Juan Mac Sáchica Mejía
Audit Leader
Business Administrator from Universidad del Icesi, he has 26 years of experience at PwC Colombia in auditing and tax auditing services and has taken several internal financial auditing courses throughout his career and courses on American accounting standards US GAAP, standards international IFRS auditing and accounting and registration process before the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States, he has also trained with PricewaterhouseCoopers to work in companies under the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Until 2018, he served as the partner responsible for PwC in Colombia for the risk management and independence function, and during the period between 2016 and 2017 he served as the partner responsible for the independence function of the LAN region (LatinAmerica Network).
Since September 2018 and to date, as a consultant, Juan Mac has dedicated himself to advising audit firms, especially medium and small ones, both in the diagnosis and evaluation of the application of the International Quality Control Standard (NICC1), as well as in the implementation of the same when the audit Firm so requires, in the same way providing advice on the implementation and application of the International Auditing Standards (ISA’s), through the training of its professionals. He has also been working as a permanent trainer on the aforementioned topics, through alliances with an audit software company and with entities such as the National Institute of Public Accountants (INCP) and the Colombian Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEF).
Other activities
During his career at PwC, he was in charge, among others, of the audit of the following clients: Unilever, Parmalat Colombia Ltda., Grupo Coomeva, Grupo Manuelita, Grupo Agroindustrial Riopaila Castilla, Smurfit Kappa Cartón de Colombia S.A., Laboratorios Baxter S.A., Aventis Pasteur S.A., Xerox de Colombia S.A., NCR Colombia Ltda., Ingenio del Cauca S.A., Ingenio Providencia S.A., Carlos Sarmiento L. & Cía. Ingenio San Carlos S.A., Ingenio La Cabaña S.A., IBM de Colombia, Bristol Myers Squibb de Colombia Ltda., Reckitt Benckiser Colombia S.A., Varela S.A., Fabrisedas S.A.
From 2011 to 2018 he was the Partner in charge of the Cali Office for PwC Colombia.
Desde el año 2019 se vincula al equipo de FRG.
From July 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009, Juan Mac was a professor of the Statutory Audit Department at the ICESI University of Cali. Member of the Board of Directors of AMCHAM Suroccidente from June 2012 to May 2018 and President of the Board of Directors of AMCHAM Suroccidente from May 2015 to May 2018.
Since 2021, he has been part of the team of experts that supports the National Institute of Public Accountants in the preparation and review of projects to reform the profession and the fiscal audit.
juan.sachica@frgauditores.com
Tel: +57 (602) 514 50 33
Cali, Colombia
