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Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development.

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Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal

and professional development.

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First, let me explain you why I like what I like doing.

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I come from a family of farmers. My parents made their living by growing things. This is where I grew up:

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As country people, the activities we shared as a family were closely related to nature:• Camping, fishing and traveling to wild and exotic places.

And those (plus some others) are the things I like to do today to share with my friends and family:

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Now, let me tell you about my family...

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Catalina, my wife for 8 years so far, yoga intructor and housewife. Sensitive. Animal and nature lover.

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Matilda, 8 years old. Always smiling. Sensitive. Future veterinarian. Animal and nature lover.

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Emilia, 6 years old. Deeply intelectual and rational, but also sensitive. Future painter.And guess what… …animal and nature lover.

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…and my job

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I work as corporate finance director in Grupo Nutresa, one of the most important food producers in Latin America, included for the fourth year in the Dow jones Sustainability Index…

…and I participate in a sustainable agriculture project being developed in the eastern plains of Colombia.

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And to the point. At a professional level…

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…my inherited interest in nature, agriculture and sustainability has taken me to incredible places…

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…and connected me with very interesting people and cultures …

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…making not only business partners but also friends…

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…besides that, to have had the opportunity to get to know incredible places, that need an extra effort to be preserved, makes me

sustainability conscious and responsible…

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…In both

My everyday work at Nutresa

And my agricultural project.

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…at a personal level…

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…These activities, create a special bond with my friends and my family, sharing unique moments, in magical places…

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And a final thought: All the pictures here, have been taken by me, I consider myself blessed to have had these experiences, and I am aware that all my

actions, in both my professional and personal life, have an effect, and must be intended to make this world sustainable, allowing them (my daughters in the

picture) to share this with the next generation, and so on.