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Francesc Prior Sanz has extensive international experience both in academia and in the financial services industry. In academia, he currently serves as Research Associate at IESE Business School (Barcelona) and as Associate Professor of Banking and International Finance at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona). From 2005 to 2008, he was Director of the Financial Inclusiveness Program at Florida International University (Miami). He has also taught microfinance courses at Universidad Metropolitana de México (Mexico) and Escuela de Ingenieros Julio Garavito (Bogotá).
As a development financial consultant he has undertaken numerous technical assistance projects for a vast number of donors worldwide mostly in the area of access to finance, microfinance and remittances in Latin America, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe and the USA. Previously, as an executive within the banking industry (BBVA), he had managerial positions in electronic banking and remittances activities in Spain and Latin America; and a consultant in the financial consulting industry (Arthur Andersen & Co) in France, Spain, Israel, Portugal and Italy.