About

Riopaila Castilla is a Colombian Agroindustrial Group with 100 years of experience in the national and international sugar, honey, alcohol, energy and palm markets in both production and commercialisation. Alfredo Azuero has been at Riopaila Castilla for 20 years, and in that time the company has grown in size and reputation in the bioenergy and sugars industry. Azuero’s role as compliance manager as well as legal manager demonstrates his focus on all regulatory matters for the company, from labour to food safety, and other corporate governance matters. His vast experience in these matters is demonstrated in his involvement in the change of administrative headquarters in October 2017 requiring updates to the company’s data protection guidelines, and his involvement in the company’s project from December 2016 to February 2017 to reform the company’s code of ethics and conduct. A nominator highlighted his attention to detail and regulatory focus, ‘Alfredo has been legal counsel for over 20 years in Riopaila Castilla. He is a diligent and business-oriented attorney, focused on compliance and regulatory issues. He is a very consistent lawyer who has the ability to manage in house and external counsels’.