Carolina Jiménez
Director of Science and Society Team British Council Spain
Initiator and Manager of OPENCities of the British Council
Carolina Jiménez has been managing the Science and Society Team in the British Coun- cil Spain since 2003. Over the last two years, she has been the initiator and manager of OPENCities, a global project in partnership with 12 European cities, which aims to attract a network of over 100 cities. Some of the conferences she has been invited to present the project in 2009 are: Metropolis International Conference (Copenhagen, Sept 09), BAK Basel International Benchmarking Conference (Basel, June 09), Mainstreaming Social
Cohesion and Leadership for Shared Societies in the EU (Brussels, Nov 09). She is a Math’s graduate and before joining the British Council, she worked in the stock market, as a math’s teacher and in vari- ous commercial organisations. She has two young children.