Research Associate

He is General Manager and co-founder of EFA Consulting, a firm where he has led business consulting strategies, change management, and the optimization of the credit risk cycle. His career in this field includes extensive collaboration with Development Banking, Microfinance, and Consumer Banking institutions, consolidating a consulting model focused on organizational transformation and sustainable technological adoption.

Throughout his career, he has accumulated solid international experience developing projects and interventions in countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, and Argentina. This global and interregional perspective has allowed him to position himself as a benchmark in the sector, regularly participating as a guest speaker at international congresses and events across Latin America, where he actively lectures on the challenges of digital transformation, ethical governance, and the regulation of Artificial Intelligence in the financial ecosystem.

In the field of academic innovation, he stands out for designing the first-ever Curriculum Subject (Cátedra Académica) in Coaching Organizacional for the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas at the Buenos Aires University (UBA) in Argentina, a milestone that formally introduced these management and leadership competencies into one of the most prestigious houses of study in the region. Likewise, his current line of work focuses on three core pillars: the Ethical Governance of AI and the comparative analysis of international regulatory frameworks (with emphasis on European and Latin American models); change management for technological adoption; and the development of leadership oriented toward the transition to the digital economy.

In recognition of his outstanding corporate leadership and contributions to the business community, he was named Businessman of the Year («Empresario del Año») within the framework of the annual ranking carried out by La Nota Económica from El Tiempo, one of the leading media outlets in Colombia. This milestone aligns with his current position as Country Manager in Colombia for a Spanish multinational company specializing in artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and software solutions for the financial sector (including consumer banking, corporate banking, and all its sub-segments), a role through which he builds strategic and commercial bridges between Europe and Latin America.

Driven by a deep teaching vocation spanning more than ten years across various higher education institutions, he has served for several years as a facilitator at Fred Kofman’s Conscious Business Academy (CBA), one of the most renowned international training programs in Management 3.0, Organizational Culture, and Executive Coaching, focusing on shaping the next generation of corporate leaders.

He completed his undergraduate studies in Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas and is currently finalizing his postgraduate programs corresponding to the Maestría en Gobernanza Ética de la Inteligencia Artificial at the Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), as well as his Master in Business Administration (MBA) at the Universidad de Palermo (Argentina).