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CEFA is a Costa Rican distributor of pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including drugs and nutritional products, as well as food and photocopy machines. Jose David Zuniga has been in charge of legal, compliance, regulatory affairs and asset protection at the company for just over a year, and instantly established himself as a sound decision-maker that is capable of motivating others. Zuniga has been praised for the generation of open and clear communication lines between legal and the ‘front office functions’. Zuniga previously served as head of legal, patents and compliance at Bayer in Costa Rica, and was tasked with protecting the assets and reputation of Bayer in the region. Over his two-year tenure at Bayer, Zuniga was able to develop and implement a strategic plan focusing on value added services and build up the legal team to address the needs of the business across divisions located in various countries. In addition, he was praised for challenging the status quo on the compliance approach used within Bayer, introducing new innovations and regular and effective communication. Prior to Bayer, Zuniga was employed at Walmart for seven years, initially as a legal manager in Costa Rica, then as associate general counsel in Central America and subsequently as vice president and general counsel for both Central America and Mexico providing legal support to 655 retail units and leading a team of 21 in-house lawyers across the region. At the onset of his career, Zuniga spent over 10 years at Costa Rican law firm Despacho Juridico Oreamuno & Asociados.