Guest of Honor and Speaker's Profile

Mr. Javier Prieto Calvo - Brief CV

Personal issues: Born in 1978 in Asturias, Spain. Married. 4 children. Current position: Regional Security Adviser of the European Union External Action Service for the Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan.

Studies / Formation: Higher Military Education (Officers Military University, Zaragoza, Spain 1997 – 2002); Special Forces Course (2003 – 2004); Security Management (2009 – 2010); Bachelor in Political Science (2016); Several counterterrorism courses.

Professional Experience: 2002 – 2007 Special Forces Unit of Spanish Army (MOE); 2007 – 2017 Ministry of the Presidency (Security issues including counterterrorism and organized crime); 2017 - European Union External Action Service (Regional Security Adviser for the Philippines, Taiwan and Malaysia).

During his professional careers has been deployed in Afghanistan, Lebanon and different places of Africa.