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Tomás Guerrero

Director | Halal Trade & Marketing Centre

Mr. Guerrero was born in Spain and has resided in Madrid for the better part of his life.
Passionate about the Islamic Economy and Emerging Markets, he has dedicated himself to the
Halal industry and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs).

He began his career working as a researcher at ESADE Business School ́s economic intelligence
unit (ESADEgeo) for Mr. Javier Solana, former NATO Secretary General, and Mr. Javier Santiso,
former OECD Development Center Director, and Chief Economist. During his years at
ESADEgeo, he organized events on entrepreneurship and emerging markets, such as “Start-Up
Spain” or the “Globalization Labs”, and he also contributed to the development of the first four
editions of the KPMG-ICEX Sovereign Wealth Funds Report. This experience led him to discover
the global potential of the Islamic Economy and to start researching about the Halal Market,
enabling him to join the Halal Institute in Spain.

Mr. Guerrero has been working at Instituto Halal as Head of Madrid Office and International
Relations Director for five years. He has decisively contributed to modernization and
internationalization of the Instituto Halal, reaching more than 400 certified companies, helping
them start their operations in Latin American countries such as Mexico and Argentina and also
becoming one of the largest Halal certification bodies in the world. He has also been a key
contributor to develop projects like the First International Halal Congress of Spain, the
Cordoba Halal Cluster, and the Halal Academy. In addition, Mr. Guerrero has worked as a
Consultant on SWFs at Inter-American Development Bank, advising countries in Latin America
to set up SWFs, as Director of Strategy Consulting and Cultural Intelligence at Horwath HTL,
leading projects on Halal tourism, and as a researcher on SWFs at IE Business School in Spain
He has been a known speaker in numerous international events, such as the Global Islamic
Economy Summit, UAE; the World Islamic Economic Forum, Malaysia; the Mediterranean
Leaders Week, Spain; Mexico Alimentaria, Mexico; the Thailand Halal Assembly to name a few.

Mr. Guerrero has also been ranked in the top 50 Leaders who contribute to the Islamic
Economy by “IsFin-Forbes Middle East” in 2020 and appointed as Young Fellow by the World
Islamic Economic Forum.

Mr. Guerrero has published several articles and working papers on Halal industry, sovereign
wealth funds and emerging markets in publications like Thomson Reuters (Canada), The World
Financial Review (UK), Fedesarrollo (Colombia), Política Exterior (Spain), Alternative Emerging
Investor (USA) and Clear Path Analysis (UK). He has also published numerous opinion pieces on
the similar topics in newspapers such as Financial Times (UK) Cinco Días (Spain) and Exame
(Portugal).

Mr. Guerrero holds a MSc. in Economic Development and Growth from University Carlos III de
Madrid. He also holds a B.A in Economics and B.A in Law from the same university and he is
fluent in Spanish and English.

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