Mr. Carlos Ernesto Perez Buenaventura has been the Chief Strategy Officer of Grupo Aval Acciones Y Valores S.A. since 2012. Mr. Buenaventura served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Barclays Bank, SA, Spanish subsidiary of UK bank Barclays. Mr. Buenaventura has over 20 years experience in the banking sector. Since 2004, he has worked as Senior Consultant of finance companies with a presence throughout Latin America. Previously, Mr. Buenaventura developed an extensive and successful career at Citi where his last position was in charge of the Division of Consumer Bank for the countries of southern Latin America. Previously he was the Division Head responsible for the Retail Bank, the Pension Fund Business and the Consumer Finance Companies of Citigroup in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. He also worked for Citigroup in Colombia, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. He has served as Marketing and Sales Manager of Alpina S.A. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Javeriana and has graduate studies in Business Management from Universidad del Rosario.