Santiago Castro
MSc Decision Sciences - London School of Economics MA International Development - IEP Paris
Head of Research
Santiago is a specialist in Decision Sciences with a background in international development. He has just completed his MSc at the London School of Economics (LSE) and has outstanding knowledge and practical skills with a wide range of statistical and strategic packages for decision analysis. He also holds an M.A. in International Development from the "Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris" (Sciences Po Paris) and has in-depth knowledge and experience in international aid development. He founded an association that raised funds for humanitarian organizations and, acting as President, he developed its activities for three years providing funds for different projects in Africa, Latin America and Europe. He then joined UNESCO where he worked for five years promoting international research networks to transfer relevant research findings and data to policy-makers. Having studied for his MSc in Decision Sciences he is currently applying MCDA (Multi Criteria Decision Analysis) techniques on a range of initiatives for Cogentus.
Key Experience
- Fluent in French, Spanish and English
- Team management
- Project and Programme Evaluation
- Decision Sciences - application of techniques to company strategy
- Knowledge management - assembling and indexing a digital library
- Managing communications across international organisational networks
- Organisation of Intergovernmental conferences and public events
- Policy analysis and formulation
- ProMax Analyst (Multi Criteria Analysis tool)
- Highly proficient with a wide range of software packages
Employment Summary
2008 - Present |
Cogentus Consulting Ltd - Senior Analyst |
2007 – 2008 |
MSc Decision Sciences LSE |
2007 – 2007 |
Iconoclast, Paris - Senior Analyst |
2002 - 2006 |
UNESCO - Consultant (Policy and Program evaluation) |
2001 - 2002 |
MA International Development |
1999 - 2001 |
MA Political Science IEP Paris |
1999 - 2001 |
BA Political Sciences IEP Paris |
Personal Details
Outside Interests: Music– saxophone player, Scuba diving- qualified Dive Master, black belt in Japanese Ju-Jitsu.
