The Elcano team

José Juan Ruiz Gómez, Chairman, Elcano Royal Institute

José Juan Ruiz

Chairman

Maria Dolores de Cospedal. Deputy Chair, Elcano Royal Institute

María Dolores de Cospedal

Deputy Chair

Charles Powell, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute since 2012, and a Professor of Contemporary History at CEU San Pablo University

Charles Powell

Director

Staff members (in alphabetical order)

Rosa Algaba Vázquez BIO 2023

Rosa Algaba Vázquez

Receptionist

Jessica Almqvist, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Lund

Jessica Almqvist

Non-resident Senior Fellow

International Law

Javier Alonso Lecuit

Non-resident Senior Fellow

New Technologies and Cybersecurity

Pablo del Amo

Pablo del Amo

Fellow

Sergio Altuna Galán

Non-Resident Fellow

Judith Arnal, Senior Research Fellow, Elcano Royal Institute

Judith Arnal

Senior Fellow

Félix Arteaga. Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute, specialising in international security, cybersecurity and disinformation.

Félix Arteaga

Senior Fellow

Miguel de Avendaño

Chief Editor

Alina Averchenkova

Alina Averchenkova

Non-resident Senior Fellow

María Dolores de Azategui-Lili

Publications Coordinador & Senior Editor

Angel Badillo, Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute

Ángel Badillo Matos

Senior Fellow

Cultural

Ana Ballesteros Peiró

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Rut Bermejo Casado

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Josep Borrell Fontelles, alto Representante de la UE para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad, y vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea

Josep Borrell

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Andrea Briones, Research Assistant on climate change in the Energy and Climate Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute

Andrea Briones

Research Assistant (Energy and Climate)

Rubén Campos

Rubén Campos

Non-resident Senior Fellow

international relations

Marta Carrasco Pastor 

Manager and Head of Human Resources

Pablo Colomer

Director of Communication

Marta Corral 

Community Manager

William Chislett

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Marta Driessen Cormenzana, Researcher in the Violent Radicalisation and Global Terrorism Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute

Marta Driessen Cormenzana

Fellow

Gonzalo Escribano heads the Energy and Climate Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute. He is also Professor of Applied Economics at the UNED.

Gonzalo Escribano

Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy and Climate Change Programme

Energy Policies

Cristina de Esperanza Picardo. Research Assistant (Indo-Pacific Region) at the Elcano Royal Institute

Cristina de Esperanza Picardo

Research Assistant (Indo-Pacific Region)

Begoña Esteban

Assistant, Administration Department

Mar Esteban 

Secretary to the Chairman and Secretary to Director

Mario Esteban, Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for East Asian Studies of the Autonomous University of Madrid

Mario Esteban

Senior Fellow

East Asia

Enrique Feás

Non-resident Senior Fellow

International Economics

Lucía Fernández Rodríguez, Research Assistant at the Elcano Royal Institute.

Lucía Fernández Rodríguez

Research Assistant

Daniel Fiott

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Raquel García Llorente, Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute specialising the European Union and Spain’s European policy

Raquel García

Fellow

European Policy

Beatriz García Calvo

Beatriz García Calvo

Media Relations Coordinator

Carlota García Encina

Senior Fellow

Transatlantic Relationship

Carola García-Calvo

Senior Fellow

Darío García de Viedma, Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute.

Darío García de Viedma

Fellow

Eva Garrido Ortiz de Urbina

Eva Garrido

Director of Corporate Development

Fernando Gijón Torres

Research Assistant

Anabel Godino

Assistant Manager

Carmen González Enríquez, Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at the UNED.

Carmen González Enríquez

Senior Fellow

European Commission

Blanca González

Research Assistant

Manuel Gracia Santos, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Elcano Global Presence Index project and Associate Professor at Madrid’s Complutense University

Manuel Gracia Santos

Senior Fellow

Manuel Hidalgo Pérez, Non-resident Senior Fellow and member of the Scientific Council of the Elcano Royal Institute. Professor of Applied Economics at the Pablo de Olavide University

Manuel Hidalgo Pérez

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Javier Ivars Pérez, Research Assistant (Common Foreign and Security Policy), Elcano Royal Institute.

Javier Ivars Pérez

Research Assistant

Raquel Jorge-Ricart is an Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute working on the technology and digital agenda

Raquel Jorge Ricart

Non-Resident Fellow

Cybersecurity

Asem Khouli Amer 

Logistics and Maintenance

Lara Lázaro Touza

Senior Fellow

Elena López Gunn. Non-resident Senior Fellow and Member of the Scientific Council at the Elcano Royal Institute

Elena López Gunn

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Ivanosca López Valerio

Ivanosca López-Valerio

Digital Manager

Carlos Malamud, Senior Fellow for Latin America at the Elcano Royal Institute, and Professor of Latin American History at the UNED.

Carlos Malamud

Senior Fellow

Latin America Relations

Léa Margot

Project Officer

Natalia Martín. Officer at the Elcano Royal Institute’s Office in Brussels

Natalia Martín

Officer at the Elcano Royal Institute’s Office in Brussels

Asia-Pacific

José Pablo Martínez, Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute

José Pablo Martínez

Fellow

Mª Carmen Mas Esquerdo

Operations Assistant

Sara Megía

Director of the Project Management Office

Mira Milosevich-Juaristi

Senior Fellow

Ignacio Molina A. de Cienfuegos, Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Ignacio Molina

Senior Fellow

Foreign and EU Policy of Spain

Áurea Moltó

Director of ElcanoNET

Laura Mula Gallego

Digital Communication Assistant

Rogelio Núñez, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and lecturer at the Francisco de Vitoria University

Rogelio Núñez Castellano

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Latin America

Paula Oliver Llorente

Research Assistant

Iliana Olivie, Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and Associate Professor at the Department of Applied & Structural Economics & History of the Complutense University of Madrid

Iliana Olivié

Senior Fellow

Globalization

Miguel Otero Iglesias

Senior Fellow

International Political Economy

Ana Pasamontes, Events Coordinator Assistant at the Elcano Royal Institute

Ana Pasamontes Pérez

Events Coordinator Assistant

Ismael Pérez

Computer Maintenance

Fernando Reinares, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute

Fernando Reinares

Distinguished Senior Fellow

Guadalupe Rodríguez

Secretary to the Deputy Chair and Research Team Administrator

Sebastián Royo

Sebastián Royo

Non-resident Senior Fellow

María Santillán O’Shea, Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.

María Santillán O’Shea

Fellow

Luis Simón

Director of the Elcano Royal Institute’s Office in Brussels and Senior Fellow

María Solanas

Director of Programmes

Spanish Foreign Policy

Federico Steinberg, Prince of Asturias Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute

Federico Steinberg

Senior Fellow

International Political Economy

Juan Antonio Sánchez Giménez

Head of the Information and Documentation Service

Manen Taibo 

Events Coordinator

Ernesto Talvi

Senior Fellow

Sofía Tirado Sarti, Fellow in the Energy and Climate Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute and Lecturer in Quantitative Economics.

Sofía Tirado Sarti

Fellow

Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa, Fellow in the Energy and Climate Programme at the Elcano Royal Institute

Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa

Fellow

Álvaro Vicente, Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute, as well as in the Department of Public Law and Political Science at the URJC.

Álvaro Vicente

Fellow

The Revolution of Jihadist Terrorism in Spain

Mª Luisa Vázquez

Institutional Data Base Assistant

José Vericat. Senior Fellow Elcano Royal Institute.

José Vericat

Senior Fellow

Carmen Yuste

Carmen Yuste

Receptionist