Rafael Castillo-Triana is CEO of The Alta Group Latin American Region, LLC, global consultants to the equipment leasing and finance industry. Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, he is an international attorney with more than 30 years in the leasing industry. A former executive for a leasing company in South America, he later founded two leasing companies in Colombia. Castillo-Triana is an expert in international leasing law who represented the Colombian government in the drafting of the national convention for international financial leasing developed through the UNIDROIT convention. His contribution has been a determining factor in the drafting and adoption of leasing laws in countries such as Tanzania, Kenya and Georgia. He has published two books on leasing, written numerous papers including the annual Alta LAR100 ranking of the top leasing companies in Latin America, and spoken at universities, law schools and equipment finance conferences in many countries.