Business Administrator from the Universidad EAFIT in Medellín, with a Master's Degree on Marketing from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
He served as Mayor of Montería, his home city, where he maintained a high favorability index during his tenure. The City Mayors Foundation in London nominated him as the best mayor in the world in 2014.
In the public sector he served as Vice Minister of Waters, and held posts at entities such as Ecopetrol, Tejicondor and Proexport Colombia.
