From March 20, 2015, Mr. Juan Francisco Redondo has joined the CIAT as Head of the Spanish Mission and Financial Officer of the Embassy of Spain in Panama.

Before this new appointment, Mr. Redondo has served in Spain as Coordinator of the Director General Office of the Spanish Tax Agency since 2001. He has a Law Degree from the University of Salamanca and has completed Ph.D courses at the Central University of Barcelona, as well as various courses at the School of Public Finance of Madrid.

Since 1991, he has served as State Inspector of Finance in various offices at the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration. He was coordinator of the Working Group for the first revision of the CIAT Tax Code Model in 2005-2006.