Werner Matías Romero
2024 ALI Fellow

Werner Matías Romero brings three decades of experience in diplomacy, foreign policy, international trade, and regional integration to ALI. Prior to ALI, he served as El Salvador’s Ambassador to the U.K., Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. A lawyer by training, Werner was part of the team that negotiated and implemented Central America’s Free Trade Agreement with the United States and the Central America-European Union Association Agreement. He organized high-level forums of the Central America Integration System in London and Dublin, the LGBT Diplomatic Initiative in London and Tel Aviv, and the SICA-Australia Group in Canberra. In his diplomatic posts, he worked to promote the rights and culture of Salvadoran migrants in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.