The Vice Minister of Agricultural Affairs is a native of the city of Santa Marta. He is a lawyer by the Universidad Sergio Arboleda with mastery in Strategic Intelligence and Foresight of the University Jaume I, Castellón of Spain. In the Ministry has handled themes of productive development and generation of value in the chains of agricultural and livestock.
In the last year, the new deputy minister he served as adviser to the office of the Ministry of Agriculture, leading the various projects that have the Agricultural Portfolio with the sector associations.
He has served as a consultant on agricultural topics in the MARD, has been vice president of the Center for Leadership and Management; adviser to the Ministry of Housing in topics of extreme poverty and social development; adviser to the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, in rehabilitation of strategic ecosystems and green business, among other charges.
Juan Pablo Pineda at the moment is working on the development of the most ambitious policy of recent years in the country, called 'Colombia Siembra', in whose structuring, he had a great participation.
Similarly, has served as a professor at the College of Higher Administration Studies (CESA), issuing chairs as Business Sustainability, School of Leaders and seedbed of prospective entrepreneurs, among others.