As Presidential Advisor for Communications he is in charge of designing and implementing communication strategies, articulating the information from various Administration programmes, setting the parameters in relation with internal communications, designing and leading communication plans for sensitive Government matters, and supporting the information flow and analysis based on the requirements of the President.

Previous to his appointment, he was living in the United Kingdom where he was managing private businesses and participating in international consulting projects in defense and national security. He has been in the past Special Advisor and Strategic Advisor at the Ministry of Defence in Colombia under various administrations where he has led and participated in projects such as the reform of the Military Forces, the design of Plan Colombia, the restructuring of the Ministry, and the military intelligence reform. He has also been managing consultant with Booz•Allen & Hamilton Inc. in the Andean Region and North America.

Mauricio Carradini has a degree in Industrial Engineering (University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia), has a M.Sc. in Public Policy with emphasis in defense and intelligence (University of Oxford, U.K.) and has postgraduate studies in

defense planning and resource management (National Defense University, Washington, USA) and in civil-military relations (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA). He has also received training in crises and disasters management (FEMA, Washington, USA) and is a doctoral candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford with a research on national security strategy and non-conventional war.

He has been resident and guest lecturer at various institutions among them the University of Los Andes (Colombia), the Aerial Military Institute (Colombia), the National Defense University (USA), the War College (Colombia) and the University of Oxford (UK). He is a frequent guest speaker at various defense organizations in the USA and the UK and at think tanks and strategic studies centers in various countries.