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Nicolas Canales is SpanishBlackbelt's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Nicolas graduated summa cum laude from Universidad del Pacifico, a top economic sciences Jesuit school in Peru, and later earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. He is currently based in Washington DC.

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Gustavo Canales, SpanishBlackbelt's Board Director, carries a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from a top Engineering School in Peru and a Master of Science in Business Administration from Universidad del Mar, Chile.

Besides providing technical advice in the strategic direction of the school, Mr. Canales is an Independent Consultant for the World Bank and the Interamerican Development Bank. Prior responsibilities include monitoring and control of multilateral projects implemented in various countries such as Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico.