Nicolas Ducoté is a democracy activist, civil society leader, community and movement organizer, and former local politician (Mayor of his hometown). He has a Master’s degree in Public Policy (HKS – Harvard University) and a Bachelor of International Relations (San Andrés University). He has been a World Fellow of Yale University and a Draper Hills Fellow of Stanford University. He is the co-founder and former Executive Director of CIPPEC (one of Latin America’s premier Think Tanks) and a university professor. He has worked as an international consultant for the United Nations, Transparency International, IADB, ECLAC, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, among other international institutions.