General room
Composed of representatives of the sugar mills and the cane growers who signed the constitution act of the Center. It is the highest authority of Cenicaña, both because it is up to him to elect the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditor as because he has to decree the reforms of the statutes.
Board of Directors
Formed by representatives of the sugar mills and donor and asocaña growers. It has the support of an Advisory Council that collaborates in the definition of policies in the framework of science and technology, environmental protection, technical cooperation and intellectual property rights, among other issues. It also has a Program Committee and an Executive Committee:
Program Committee. It is responsible for examining the priorities of the research programs, issuing guidelines for their execution and evaluating the development and dissemination of the results; For these tasks, it has the support of the Research Committees, whose members interact directly with Cenicaña researchers in the field, harvest and factory areas.
Executive committee. Cooperates with the Director General of the Center in the definition of general and ordinary policies of the institution, and financial and accounting policies.
General management
Acts as legal representative of the Center. Present the work programs, budget projects and financial statements to the Board of Directors. It promotes, supervises and evaluates all the work necessary to develop the objectives of the Center, and directs the staff.
Management teamCenicaña has three research programs and specialized services: Varieties Program, Agronomy Program, Factory Processes Program, Technical Cooperation and Technology Transfer Service, Analytical Service, Knowledge Management Service, Information Technology Service, Agroclimatology Service, Superintendence of the Experimental Station.
Board of Directors, 2024 - 2025
Vicente Borrero Calero
President
Karen Bolanos Botello
Secretary
Main courses
Roberto Klinger Yanovich
President
Incauca SA
Vicente Borrero Calero
General Manager
Ingenio Providencia SA
Pedro Enrique Cardona Lopez
President
Riopaila Castilla SA
Mauricio Iragorri Rizo
General Manager
Ingenio Mayagüez SA
Juan Miguel Jaramillo Londono
General Manager
Ingenio Manuelita SA
Luis Enrique Saavedra Pardo
General Manager
Ingenio La Cabaña SA
Tania Marcela Guapacha Lozano
General Manager
Ingenio Pichichí SA
Claudia Ximena Calero Cifuentes
President
Assocaña
Rodrigo Villegas Tascon
Growers Representative
Asocaña affiliates
Martha Isabel Lince Cabal
President Board of Directors
procaña
Axel Von Sneider Calero
Vice President Board of Directors
procaña
Santiago Fernandez Vallejo
Vice President Board of Directors
Sugar
guests
Carlos Alberto Ledesma
Managing director
Trapiche Lucerne
alternates
Carlos Eduardo Cordoba Granobles
Field Manager
Incauca SA
Luis Felipe Gaviria Giraldo
General Manager
Ingenio Risaralda SA
Gustavo Adolfo Barona Torres
AgroRiocas General Manager
Riopaila Castilla SA
Julio Alberto Bernal Ramirez
Assistant general manager
Ingenio Mayagüez SA
Hernando Ulloa Tenorio
Field Manager / Agricultural Manager
wit of the west
Alejandro Amaya Cutiva
Managing director
Ingenuity Maria Luisa SA
Mario Andres Restrepo Renjifo
General Manager
Ingenio Carmelita SA
William David Loaiza Franco
Head of Environmental Management
Assocaña
Jorge Alberto Vallejo Bernal
Growers Representative
Asocaña affiliates
Carlos Hernando Molina Duran
Board of Directors Representative
procaña
Oscar Florez Caicedo
Board of Directors Representative
procaña
Humberto Emilio Ramirez Arango
Board of Directors Representative
Sugar
board committee
President:
Vicente Borrero Calero
General Manager
Providence Sugar Mill
Investigation committees
Variety Committee
Coordinators:
Freddy Antonio Salazar V.
Plant breeder, Cenicaña
Luis Felipe Bohorquez
Agronomist, Cenicaña
Plant Health Committee
Chairwoman:
Yolanda Gutierrez
Director IV- Phytosanitary
Incauca SA
Harvest Committee
President:
Leonardo Yusti Zapata
Harvest and Ripening Director
Riopaila-Castilla SA
Factory Committee
President:
Luis Alfredo Restrepo
Factory manager
Riopaila-Castilla SA (Castilla plant)
Field Committee
President:
John Paul Rebolledo
Field Manager
Ingenio Mayagüez SA
Technology Transfer Committee
Chairwoman:
Sandra Viviana Castillo
Supplier Manager
Riopaila-Castilla SA (Castilla plant)
Maturation Committee
President:
John Felipe Sandoval Pineda
Head of Agronomy
Providencia Sugar Mill
Management staff 2025
Freddy Fernando Garces Obando
Director General
Karen Bolanos Botello
Administrative Head
John Jaime Riascos Argos
Director
Variety program
Julián Fernando Mateus
Director
Agronomy Program
Nicolas Javier Gil Zapata
Director
Factory Process Program
Samuel Andres Galeano Patino
Boss
Technical Cooperation and Technology Transfer Service
Hector Alberto Chica Ramirez
Boss
Analytics Service
Jaime Hernan Caicedo Angel
Boss
Computer Technology Service
Mery Esperanza Fernández Porras
Agrometeorologist
Agroclimatology Service
Adriana Arenas Calderon
Boss
Knowledge Management Service
Luis Eduardo González Buriticá
Superintendent
Superintendence of the Experimental Station
