Luis M Garcia
Water For People. CFO
Newly moved to Colorado for my assignment as CFO in Water For People. I am a career Finance person who began his career as Treasurer and Accountant for two regional associations in Spain before becoming a Financial Advisor at Bilbao Vizcaya Bank. For the past twenty years, I have been dedicated professionally to serving those that suffer hunger or don’t have access to clean water at Action Against Hunger in three of their five International sections. I started as the Financial and Administrative Director in Haiti from 1997-1999. From there I moved to oversee financially all the Madrid-managed missions worldwide as the Field Operation Finances Director, a position I held until the end of 2005. In early 2006 I moved from Madrid to New York, joining Action Against Hunger USA as the Director of Grant Compliance & Field Financial Controller. In 2012, I took the CFO role (called the Director of Finance).
I grew up in Bilbao, Spain, and earned degrees in economics from universities in Bilbao and Lille (France). I have also taken Ph.D. courses in International Economy and Development from the Basque Country University in Spain. I speak five languages and they all have my Bilbao accent in common! Living in the US for 11 years. I have worked and traveled to 25 different countries.
