Federico Vaz

Designer-Researcher, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Nigeria

Federico Vaz is a design manager and researcher working at the intersection between design and innovative public services, governance, and policymaking. In the past years, he has developed and taught university courses on the introduction of design in the public sector and consulted innovation agencies on identifying and exploiting citizen-centered innovation opportunities in Europe and Latin America. Federico is a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Chevening Alumni and holds a PhD in Design Innovation for his research in the role and uses of design for public policy innovation by the Institute for Design Innovation at Loughborough University London. As a postdoctoral researcher, Federico worked with public organizations and community organizing groups in diverse public issues ranging from migration to the development of support mechanisms for the creative industries in East London. His background is in Industrial Design, and he has specialized in Technology (PgDip) and Innovation Management (MSc).