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Pelayo CASTRO ZUZUÁRREGUI Director General adjunto para las Américas del Servicio Europeo de Acción Exterior (SEAE) |
Nationality:
Spanish
Professional Experience:
03.2024 | Director EEAS/Deputy Managing Director for the Americas
03.2022 | 03.2024 Senior Advisor – to the HR/VP Josep Borrell Fontelles
09.2021 | 02.2022 Head of Division EEAS/MENA.5 (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria)
09.2019 | 08.2021 Ambassador/Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nicaragua
08.2015 | 08.2019 Ambassador/Head of Delegation of the European Union to Costa Rica
09.2012 | 07.2015 Head of Division EEAS/Parliamentary Affairs (inter-institutional issues)
01.2010 | 09.2012 Member of Cabinet – Adviser to the HR/VP Catherine Ashton
06.2007 | 12.2009 Personal Assistant to the President of the Government of Spain, Moncloa
06.2004 | 05.2007 Administrator , International Trade Committee (INTA), European Parliament
Academic Qualifications:
2001 | 2003 Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) & Honors Certificate in International Business Diplomacy (IBD) – “La Caixa” Scholar Georgetown University (Washington DC)
1998 | 1999 Master in European Studies College of Europe (Bruges)
1994 | 1998 Licenciado en Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración UAB (Barcelona)
2019 “Leading Change in Complex Organizations” Management Executive Program, 1 week, MIT Sloan School of Management (Boston)
2008 | 2009 Public Management Leadership Programme (part-time) IESE Business School (Madrid)
Language Skills:
Spanish (Mother tongue)
English
Catalan
French
Dutch