Sergio Vela is Director of Financing and Investor Relations at ICEX-Invest in Spain, where he had also served as Secretary of the Executive Board. Previously he served as Trade Commissioner of Spain in Muscat for five years and as Deputy Director for Research and Action Plans at the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce. During his extensive professional career, he has also held senior positions at the Ministry of Economy where he was Senior Advisor to the Director for International Economy, and at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism where he was Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Commerce, Assistant Deputy Director of Studies and Evaluation Department, and Technical Advisor to the Deputy Director of Research and Strategy.