Alberto Cerdán is currently the head of  the Trade Commission of Spain in Los Angeles. Promoting trade and investment between Spain and the West Coast of the United States. He joined the Trade Commission in September 2024, arriving from Manila, Philippines, where he worked for three years as Alternate Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank.  In Spain, Alberto was General Director at ICEX Spain Trade and Investment since September 2018 in charge of strategic planning, new programs and information services. Previously he worked at the Spanish National Authority for Markets and Competition (CNMC) where he directed the Chairman’s office. Alberto has significant experience in project finance as Deputy Director for export and investment financing at the Ministry of Economy and member of the board of CESCE, the Spanish Export Credit Agency and as a member of the FIEX and FONPYME committees, both funds managed by COFIDES, a development finance institution. He has also been Deputy Director for Financial Cooperation and Commercial Policy with Africa and MENA countries at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade and Chief of Staff at the Secretariat for Tourism and Trade.Since joining the civil service in 1998 Alberto has also worked as Trade Commissioner in Vietnam and Australia. He also worked at the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) in Washington DC, where he was responsible for project analysis and appraisal. An Economist, he holds a MSc in Development Finance and has a strong interest in urban planning and on the new localism movement.

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