About

Throughout his career Rodrigo Borda Olarte has shown a passion for excellence, personal development and management of high performance teams. Working as senior counsel and compliance at the global pharmaceutical company Bayer, Borda Olarte has been a true asset to the company’s Colombian business over the past couple of years. Among a variety of notable improvements to the legal function, Borda Olarte stands out with his development and implementation of several policies, procedures and practices designed to ensure compliance with the corporate compliance policy and local laws. In addition, Borda Olarte has made his mark on the company with the implementation of a distribution scheme and collateral agreements for Bayer in Colombia and implementation of a new litigation strategy in the Bayer Corporate Science portfolio recovery, resulting in a demonstrable, positive impact of roughly $4m. Having a noticeable ability to effectively transfer his technical knowledge to non-lawyers, Borda Olarte has promoted internal client satisfaction in his company.