EVP & Chief Strategy and Impact OfficerFood For The Poor
As EVP/Chief Strategy & Impact Officer of Food For The Poor (FFTP), Nicolás Argüello oversees aspects related to program strategy, quality assurance, project design, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation.
In addition to his time at FFTP, Nicolás has worked in various areas ranging from microfinance and education policy to mobile technologies for development (ICT4D) and social venture capital. Nicolás has done consulting work for numerous organizations, such as FINCA (Nicaragua), DAI (Mexico), Acumen (Kenya), The Earth Institute, Millennium Villages Project/UNDP (Kenya), the Oxford Seed Fund (UK), and the NYC Department of Education.
Nicolás holds a dual BA in Economics and Theology from the University of Notre Dame, an MPA in Development Practice from Columbia University, and an MBA from Oxford University, where he received the Skoll Scholarship for Social Entrepreneurship.