Jorge E.
Zequeira
Regional Civil Military & Security Coordinator, and Acting-Head of Office of Program Coordination & Cooperation in Colombia
IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Mr. Jorge Zequeira has an academic background in Justice, Criminal Justice, Spanish and Business Administration. He has been working for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for 11 years. His current roles at IFRC are Regional Security Coordinator, Regional Civil Military Relations (CMR) Coordinator, Acting-Head of Office of Program Coordination and Cooperation in Colombia and Regional Business Continuity Plans Team Coordinator. In the past he had the opportunity to perform roles within the Regional Office as IFRC Americas Acting Deputy Director, Liaison for the Northern Cluster Countries (USA, Canada, and Mexico), Head of the Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU), among others. In the humanitarian field, he has also been Operational Consultant of the Regional Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (CLRAH) for the Panamanian Government. Mr. Zequeira retired honorably from the U.S. Army as Lieutenant Colonel in 2010 having served in high-level missions in Germany, Panama, Venezuela, Guatemala, United States, in areas such as logistics, Deputy Military attaché in the Venezuelan Embassy of the USA, Policy and Strategy, among others. Mr. Zequeira has also been distinguished in Learning aspects by being teacher at Universities such as University Louisville in Panama, Universidad de Alta Direccion, Quality Leadership University, United States Military Academy at West Point, among others.