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Juan G. Ronderos has been serving as the Sanctions Officer for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group since October 2010. As the first instance of the IDB Group's two-tier Sanctions System, he is responsible for imposing sanctions on companies and individuals found to have engaged in Prohibited Practices, in accordance with the IDB Group's Sanctions Procedures. Prior to his role at the IDB Group, Mr. Ronderos served as the Regional Team Leader for the Latin America and the Caribbean investigative team at the World Bank's Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), which he joined in 2003. During his tenure at INT, he also conducted investigations in South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. Before his involvement with Multilateral Development Banks, Mr. Ronderos was a director at KPMG Forensics in Canada and the United States. Mr. Ronderos began his career in the early 1990s in his native Colombia, where he held various law enforcement positions, from conducting front-line investigations to leading a specialized anti-money laundering investigative task force. Following this, he transitioned to academia, serving as the Assistant Director for the Nathanson Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption (now known as the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security) at Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada. Mr. Ronderos holds a law degree and a Specialization in Taxation from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, as well as an LL.M from Osgoode Hall Law School.