Manuel Mariño

Manuel Mariño has held management positions since 1985 when he served as Director of the Department for Latin America of the Swedish Co-operative Center, in Stockholm. He was promoted to Regional Director when the organization established its Office for the Latin American region in San José, Costa Rica.

From 2001 to 2017 he served as Regional Director for the Americas of the International Cooperative Alliance. Manuel has extensive experience in the area of cooperation for development in Africa and Latin America, is an international lecturer, and has participated in the development of multiple studies, articles and books.

With more than 30 years of experience in the cooperative movement, Manuel represented the sector in numerous regional and international organizations and contributed with his influence and reasoning to the generation of policies for the sustainability of cooperatives.

Manuel Mariño is an Economist from the University of UPSALA in Sweden, a Certified Public Accountant from the University of Buenos Aires, and a graduate from the Uppsala School of Higher Studies. He is currently an international consultant with an emphasis on sustainable development of cooperatives and social economy organizations.