STRATEGY · PUBLIC AFFAIRS · SOCIAL INNOVATION · CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
JUAN SE ARANGO
Twenty years designing trust systems that allow business, government and society to build development together.
Social transformation and
territory
Legitimacy, territorial relations and social investment for the private sector.
At Isopolis we transform social investment into trust, territorial roots and sustainable conditions to operate and grow.
Public affairs and regulatory environment
Government, regulation, advocacy, and agreement building.
Consulting for organizations in regulated sectors: environmental analysis, government relations, and advocacy strategies that build agreements.
Leadership and social capital
Training, networks and development of
leaders.
With Politeia and Dreamers & Makers we train leaders who build among different people and connect their talent with real networks of capital and decision-making.
Corporate governance
Strategy, competitiveness, stakeholders and impact from boards.
From the boards of directors I contribute a systemic vision so that competitiveness and social impact are decided at the senior management level.
01 — My purpose
What I do · What I have done
Lawyer by training. Trust builder by profession.
I have spent nearly twenty years building trust where the
business, the State and the territories, so that together they can build
development and shared value.
What I do
I co-founded Isopolis
Social transformation for companies: we have supported national and multinational companies in four countries.
I advise on public affairs.
Governance and ethical advocacy strategies for organizations in regulated sectors
I help in leadership development
Politeia, with ProRisaralda, and Dreamers & Makers, with the R&D Foundation: leadership development in more than 150 municipalities.
I am a member of boards of directors
Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, Invest in Bogotá, Corparques and Étika Verde Foundation.
WHAT I HAVE DONE
Presidential Advisor
I led the National Youth Public Policy and the first Youth Council elections, and designed the State's social dialogue during the 2021 Social Uprising.
Chief of Staff, Ministry of Defense
Strategic coordination of the Minister's office
Director of Public Affairs, FENALCO
Defense and promotion of trade and the private sector before Congress, the Executive and regional entities.
Author and speaker
Conversations about the so-called Social Uprising and TEDxBarrioAbajo. One of El Tiempo's 40 Under 40.
— Juan Se
Training
undergraduate
Lawyer
postgraduate
Magísteren Derecho Económico
Executive Education
Social Innovation Design
03 — IDEAS EN VOZ ALTA
Ideas out loud.
Talks, press, podcasts and books all revolve around the same question: how to build trust between people who think differently.
El Tiempo · Saturday, July 11, 2026 · Front page and page 1.18
02 · Interview · El Tiempo, The 40 Under 40
"We reward leaders who talk the most, not those who listen best."
— Juan Se Arango, in conversation with José Manuel Acevedo
El Tiempo included me among the 40 Colombians under 40 who are changing the country, with a mention on the front page of their Saturday edition.
03 · Profile · Diario del Otún, Final Point
A life with purpose.
The Pereira diary traces my path through social leadership, high government and unionism, and the legacy of service that shaped me.
"We must always live with the premise of leaving the world better than we found it."
— Entrevista con Liliana Cardona Marín
04. PODCAST. R&D FOUNDATION
Leadership through service.
Video conversation about social innovation,
leadership and territorial development.
05. TALK
The civic role of the entrepreneur
Why the company is also responsible for public trust
06. TALK
Social outrage?
What lies behind the discontent and how to turn it into a conversation.
04 — MI IMPACTO
Ideas out loud.
Impacto que he liderado
Lo que he liderado directamente y las plataformas desde las que hoy contribuyo al desarrollo.
Resultados directamente atribuibles a proyectos, políticas, organizaciones o equipos bajo mi responsabilidad
I · POLÍTICA PÚBLICA
$33,5 billones
Lideré el equipo que desarrolló la Política Pública Nacional de Juventud, con horizonte a 10 años
12.000+
consejeros de juventud elegidos
1,2 M
votos en la primera jornada
II · DESARROLLO DE LIDERAZGO
450
emprendedores sociales acelerados en más de 150 municipios · Dreamers & Makers, Fundación I+D
170
gobernarios de Politeia, con ProRisaralda
III · SECTOR PRIVADO
4 países
donde Isopolis ha acompañado a compañías nacionales y multinacionales
iniciativas legislativas desde FENALCO
Plataformas desde las que hoy contribuyo
Hago parte de estas juntas directivas y desde ahí promuevo el desarrollo de la región.
JUNTA DIRECTIVA
Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
496.000
empresas de la región representadas
JUNTA DIRECTIVA
Invest in Bogotá
USD 631 M
en inversión apoyada
JUNTA DIRECTIVA
Corparques Mundo Aventura
Impacto social
estrategia de impacto social de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
