The businessman, Juan Felipe Montoya, was elected as the new president of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Aqueduct of Bucaramanga, amb.
After more than eight years with few changes in its composition, this Thursday the new board of directors of the Metropolitan Aqueduct of Bucaramanga, amb., took office before the mayor, Jaime Andrés Beltrán. This board was renewed almost 85% last March by order of the local president.
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In their first official meeting, the new members of the board chose the renowned businessman, Juan Felipe Montoya Muñoz as the new president of the board of directors of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Aqueduct, considered the ‘crown jewel’ of the municipality.
“We have to take the company to the next level”
Montoya Muñoz is a Business Administrator at the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, UNAB and manager since 2012 of the Santander Incubator, Huevos Kikes. He is a renowned businessman in the region, and has been a member of the boards of directors of OPL Carga SA, International Egg Commission, IEC; and National Federation of Poultry Farmers of Colombia.
For the new president of Aqueduct Metropolitano, the purpose of this new board is clear: to take the company to the next level.
“Definitely our challenge is to take the company to the next level, that is, a more robust company, with greater users and with the best service,” explained the businessman.
Along with Juan Felipe Montoya, the following also took office as new members of the amb’s board of directors: Mauricio Osorio Sánchez, Andrés Novoa Pineda, Carlos Alberto Suárez Sánchez, Javier Martín de Jesús Rivera, Beatriz Millán Mejía, Rafael Mendoza Estévez, Arturo Zambrano Avellaneda, Gladys Mireya Valero Rey, Gustavo Andrés Avellaneda Rojas, Sergio Andrés Galindez Riveros, and Yolima Díaz Murillo.
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Coming changes
The extension of Alejandro Estrada, who is accused of being close to former mayor Juan Carlos Cárdenas, as manager of the company, despite the resistance of the local president, or the creation of a new parallel company to execute contracts in other cities, are some of the disagreements between Mayor Beltrán and the previous board of directors that had been maintained with almost all of its members since the Rodolfo Hernández government.
Precisely, these two points will be part of the agenda of the new board of directors.
“The manager will remain in office until his term ends. And only among the new board do they review the relevance of each of the issues,” explained the mayor, Jaime Beltrán.
In 2023, the budget of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Aqueduct exceeded $226,815 million.
