Marcos Ferreiro Rodríguez

Marcos Ferreiro is a humanitarian practitioner, researcher and entrepreneur, with more than two decades of international professional experience in the nonprofit and private sectors. He is a Harvard graduate in Public Administration in International Development, Aerospace Engineer and a Barrié de la Maza fellow.

In his early career years Marcos worked at Iberespacio and EADS-Airbus, both linked to the aerospace industry. Then he shifted to the aid sector, where he has worked for the humanitarian agencies Médecins Sans Frontières, the International NGO Safety Organization, Danish Refugee Council and Action Contre la Faim, as well as for the multilateral development institution The World Bank, where he co-authored the book Paths between Peace and Public Service: A Comparative Analysis of Public Service Reform Trajectories in Postconflict Countries.

He has lived several years in Africa, with broad field experience in Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, D.R. Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mauritania, Liberia and Kenya. He has also worked in the Americas (Brazil, Haiti, Ecuador, USA), Asia (India, East Timor) and Europe (France, Spain).

Currently Marcos is Adjunct Professor at the IE´s School of Global and Public Affairs, where he teaches the course Project Evaluation and Impact Assessment. He is also the co-founder of Fáktica Analytics, a digital marketing and data analytics agency based in Madrid. He is married, has 10-year-old daughter, and lives in-between Madrid and New York.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• CTO and Co-founder, Fáktica Analytics, Spain, 2019 – Present

• Regional Director, International NGO Safety Organization (INSO), Kenya-Somalia-South Sudan-Nigeria-Cameroon, 2017 – 2019

• Country Director, INSO, Somalia, 2015 – 2017

• Head of Research, INSO, Kenya-Somalia, 2015 – 2017

• Head of Context Analysis, NGO Safety Program, Danish Refugee Council, Kenya-Somalia, 2014 – 2015

• Consultant, The World Bank, USA-Liberia-East Timor-South Sudan, 2013 – 2014

• Consultant, Action Contre la Faim, Mauritania, 2013

• Emergency Coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Somalia-Haiti-Nigeria-India, 2009 – 2012

• Project Coordinator, MSF, Somalia-Sudan, 2006 – 2008

• Log-Admin, MSF, Ecuador-D.R.Congo, 2004 – 2006

• Material Review Board Engineer, EADS, Spain, 2001 – 2004

• Flight Physics Engineer, EADS, Spain, 2000 – 2001

• Fluid Mechanics Engineer, IBERESPACIO, Spain-France, 1999 – 2000

• Aid Worker, Associação Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Brazil, 1998 – 1999

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Project Evaluation & Impact Assessment, IE University, Spain, 2020 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Master´s Degree in Public Administration in International Development, Harvard University, USA, 2011

• Aerospace Engineer, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, 1998