Gonzalo Fanjul Suárez

Economist with Postgraduate studies in International Cooperation and Development. In 1994 he joined the Campaigns and Policy department of Intermón Oxfam, one of the largest NGOs in Spain and one of the largest members of Oxfam International. For two years (1996-97) he ran the Projects Department of CCAIJO (rural development organization in Cuzco, Perú). Since 1998 Gonzalo has been the Head of Research at Intermón Oxfam, focusing mostly on global economic justice issues.

Gonzalo is one of the key trade specialists in Oxfam International and has played a particularly strong role on agriculture, exposing the reality behind CAP reform in Spain. He was part of the Oxfam International team which developed the arguments and proposals of the Make Trade Fair campaign, which has been implemented in more than 40 countries since April 2002. As the policy lead for this campaign, he has participated in all WTO Ministerial Conferences since Seattle (as well as in numerous round tables and conferences related to the trade negotiations,) as a lobbyist and media spokesman.

His publications include four annual reports of La Realidad de la Ayuda (The Reality of Aid) as well as different papers and documents related with the issue of trade and development, with a particular focus on agriculture.