Juan Ronderos

the Sanctions Officer for the Inter-american Development Bank Group @Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Washington, DC, US

I am the first Sanctions Officer for the IDB Bank Group, serving as the first instance adjudicator of the Two-Tier Sanctions System.In 2010, I was tasked with establishing the office, creating its internal standard operating procedures, and generating a yearly reporting mechanism to the Board of Directors’ Audit Committee. I was also a member of the team responsible for drafting the current Sanctions Procedures and drafted the Protocol for the Delivery of Notices. In my position, I adjudicate cases of prohibited practices brought forward by the Office of Institutional Integrity (OII) related to allegations that corporations or individuals have engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, coercive, collusive, or obstructive practices. I impose sanctions on individuals and corporations that I have found to have engaged in prohibited practices. These sanctions can include debarment and the implementation of compliance programs.As part of my role, I oversee the implementation of compliance programs by sanctioned corporations and lift sanctions after assessing the compliance monitors\' reporting concerning conditional debarments and debarments with conditional release.During my tenure, I have debarred, suspended, and exonerated several firms and individuals. Most of the sanctions I have imposed have been subject to cross-debarment by the other MDBs.

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

PhD (Stopped), International Criminal Law

Universidad de Los Andes

Tax Specialist, Law, Taxation, Accounting

Universidad de Los Andes

Lawyer (JD-BCL equivalent), Law

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School

LLM, International Criminal Law