Alejandra Díaz is the Enterprise Development Associate for the NESsT Venture Fund in Latin America. Her main responsibility is to assist the Enterprise Development Director for Latin America in the enterprise development and implementation process. In addition, she is coordinating expansion of the NESsT Venture Fund in Ecuador and Argentina.
Alejandra has experience in project implementation and coordination with diverse sectors (public, social and private), with emphasis on sustainable activities and the use of seed capital for community-based projects.
Before joining NESsT Alejandra was a project manager in the Tourism Department of the EuroChile Foundation, a nonprofit, private organization that promotes commercial and technological exchange between Chile and the European Union. Her work allowed her to travel and work on behalf of Chilean regional development based on tourism, from the northern desert region of Atacama to the southern region of Navarino Island, the gateway to Cape Horn. She also participated in various regional events in Argentina, Ecuador and Brazil on sustainable economic development based on the tourism industry.
Alejandra holds a degree in Geography from the Catholic University of Chile and has also completed courses in social sciences, international relations, marketing and project management.
A native of Chile, Alejandra works out of NESsT’s Santiago office.