<img class="alignleft  wp-image-587" alt="Maria Georgalos" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maria-Georgalos.jpg" width="181" height="217" />Washington International Advisors, Director.

Main expertise: Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises and business origination strategist, with wide experience in Latin America. Eighteen years experience in issues pertaining to SMEs: strengthening their regulatory environment, assessing their value for sale, analyzing and advising on financing options.

United States Department of the Treasury – Office of Technical Assistance, Advisor, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2012 : “Technical Assistance: “Review and Discuss Draft Law to Promote and Develop Micro and Small Enterprises”

The World Bank (IBRD Loan AR 7449, subcomponent 1.3) Project Coordinator, Technical Assistance Institutional Strengthening for Investment Promotion for SMEs, Buenos Aires, Argentina
UNDP, Program Officer, Buenos Aires, Argentina

BankBoston, Head of Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The World Bank, Consultant, Washington DC, USA

M.B.A., The George Washington University, USA
Magister en Dirección de Empresas, Universidad Católica de Córdoba;
Licenciatura en Ciencia Política, Universidad Católica de Córdoba

Fluent in English and Spanish. Working knowledge in French and Portuguese