Director, Social Innovation initiativeCAF Development Bank of Latin America
Ana M Botero is Director of Social Innovation at CAF – Development Bank of Latin America. She was the executive director of Fundación Corona in Bogotá Colombia (2010-2012). She started her professional career at the Center International Studies at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá as coordinator on international political affairs; shortly thereafter, she enrolled the United Nations as assistant lawyer at the Law of the Sea Office serving in New York and Geneva Headquarters. Subsequently, she joined the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a delegate in international negotiations on security and political issues as well as with those related to human rights and illicit drug trafficking.
In 1994 she joined CAF as Director of the Secretariat and External Affairs, responsible for CAF´s communication strategy and the overall delivery of the Organization’s mandate referred to its Constitutive Agreement and Rules of Procedure. She acted as the liaison officer with CAF’s shareholding governments and Board of Directors and was the coordinator for protocol, logistics and secretariat services to CAF’s governing bodies. In 2003, Miss Botero was appointed head of a new office responsible for the strategy and implementation of CAF’s Social Responsibility and Community Development Program. Under her leadership, a high-impact set of tools were developed based on shared values, social inclusion and human rights in order to strengthen basic capabilities for empowerment and improving living standards of poor communities.
She was appointed Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in 1998 and is a volunteer member of Special Olympics International. She is a lawyer with two master degrees, one in Law (LLM) and the other on International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University (NYC).