Davivienda CEO and leadership

Mr. Castañeda earned a BA in Business Administration at EAFIT University and a Master of International Business at Western University in Sydney, Australia.

He was Foreign Exchange Division Manager and Chief Treasury Officer at Banco Industrial Colombiano. He also worked at Banco Cafetero as Chief Treasury Officer and currently serves as Chief Treasury and International Business Officer at Davivienda. He was in Leasing Bancolombia S.A. and Leasing de Colombia Board of Directors and is a current member of Fiducafé S.A. and DECEVAL S.A. Board of Directors.

Mrs. Echeverry is a Psychologist from Universidad de los Andes, MBA from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid and a professional coach. She worked six years at BBVA leading the Human Resources areas of Corfigan and Seguros BBVA.

She worked at Microsoft as Human Resources Manager for Colombia, leading the Andean Region Strategy. Between 2007 and 2017, Mrs. Echeverry worked at Ericsson as Chief Human Resources Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean. She joined Davivienda’s team in September 2017 as CHRO to support the Bank’s digital transformation from a talent-oriented perspective.

Mr. Melo is a Civil Engineer in Electronics from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María de Chile.

He served as Deputy Manager of Technological Development at Banco de Santiago, Chief Manager of Central Services and Technology at Banco Santander Peru, and Systems Operations Manager at Banco Santander Chile. He was also Banco Santander Banespa Brazil Executive Technology Superintendent, and Operations and Technology Manager at Banco de Chile.

Furthermore, he held the positions as Professional Services Manager at NCR Chile, Operations and Administration Manager at Compañía de Seguros de Vida Santander S.A., General Manager at Altec Chile S.A. and General Manager at Altec Brazil, Sao Paulo Brazil.

Mr. León served as Secretary of Development, Technical Delegate, and Technical Director at the SFC, Operations and Systems Vice President and SARC Director at Banco Cafetero and Vice President of Operations and Systems at Granbanco S.A. He was a member of the Board of Directors at Securities Market Supervision Commission, Fiducafé S.A.