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Our Board of Directors
Principal members:

MAURICE ARMITAGE CADAVID
Former Mayor of Cali (2016 - 2019). Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sidoc, a steel company he founded in 1987 and part of Grupo Empresarial de Occidente, which he also leads. Through Sidoc, together with Cementos San Marcos and Ingenio de Occidente, he has become a vital employment generator for the city and the southwestern region of Colombia.
His great social sense has made him a standard bearer for issues of equity and social inclusion for peace. Reconciliation has also distinguished him throughout his life, he was a victim of two kidnappings (2002 and 2008) and not only forgave his last captor, but also paid his lawyer and helped his family financially while he was in jail.
Through the Sidoc Foundation, he has bet on the transformation of the most violent territories of southwestern Colombia (Siloé - Comuna 20 of Cali, Norte del Cauca and Buenaventura) with the reconstruction of the social fabric through the promotion of education, culture and sports. His generous contributions to works such as the Tecnocentro Somos Pacífico, the Isaías Duarte Cancino and Club Noel hospitals and the Siloé health center are also widely known. In 2014 he was invited to the Peace Dialogue and Negotiation Table in Havana between the National Government and the FARC-EP as a victim of the guerrilla to give his testimony, a testimony that, of course, was based on forgiveness.
CHRISTINE ARMITAGE TELLO
Executive Director of the Sidoc Foundation
ESTEBAN PIEDRAHITA URIBE
Former director of the National Planning Department, current director of Universidad ICESI.
ÓSCAR ESCOBAR
Former Mayor of Palmira. Currently Mason Fellow at Harvard University. Member of the Peace in Our Cities Network and received the UCLG Peace Prize in 2022.
GUSTAVO IGNACIO DE ROUX RENGIFO
Former Minister of Health, former advisor to the office of the Mayor of Cali.
PATRICIA EUGENIA TELLO
Alternate members:
MARCELA MEJÍA VALENCIA
General Manager - Sidoc
JUAN CARLOS GARCÍA CAJIAO
Operations Manager - Sidoc
MARIA ISABEL ARABIA WARTENBERG
Marketing Manager - Sidoc