tested and updated internal controls and compliance procedures, updated the firm’s Code of Ethics. Responsible for researching regulations by reviewing regulatory bulletins and other sources of information. - Tested and updated internal controls and compliance procedures, updated the firm’s Code of Ethics. Responsible for researching regulations by reviewing regulatory bulletins and other sources of information.



Abogados Pineda & Asociados S.A.S

• Colombia

• Legal Assistant Paralegal

  • May 2014 - Dec 2014