Pilar Sánchez-Bella, a Spanish national, joined the Subnational Doing Business team in January 2010. She holds a Law degree with a Business diploma from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, a Philosophy degree from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, and a MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Pilar has specialized regionally in the Middle East and has previously worked in different NGOs on conflict resolution, analysis, and human rights. She speaks Spanish, French, Italian and intermediate Modern Standard Arabic.