Marc Sanderson is the Director of International Economic Development at the City of Malaga. Mayor Francisco de la Torre has asked him to enhance the international presence of Malaga, especially in the United States, and to help make the city a model for knowledge and innovation.

Prior to joining the City of Málaga, Mr. Sanderson was the Chief of Staff to the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra. Prior to joining the Embassy in June 2005, he worked for the Department of Homeland Security as a Special Assistant to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). There he facilitated the integration of the immigration services functions of the abolished Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) into the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by coordinating various projects from the USCIS Director's office and managing the relationship between DHS headquarters and USCIS headquarters.

In 2002, he attended a language and cultural immersion program in Málaga Spain at Malaca Instituto.

From 1999 to 2002, Marc consulted 6 companies and completed various small projects for Deloitte Consulting, a Global Management and Technology Consulting Firm.

Mr. Sanderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University. He also completed Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (D.E.L.E.) the official Spanish language accreditation degree of fluency issued by the University of Salamanca (The Instituto Cervantes) and recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain.

Specialties: Complete understanding of how the U.S. and Spain work together on every level: business, political, military, cultural, etc. Fluent in Spanish.

Further details at Marc's profile in Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marccsanderson/)