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With operations dating back to 1870, Banco de Bogotá is the oldest commercial bank in Colombia. The bank’s reputation for stability is echoed throughout its operations and particularly in its legal team, which has been led by chief legal officer José Joaquín Díaz Perilla since 1974. Díaz Perilla has held various positions at Banco de Bogotá since 1967 and is among the longest-serving senior executives in the region. A figure who commands enormous respect among the Latin American banking community, Díaz Perilla oversees all legal matters related to the activities of the bank, which operates around 650 branches throughout Colombia. He is a member of the board of directors at Banco de Bogotá and its two subsidiary entities, Sociedad Fiduciaria Bogotá (Fidubogotá) and Almacenes Generales de Deposito (Almaviva). He has previously served as a professor in commercial and banking law at Del Rosario University, University of los Andes and the Universidad Externado de Colombia.