About

Juan Camilo Castro Salcedo currently oversees a legal team of 25 employees across Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in his role as legal director at AT&T. Described by peers as an ‘exceptional professional’ who is fully aligned with the objectives and global vision of his corporation, Castro Salcedo is praised for his work ethic and high sense of responsibility. In his current role, Castro Salcedo has been able to optimise resources, identifying the most critical and strategically significant tasks and allocating local resources to achieve the most favourable outcome for the company. In addition, he has contributed to the standardisation of processes between Colombia, Peru and Ecuador and has worked out a formula to negotiate property rights across the three countries, thus reducing contingency of $10m annually in a supported payment of approximately $2.5m. Prior to joining AT&T in July 2015, Castro Salcedo was employed for three years by 3M as a legal advisor, where he had the chance to work closely with the business in order to promote and grow government deals. He shined by setting up a complete process within the company for attending public tenders and protecting the organisation during the process, an achievement that contributed significantly to a 20% growth in income for the company in the region. Between 2007 and 2011, Castro Salcedo worked at IBM Colombia and led all legal matters for the company in the country, overseeing a group of external and internal lawyers on a wide array of issues. Castro Salcedo’s first role after finishing his legal studies was as a lawyer at Computec in Colombia. In these first stages of his career Castro Salcedo instantly made a positive impression on his colleagues, with peers from that role praising him for showing strong legal knowledge and commitment to see problems through to the end. He is described as an accurate and effective lawyer, who is also a ‘natural leader’. As well as his legal education completed at Universidad del Rosario and Universidad de Los Andes, Castro Salcedo also holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid that complements his experience and knowledge of business management.