About

Lina Maria Cortes has had a highly successful career conducting impressive legal and compliance work both in-house and in private practice. Appointed as health care compliance officer for Johnson & Johnson’s Northern Latin America region in May 2015, Cortes has overseen great improvements to speed and efficiency of work for the medical devices and pharmaceutical company. Cortes formerly worked as legal director and compliance officer at the Colombia office of the major international health care company, Fresenius Medical. Her four-year stint in that role resulted in a revamp of the working methods within the department, achieving notable efficiencies. Cortes has also been crucial in obtaining the status of a ‘permanent special free trade zone’ for the subsidiary Fresenius Medical Care Servicio Renal, an important step in achieving the company’s strategic vision in Latin America. Prior to moving in-house in 2010, Cortes worked at the top-notch Colombian law firms Posse, Herrera & Ruiz Abogados and Brigard & Urrutia.