Pastora Valero

Pastora Valero is Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy, EMEAR, at Cisco.

Pastora Valero is responsible for leading Cisco’s Government Affairs team in Europe, Middle East and Africa and advancing Cisco’s technology and communications policy agenda with the European Institutions and governments across the EMEAR region.

Pastora joined Cisco in 2003 and she has some 25 years of experience in regulatory and EU public policy issues with respect to telecommunications and information technologies, competition and trade. She is also a member of Cisco’s Senior Leadership Team in EMEAR.

Prior to Cisco, Pastora was Vice-President Regulatory Affairs for Global TeleSystems (GTS), a pan-European fibre optic network operator. She started her career with the Brussels law firm Van Bael & Bellis, and dealt in particular with EU trade and competition law issues.

Pastora is a qualified lawyer in Spain, holds a Masters degree in European law (ULB, Brussels) and an L.L.M in International law (VUB, Brussels). She is a former Vice Chair and Board member of AmCham EU.