This Tuesday, December 13th, the National Trade Council elect a new board of directors for the 2023 term, which will be chaired by Germán Arce Zapata, who serves as president of Asofiduciarias. First Vice President is Nidia Hernández Jiménez, executive president of Colfecar, and Second Vice President is Jaime Alberto Cabal Sanclemente, current president of Fenalco.

(Bruce Mac Master refused to become president of the National Council of Commerce).

The new board of directors will take up their positions on January 1, 2023 after achieving the required majority among the 32 unions that make up the National Union Council, the most representative organization of the country’s productive and business sectors.

“The challenges facing the country in terms of economic, environmental and social issues require a constructive, technical and responsible role from the business sector, which guarantees a harmonious dialogue between the public and private sectors for a better development of the country for all. Colombia” , says Arce Zapata from Germany.

Germán Arce Zapata has more than 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors, Among them 18 years of experience in finance and capital markets, he is an economist from the Universidad del Valle, Masters in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the University of Reading in England.

(Employers’ proposal for minimum wage negotiations).

Since March 2019, he has served as president of the Association of Trust Companies of Colombia Asofiduciarias, he has also served as Minister of Mines and Energy, Manager of the Adaptation Fund, President of the National Hydrocarbon Agency, Deputy Minister of Finance and Director General of People’s Credit and the State Treasury.

Meanwhile, First Vice President, Nidia Hernández Jiménez, was the first woman to become president of the trade union representing the country’s cargo, parcel and courier company, Colfecar.

He is a Business Administrator, from the College of Higher Education Studies in Administration CESA, has a Master’s degree in Marketing Management from the Instituto de Empresa, IE Business School in Spain and the Senior Business Management program – PADE, at INALDE Business School.

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