francisco javier cortes fernandez

Expert consultant in corporate sustainability and in public-private collaboration for the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. Economist, Doctoral Studies in Sustainable Development and Master in Direction and Management of Foundations and Development Cooperation. Javier has served as Director of the United Nations Global Compact for Latin America, the Caribbean and North America from Headquarters in New York from 2013 to 2018 and Director of the UN Global Compact Cities Program in 2019-2020 based in Melbourne and Madrid, contributed to promoting the integration of sustainability in the business models and their orientation towards collaboration with public institutions, academia and civil society for the advancement of the SDGs in the region. He has had a professional career in the Administration, contributing from the public policy of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, EU and OECD as a member of the inclusive growth and poverty reduction working group; In the private sector, he worked in multinational companies such as Telefónica or Grupo PRISA. He has been a keynote speaker on Sustainable development and public-private partnerships at International Events such as the Mobile World Congress Barcelona, the Political Forum for Sustainable Development of ECLAC or the Global Urban Agenda Habitat III Summit in Quito, and a teacher Currently Independent Consultant, Co-Director of the Training Course in Corporate Sustainability LEAD Sustainability, Partner of Systemic Consulting Computer Aided Logistic Services CALS2.0, Member of the Academic Council of the Master in Business Diplomacy of the University of Deusto, Board Member of the Spanish Society Systemic Thought (SESGE). He is the author of indexed scientific articles on corporate sustainability and is a teacher in various national and international Master's degrees such as ESCP, Deusto Business School, Carlos III University, among others.