MANCALA CONSULTORES - Key Persons
Elías studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where he obtained his law degree. He holds an MA in Public Policy Management from the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and an Executive Graduate in Public Finance from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
He speaks and writes fluent Spanish, English and French.
Irene is a junior researcher. She has extensive experience in the evaluation of Budget Support programmes, and the management of international technical assistance projects.
She has developed her work with various civil society organizations, both nationally and internationally. Irene has worked with organizations such as the Red Cross and Street Child EU.
Irene holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Warwick (UK) and a Master in Globalization and Development from the University College London.
She speaks and writes fluent Spanish, English and French. Furthermore, she is fluent in Chinese and German.
Job Titles:
- Head of the Administration Department
Jesús has extensive experience in administrative accounting and finance.
His professional experience has been developed for accounting firms and private sector companies in Latin America and the United States of America as an analyst, accounting manager, and financial specialist in companies in the service, manufacturing, and aeronautical sectors.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Project Officer at the European Commission 's Cooperation Agency
- Socio
Jordi specialises in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of budget support programmes and public finance reform projects.
Jordi has been project director for the Regional Medium Term Budgetary Framework (MTPF) project for COSEFIN countries, as well as lead expert for the monitoring and evaluation of numerous EU-funded public finance management and budget support projects in Latin America and Africa.
As project officer at the European Commission's Cooperation Agency, Jordi was in charge of coordinating the EU's cooperation with Indian Ocean countries, participating in the programming and monitoring of large budget support programmes. He also worked on specific projects in Eastern Europe and Asia. Between 2009 and 2014 he was Director of Public Finance and Budget Support at the consulting firm Eptisa.
Jordi holds a Law degree from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Master of Laws degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master in Public Finance Management from SOAS, University of London.
He speaks and writes fluent Spanish, English and French.
Lalaine is a Project Manager with extensive experience in international technical assistance project management and event management at regional level.
Lalaine has worked for various civil society organisations in the management of international cooperation projects. Previously, she did her internship at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Santiago de Chile, where she coordinated training projects for the Southern Cone.
Lalaine holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Amsterdam.
She speaks and writes fluent Dutch, Spanish, English and French.
Job Titles:
- Project Assistant
- Asistente De Proyectos
María José has experience in digital design, web design, programming, text analysis and editing, and research and organisation of information in databases.
Her professional experience has been developed in international consulting companies in Latin America. She has worked as a project assistant and researcher in different international projects, supporting project management and product development.
María José holds a BA in Literary Studies and a master's degree in Digital Humanities, both from the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. She also holds a master's degree in Publishing Production and Management from the VIU, Valencia, Spain.
She speaks and writes fluently in English and Spanish.
Job Titles:
- Operations and Implementation Manager
María holds a degree in Political Science and Public Administration, a Master in International Cooperation and is a certified expert in Quality System Implementation according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001: 2014, as well as in LEAN Management for SMEs.
She speaks and writes fluent Spanish and English.