Franc Cortada

• @CortadaFranc

Franc Cortada is the General Manager of Oxfam Intermón. A part from his training as a civil engineer, he has more than twenty years of experience in the field of cooperation and civil emergencies. For almost 8 years, he was the head of Oxfam Confederation’s programs and led campaigns of development and humanitarian action in 90 countries. Prior to this experience, Cortada was already part of Oxfam Intermón for almost 11 years: his career started in the institutional fundraising team until he took over the management of the International Cooperation Department. Additionally, he has worked as an engineer in several contexts such as Latin America, the Balkans and Senegal. He also worked together with Action against Hunger in their humanitarian response to the 2001 earthquake in El Salvador. He is also a board member of the World Animal Protection organization. Besides, he has collaborated with several universities as a professor, including the Universitat Politècnica (UPC) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).