IADIC International
President & CEO
President and CEO of IADIC International, an international strategic consultancy firm.
Managing Partner of Tomás Abadía & Associates and International Commercial Arbitrator.
Consultant to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on European Affairs.
Career in the European Union.
Head of the European Commission Delegation to Costa Rica and Panama (2003–2007), and EU Representative to both countries. Negotiator of the European Union–Central America and Panama Association Agreement.
Counsellor for relations with the United States and Canada at the European External Action Service (2007–2012). Negotiator of the EU–US Agreements on Aviation, Trade, and Counter-Terrorism.
Deputy Head of Unit for Mercosur and Chile, and negotiator of the European Union–Mercosur Agreement (1999–2003).
Head of relations with Argentina, Brazil, and the Rio Group (1994–1999), and negotiator of the EU Agreements on Science and Technology and Euratom with Argentina and Brazil.
Head of External Fisheries Policy at the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission (1989–1994). Negotiator of fisheries agreements with Canada, Argentina, Morocco, and Norway, and of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
He has been awarded, among others, the Order of May (Argentina), the Order of Simón Bolívar (Bolivia), the Order of Manuel Amador (Panama), and the keys to the cities of Panama City and San José, Costa Rica.