Jose María Vera Villacián

Executive Director of UNICEF Spain. Professional in the non-profit and development sector with extensive experience in executive and other strategic positions. Visiting professor at several universities: Comillas, Georgetown, Loyola Andalucía and Advantere School of Management. Author of studies and reports on Global Development and Inequality. Activist for social and climate justice, and for children and gender rights. Blog in El Confidencial.

Corporate Experience

• Executive Director. UNICEF Spain, 2021 – Present

• Executive Director (interim). Oxfam International. Nairobi, 2019 – 2020

• Director. Oxfam Intermón, Spain, 2012 – 2019

• Director Cooperation Programs of the Iberoamerican Summit of Heads of State. Iberoamerican General Secretariat (SEGIB) Spain, 2006 – 2012

• Campaigns and Policy Director. Oxfam Intermón. Spain, 1998 – 2006

• Head of the Madrid Office. Intermon, 1993 – 1998

• Project Engineer. Técnicas Reunidas, 1990 – 1993

Academic Experience

• Visiting Scholar. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, 2021

• Visiting Professor. Loyola Andalucía University, 2021

• Visiting Professor. Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, 2004 – 2020

• Associate Professor. Advantere School of Management, 2021 – Present

• Several other collaborations with universities and business schools

Academic Background

• Máster in International Cooperation and Development. Universidad Complutense, CIDEAL-AECID

• Graduate in Chemistry (Chemical Engineering), Universidad Complutense

• Executive Development Program (PDD), IESE

• Sustainable Investment Program, Cambridge University