Irene Benito Rodríguez Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

- Scientific Committee Member - ESA's Living Planet Symposium 2025- AI Governance Course by BlueDot Impact: 12 week course covering a range of policy levers for steering AI development (April - June 2024)

- Scientific Committee Member - ESA's Living Planet Symposium 2022

Berlin, Germany

Planet is a market leading integrated aerospace and data analytics company that operates history’s largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites, collecting a massive amount of information about our changing planet. Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth’s landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible and actionable.To learn more, visit www.planet.com.

Berlin Area, Germany

EIT RawMaterials, initiated and funded by the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology), a body of the European Union, is the largest and strongest consortium in the raw materials sector worldwide. Its mission is to boost competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation, new educational approaches and guided entrepreneurship.Copernicus Programme Manager:- Manage EUR 1.5 million RawMatCop Program co-owned by the European Commission (DG DEFIS) and EIT RawMaterials.- Programme aim: to increase the uptake of satellite technology and AI in the raw materials sector through applied research, education and outreach activities.- Lead team of 5 post-doctoral researchers working with industry partners on the development of applications of Copernicus data to challenges across the value chain of raw materials (exploration, extraction and secondary use).- Manage relationship with institutional (European Commission, European Space Agency, UN, national, regional and local authorities) and private sector partners as well as industry associations, education institutions and research centres. - Active contribution to organisation's transition to financial sustainability - leading global commercialisation of programme research output via the "RawMatCop Academy" (professional course on the use of Earth Observation for sectoral actors): http://rawmatcop.eitrawmaterials.eu- Represent and promote the programme and it's results at international policy and expert fora as well as sectorial events.- Plan and execute marketing and outreach strategy for the programme.Education & skills tasks:- Member task force leading coordination group of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform on Education and Skills for a Circular Economy

Sevilla Area, Spain

Policy analyst in the Smart Specialisation Platform on Energy team (S3P Energy), Joint Research Centre.- The Smart Specialisation Platform provides information, methodologies, expertise and advice to national and regional policy makers, as well as promotes mutual learning, trans-national co-operation and contributes to academic debates around the concept of smart specialisation.- The S3PEnergy team supports Member States, regions and energy stakeholders on an optimal and effective uptake of European Structural and Investment Funds for sustainable energy. - Our work developed within the framework of the EUR 40 billion which have been allocated during the current programming period (2014 – 2020) from European Cohesion Policy to support investment in the low carbon economy transition.Tasks:- Managed interregional R&I investment partnerships bringing together regional and local authorities, clusters and research institutions in: Bioenergy, Marine Renewable Energy and Solar Energy.- Batteries interregional partnership: mapping of regional investment interests across European batteries value chain and alignment of activities to Battery Alliance and SET Plan Action 7 Working Group.- Responsible for RIS3 country reporting on Germany and Austria.- Planned and executed internal and external dissemination activities to promote the activity of the S3PEnergy through targeted events, website management, publishing of reports, etc..- Prepared briefings at the Commissioner and Director General-level on the progress of regional innovation strategies e.g. contribute to briefings for Vice President Sefcovic’s Energy Tour.- Organised and participated in thematic workshops, high-level events, innovation labs and meetings bringing key stakeholders together (e.g. partner regions, municipalities, Commission, innovation actors, etc.).

Madrid Y Alrededores, España

General tasks, Energy Team:- Provide economic advisory services and due diligence reporting to public and private sector agents on the functioning and regulation of energy markets (renewables, electricity and gas sectors)- Carry out international benchmarking of regulation practices in electricity and gas markets- Prepare expert reports for international and national arbitration casesMember of Gas-sector Specialist Team:- Consider regulatory and valuation issues in the gas sector in Spain and internationally for public and private sector clients- Contribute to projects on topics such as: the design of remuneration and access tariff systems, the valuation of infrastructure assets and the assessment of long-term gas supply contracts

Bruselas Y Alrededores, Bélgica

- Worked with the Secretariat and Members of the Parliament on issues relevant to Macroeconomic and Financial policy- Member of the Parliament’s negotiating team during technical and political Trilogues on prominent files such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments, Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and Insurance Mediation Directive 2 (IMD2)- Supported ECON administrators on financial services files such as Banking Structural Reform and MiFID- Assisted on the preparation of topics, selection of expert panel and review of academic papers submitted for the Trimonthly Monetary Dialogue between ECB Chairman Mr. Mario Draghi and ECON Committee- Organised and coordinated Parliamentary missions to Madrid and Washington (responsible for the structure of programme, scheduling of meetings and content of discussions)- Responsible for preparation of supporting documents and drafting of feedback notes for ECON committee meetings and Working Groups

Beijing City, China

- Trend and market research on the impact of megatrends in the fields of digitalisation, sustainability and urbanisation on the Audi brand- Continuous interaction with external agents such as market consultants and trend experts- China-specific insight reporting for strategic projects in the German headquarters

London, Reino Unido

- Support exotics trading and sales desk in daily activities such as booking of trades, risk management and client payments- Sole responsibility over an extensive reporting package covering trade activity and market trends produced and sent on a weekly basis to global senior management- Responsible for implementation and performance monitoring of new “Straight Through Processing” system to replace manual bookingsSkills acquired:- Developed a strong analytical sense and expertise using data processing tools such as excel when producing market reports - Applied theoretical concepts learnt in the classroom to real-world scenario

Bangladesh

International Programme visiting scholar: Noble Peace Prize winning and pioneer in micro-finance, Grameen BankResponsibilities:- Actively participated in every stage of the banks activities: meeting members, loan disemboursements, weekly installment paying, accounting, visit rural branches, headquarters…- Produced a report for the general manager throughout the internship evaluating the development and possible future limitations of microfinance and Grameen BankSkills acquired:- Gained broad insight into microfinance and first-hand witnessed the complete effects of its implementation

Master’S Degree, Economics

Courses: Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Political Economy Dissertation Title: "Economic Hardship and Electoral.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics And Politics

Activities and Societies: President of Bath University Model United Nations (student society)

Iese Business School Mba Summer School Program

Course aim: gained a general overview of the business world and a preview of an MBA course

A-Levels, Mathematics, English Literature, Business Studies, French, Spanish