Allesandra deSantillana

Director, Madrid

Allesandra deSantillana is a communications strategist with more than 20 years of experience in media relations, corporate communications and crisis communications across the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Her career spans start-ups, Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits, where she has advised senior leaders on corporate narratives, strategic positioning and communications during periods of growth and change. At a Latin American e-commerce start-up, she worked directly with the CEO to develop the company’s corporate narrative and messaging during its early growth. At a Fortune 500 technology company, she held senior PR and analyst relations roles covering EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), the Caribbean and Latin America, and led a global media campaign around the company’s sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup.

Most recently, she served as Global Media Relations Director for an international nonprofit focused on the Internet. She has lived and worked in Mexico, France and Switzerland and is now based in Madrid.