Jose Octavio Carrillo Heredia Consultant

Head of Shared Value Creation

Catalyst Now

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 (1 year)

Catalyst Now is a global movement connecting social innovators, organizations, funders, businesses, governments, and other stakeholders working toward systemic change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Held a global leadership role focused on strategic partnerships, institutional engagement, shared value, and resource mobilization across a worldwide ecosystem of social innovators and organizations. Worked across a network of 6,000+ social innovators and more than 4,000 organizations in 150+ countries, connecting leaders and institutions across sectors and geographies. Cultivated and managed relationships across the corporate, philanthropic, academic, government, and social-impact sectors, helping connect capital, expertise, leadersh

VP Westfield Business School

Westfield Bussines School

Sep 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Generated more than $1.5M in institutional revenue through executive education, strategic partnerships, and institutional growth initiatives. Developed and closed a strategic partnership with the Organization of American States (OAS) to establish a scholarship mechanism expanding access to executive education for professionals across the Americas. Built and managed 40+ strategic partnerships involving corporations, universities, nonprofit organizations, and institutional stakeholders. Negotiated and managed relationships with organizations including Sony Music, Kimberly-Clark, and Amerant Bank, engaging senior decision-makers to develop institutional partnerships and revenue opportunities. Represented the business school with senior executi

Executive Director

Corporación Ventures

Feb 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 8 months)

Provided executive leadership to one of Colombia's leading entrepreneurship and innovation organizations, overseeing institutional development, fundraising, partnerships, and national programs. Raised more than $1M from multilateral institutions, foundations, public-sector entities, and corporate partners to support entrepreneurship and innovation programs. Developed and managed relationships with institutions including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Development Bank of Latin America, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, foundations, corporations, and public-sector stakeholders.

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Consultant

AIDLIVE FOUNDATION

Apr 2019 - Feb 2020 (11 months)

Co-designer of the strategic plan and institutional relationship for the establishment of the foundation in Colombia in 2019. Execution of the support fund for the Venezuelan and Colombian migrant population returned in Colombia for the selection, adjudication, co-design of programs and monitoring of NGO executors of programs, channeling funds in the amount of USD 2.3 million, with results in 6 months of 15 thousand direct beneficiaries of medium-term impact programs in areas of health, nutrition and access to basic services. To date, the foundation has more than 65 thousand indirect total beneficiaries.

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CEO

Sin Límites Inc

Jun 2015 - Feb 2018 (2 years 9 months)

Management of all strategic and commercial aspects of the company. Responsible for the restructuring and design of the strategic plan and expansion. Advisor and executive producer for the first and second season of the television program on RCN Mission Impacto respectively, promoting entrepreneurial culture to an audience of more than 2 million people. Responsible for the association with RCN TV (Colombia). Raised approximately 1 Million USD in alliances with the public and private sector in which the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, ́ Innpulsa Colombia, Postobon, Totto and Uber among others stands out.

Director

Ashoka

Dec 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for the entire operation and personnel for repositioning and institutional relations of Ashoka in Colombia. Collection and management of funds for the operation of all programs including, search and selection of social entrepreneurs in LATAM, youth entrepreneurship, empathy and the support network of Ashoka with more than 30 selected Ashoka Fellows and more than 200 thousand dollars raised in a year.

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Director

CARRILLO Y ASOCIADOS

Dec 2008 - Dec 2013 (5 years 1 month)

Founder of the firm as a benchmark in Venezuela in the areas of criminal, human rights and immigration law with annual sales of more than USD 250,000 in the first two years. Responsible for the management of the firm and also leading the area of litigation in the area of human rights and immigration, achieving his second year the representation in Venezuela of the law firm Maggio Kattar in Washington D.C.

Legal Counsel

Banco Exterior

Dec 2006 - Dec 2008 (2 years 1 month)

I providing permanent advice to the Board of Directors and other areas of the bank. I handle litigation and administrative actions. Responsible for the supervision of all areas of the bank for compliance with the laws.

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Director

PADF

Jul 2005 - Dec 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for the installation and commissioning strategy of the Foundation in the Country. Designed the methodology for evaluating the projects presented to the Citizen Fund to determine the technical and financial viability, later in charge of the allocation of resources (more than 2 million dollars)

Associate

Echeverri & Asociados

Jul 1998 - Jul 2004 (6 years 1 month)

Associated at the leading criminal law firm in Venezuela, I represented with high success rate the most relevant clients of the private and public sector in criminal law, among which POLAR companies, Diario el Universal, RCTV, Farmatodo, PDVSA and Embassy of CANADA and the USA in Venezuela among others. I led the Human Rights Department and represented the most prominent human and multilateral rights activists and political actors.

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Assistant

Presidencia de la Republica

Dec 1997 - Dec 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Coordination of human rights support groups and assistance to victims of human rights. It served as a liaison between NGOs and the Venezuelan government for the drafting of the National Human Rights Policy and Plan of Venezuela

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