RESUMES DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE: ANDRÉS PARDO AMÉZQUITA

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RESUMES CARLOS CABALLERO ARGÁEZ Civil Engineer graduated from Universidad de Los Andes, with an MA in History from the same university, a master s degree of Science degree from Berkeley University

He has more than 40 years of expertise at the public sector where he has been Minister of Mines and Energy, General Secretary and Executive Director at "Fundación para la Educación Superior y el

1 RESUMES CARLOS CABALLERO ARGÁEZ Civil Engineer graduated from Universidad de Los Andes, with an MA in History from the same university, a master s degree of Science degree from Berkeley University and a master s degree in Public Administration from Princeton University. He has more than 40 years of expertise at the public sector where he has been Minister of Mines and Energy, General Secretary and Executive Director at "Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo" (Foundation for Higher Education and Development) (Fedesarrollo), Technical Vice President and President from Asociación Bancaria de Colombia (Colombia Bank Association), Director and member of the Board of Directors at Banco de la República (Bank of the Republic), Director of "Fondo de Promoción de Exportaciones" (Exports Promotion Fund) (Proexpo), President of Banco de Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Bank) (Bancoldex), President of the Bogotá Stock Exchange, consultant of Junta Monetaria (Monetary Board) and Consultant in economic affairs. In July 2006 he was appointed as the first Director of Alberto Lleras Cargo School of Government from Universidad de los Andes, position he currently holds. He has a chair at the Board of Directors of ISA, BBVA Colombia, Promigas S.A., Mineros S.A. and Pedro Gómez y Cia. MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE: ANDRÉS PARDO AMÉZQUITA Economist graduated from Universidad de Los Andes. He holds a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia Business School in New York where he graduated with honors and he also graduated from the International Students General Program at the London School of Economics. In August, he was appointed as General Vice-Minister for the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. He worked for 9 years as Executive Director of Economic Research at Corficolombiana. Previously, he worked in New York as Economist and Credit Strategist at the Lehman Brothers/Barklays Capital and at Merrill Lynch & CO he was an Associate of Fixed Income Market where he also performed as Fixed Income Market Analyst at the London offices.

2 He worked for two periods (2005 and 2009) as Associate Researcher and Monetary Deputy Management and International Reserves Researcher at Banco de la República. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors for ISA, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional - FDN and Fondo Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres FNGRD. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PUBLIC CREDIT AND NATIONAL TREASURY IN CHARGE: FRANCISCO MANUEL LUCERO CARLOS MARIO GIRALDO MORENO Lawyer from Universidad de Medellín with a master s degree in law from the University of Tulane, New Orleans, USA; Executive Program CEO s Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management; Strategic Marketing Management, Stanford, Graduate School of Business; Strategic Planning and Management in Retailing, Babson College, September He is currently the President - Director General of Grupo Éxito. He has hold the following positions: CEO for Compañía de Galletas Noel S.A.; CEO for Industrias Alimenticias Noel S.A.; Secretary General of Uniban and Antioquia Province Section Manager of National Association of Industrialists (ANDI) , among others. Mr. Giraldo was the Chairman of the General Direction Board of ANDI and currently belongs to the following boards of directors: Copa Airlines Colombia; Solla; and Consumer Goods. CARLOS FELIPE LONDOÑO ÁLVAREZ Civil Engineer, Universidad Nacional (Medellín) and master s in management, Executive MBA, Universidad de los Andes. He has attended diploma courses, internships, courses, and seminars with a total duration of nearly 2,000 classroom hours, in engineering: management, planning and finance: corporate governance; education; and science, technology and innovation. These courses have been attended, among others, at the MEN, Universidad Nacional and Universidad del Rosario in Colombia; Universidad Adolfo

3 Ibanez in Chile, University College of Dublin, Ireland, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy; University of California in San Diego, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, U.S. and University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, INCAE (Costa Rica), University of Monterrey (Mexico), Harvard Extension School; and other institutions in Canada, USA, Spain and Brazil among others, from 1981 to date. He is currently Rector of Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia where he was also Dean. He has held positions as CEO and Board member of Hidramsa S.A.; independent consultant: Design Engineer and Group Chief at Sedic Ltd. Has been a member of the Boards of Directors of: Civic Committee for Monitoring EPM; Colombian Association of Schools of Engineering (ACOFI); Incubadora de Empresas de Base Tecnológica de Antioquia, Association of Higher Education Institutions of Antioquia; Valorar S.A. Today, he belongs to the Boards of Directors of: Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, ISA, HIDRAMSA, Ruta N and the Steering Committee for the Colombian Association of Universities ASCUN. JESÚS ARTURO ARISTIZÁBAL GUEVARA A Civil engineer from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, School of Mines, Medellín, Colombia, with specialization in Roads and Transport. He worked in Empresas Públicas de Medellín E.S.P, holding positions as General Manager (D), on several times; Power Generation Manager; Assistant Manager, Administrative Manager and Energy Director. Mr. Aristizábal has also held the following positions: Universidad de Antioquia, President; Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Medellín, President; Empresa Antioqueña de Energía (EADE) Medellín, Chief Executive Officer; Medellin Municipality Councilman; Metro de Medellin, Chief Executive Officer (D); Metro de Medellín, Administrative and Service Manager; Fondo Prestacional de Antioquia, Manager; Department of Antioquia, Secretary of Government; Department of Antioquia, Public Works Secretary; Valorización Departamental of Antioquia, Director (D); Empresas Varias de Medellín, Chief Executive Officer; CORPAUL, Director General; and Corforestal S.A., Chief Executive Officer. Today, he belongs to the Boards of Directors of: ISA; Sociedad Hidroeléctrica

4 Ituango S.A. E.S.P.; Empresa Promotora de Salud SAVIA SALUD E.P.S, Sociedad Parques del Río S.A.S and member of the steering committee ITM Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano. HENRY MEDINA GONZÁLEZ Industrial Engineer from Universidad de los Andes, with experience in extractive industries for over 17 years. He was Vice-Minister of Mines between late 2011 and late 2012, where he created the Vice-Ministry of Mines and the National Mining Agency. During this period, he was also part of the team that created Cenit (Transportation of hydrocarbons). He worked for 15 years at BP PLC where he held several positions in the U.S., UK, and Latin America. The most relevant positions include President and Financial and Commercial Vice President of the Andean Business Unit (Colombia and Venezuela), Manager of Planning and Performance, Russian Offshore Business Unit and Business Manager of the Performance Unit of the South Region of the Northern Sea in Scotland. His recent achievements at BP include the reorganization of BP Global s Exploration and Production segment and BP s sale in Colombia for $ 1.9 billion to Ecopetrol and Talisman. He has served on several boards of directors of the mining energy sector such as Ecopetrol, ISA, CENIT, Reficar, OCENSA and Transgas de Occidente. He is currently engaged in consulting activities and investment projects in the hydrocarbon sector through his company Mego strategies, and the marketing of crude oil with Aluvia, a company of which he is a partner. He is part of the Global Council for Responsible Management of Mineral Resources of the World Economic Forum and is a member of the directive boards of ISA and COPA. SANTIAGO MONTENEGRO TRUJILLO Economist from Universidad de los Andes with a master s degree in Economics from the same university, an MSC in Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD from Oxford University.

5 Former World Bank economist, Government s Coffee Affairs Consultant, Universidad de los Andes School of Economics Dean, President of the National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF), National Planning Department Director. He is currently the President of Asociación Colombiana de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías Asofondos (ASOFONDOS), and a member of the Colombian Government Advising Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation and of the Board of Trustees of Universidad de los Andes and ISA. CAMILO ZEA GÓMEZ Economist from Universidad de los Andes with a master s degree in Economics from the same University and a master s degree in Public Administration and International Development from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has held the following positions: Manager of the Bogotá Metro Project; Research and Development Director of the Financial Superintendence; Head of Market Development, Risk Analysis Specialist and Financial Stability Specialist of Banco de la República; Advisor to the Vice-Minister of Finance; and Consultant for the World Bank. He has been a member of the boards of directors of the Autoregulator del Mercado de Valores (AMV), BNP Paribas Securities Services, Sociedad Fiduciaria S.A., PIP Colombia S.A., EAN University Superior Council, and the Surveillance Committee for the Private Capital Fund Pactia Inmobiliario. He is currently the CEO for Pronus Company.

RESUMES MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT VICE-MINISTER GENERAL: DIMITRI ZANINOVICH VICTORIA

RESUMES MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT VICE-MINISTER GENERAL: DIMITRI ZANINOVICH VICTORIA RESUMES CARLOS CABALLERO ARGÁEZ Civil Engineer graduated from Universidad de Los Andes, with an MA in History from the same university, a Master s of Science degree from Berkeley University and a Master