Paola is currently Director and General Counsel at VIVA Idea, an NGO leading social change in Latin America. Previously she was Head of Governance for Iberia-Latam at TMF Group, a global provider of business services to companies operating and investing globally.

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Paola has practiced law for 17 years and has expertise in various legal areas, mostly corporate international law. Paola has an MBA and a post-MBA from INCAE Business School and CEIBS (Chinese European Business Institute, Shanghai), along with other certifications from the University of Cambridge.

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She is also a PHD Candidate at University for Peace, Board Member of the International Association for Human Values (Costa Rica Branch) and the Costa Rican Executive Committee of the Women in the Profession Program (Vance Center, New York).

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In her own words, “I joined the AAEC inspired to contribute to the legal community in Central America, specially to remember the highest ethical values of our profession”

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She often participates as a speaker and is an avid writer. Paola’s passion is writing fiction, she studied Creative Writing at the University of Oxford and has published her novels and short stories.