Carolina Castaneda is the Director for Europe of Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia B.V. (FNC BV) since August 2016. FNC BV is the subsidiary for Europe of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) in Colombia. The FNC represents over 540,000 Colombian coffee growers. As director for FNC BV, Carolina oversees FNC´s coffee sales to Europe, promotes the image of Café de Colombia, and coordinates fundraising for projects that improve the living conditions of Colombian coffee farmers and the environment.

Carolina started working for the FNC in risk management projects in October 2006 in Bogotá, Colombia.In April 2007, she moved to New York to work for Colombian Coffee Federation Inc., FNC’s branch in North America.  She started as Director of Investments and Special Projects, managing green coffee sales and the 100% Colombian Coffee Program. At the beginning of 2015, she was appointed Senior Director of Green Coffee Trading for North America.

Before joining the coffee business, she worked at Colombia’s Central Bank (Banco de la República), Bancolombia, as well as at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington DC.