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35 JULIANA GÓMEZ PELÁEZ Colombia ProExport JUAN SEBASTIÁN PEREZ VILLAREAL Colombia ProExport DIANA GOMEZ KOPP Colombia Endeavor Colombia JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ Colombia Proexport Juliana Gómez has been Executive Director of Foreign Investment at Proexport since 2010. Proexport is an organization responsible for the commercial promotion of Colombia as direct foreign investment destination, foreign tourism and as a vendor of non-traditional goods and services. Close to 180 projects with estimated investments of US$3.5 billion in sectors ranging from IT/BPO, tourism infrastructure, private equity, manufacturing, mining and agribusiness have been supported by Proexport between 2009 and 2011. Mrs. Gómez earned her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, and has gone on to acquire a Masters Degree in Marketing and Distribution from the same university. Juan Sebastián Pérez Villarreal is a lawyer form the Universidad Externado, and specialized in contract law at Universidad del Rosario. Currently, he is senior consultant in foreign investment in Proexport Colombia, Colombia's national entity for the promotion of FDI, exports and international tourism, providing a multi-functional advisory service to foreign investors. Before he worked as a lawyer in commercial and corporative affairs in entities such as Energía de Bogotá, Fiduciaria Bogotá, and Suramericana de Seguros S.A. Juan Sebastian has also worked as a teacher and researcher at Universidad del Rosario. Diana is a member of the Board of Directors at Endeavor Colombia and previously worked as COO with Endeavor Global. She has also worked with Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. She has been on the Board of The Hotchkiss School and was an Independent Director of Athilon Finance Corporation. Today, Diana is the Co-Chair of MEMO SAS, a family-owned dairy operation and real estate developer in Bogotá. Diana earned a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Juan Carlos Gonzalez has been leading Proexport's international promotion of Colombia as a destination for Foreign Direct Investment since 2007. Proexport is Colombia's national entity for the promotion of FDI, exports and international tourism, providing a multi-function advisory service to foreign investors across 28 countries. Over 300 FDI projects with estimated investments surpassing US$10 billion have been supported by Proexport since 2007 in sectors ranging from manufacturing, agri-business, private equity, infrastructure, tourism, energy, logistics, business process outsourcing and software development among others.