Maria Consuelo Araujo has been chief executive officer of Gran Colombia Gold Corporation since August of 2010. Previously, Ms. Araujo served as the minister of foreign affairs of Colombia from 2006 to 2007, after having served as the country’s minister of culture for four years. She was also director of postgraduate studies at the Universidad Externado of Colombia. Ms. Araujo is an economist and diplomat, completing undergraduate studies in Finance and International Affairs at the Universidad Externado of Colombia and postgraduate studies at University of Milan in Italy.