Dr Leticia Chico Santamarta MEng, MSc, PgC, PhD.

Coming from a strong farming background, Dr Chico-Santamarta is an Agricultural Engineer (Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain), completed an MSc in Water Management at Cranfield University (UK) and a PhD at Harper Adams University College (UK).   Today, she is the Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Partnerships at Harper Adams University (UK), Research Project Coordinator at Valladolid University (Spain) and works at MercoFran S.L. and Agrisan Sociedad Cooperativa, the family own businesses based in farming and dealership of agricultural machinery.