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Ángel Melguizo

Ángel Melguizo

Visiting Fellow

Areas of expertise

Economic growth, digital regulation, public policy, Latin America

Languages

Spanish, French and English (fluent), Portuguese (conversational)

Biography

Ángel Melguizo is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in Spain and Colombia.

He is an economist and specialises in public policy, economic growth, and digital regulation. Melguizo is founder and partner of Argia, a consulting firm on green tech and economics, a senior research advisor at Oxford University TIDE Centre, a consultant for multilateral organisations on digital and green tech policies, and a board member of the Centre for Latin America Convergence (CCLATAM) think-tank.

Melguizo has more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, including as vice-president for external and regulatory affairs at AT&T VRIO Latin America, head for Latin America at the OECD Development Centre, and senior advisor at the economic bureau of the Spanish prime minister. He has participated in the reform of telecommunication and digital policy in countries across Latin America, and has advised UNESCO on AI, as well as the high representative and European Commission vice-president on digital diplomacy.

Melguizo holds a PhD in economics from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.

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