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Gabriel Del Castillo (he/him)

Senior Associate

Gabriel is a Senior Associate with the Europe team at the Centre for Public Impact.

He joined the CPI team in 2022.

Gabriel was awarded a BA in International Development from the University of Sussex and Master of Public Administration in Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value – Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose from University College London.

Gabriel has completed several prestigious programmes, including the School for International Futures’ Strategic Foresight Retreat, which focuses on long-term strategic planning, and the Danish Design Centre’s Designing Narratives and Evoking Change, a course on leveraging storytelling and design to drive change. 

Gabriel also trained with Brink’s Innovation Missions, powered by Behavioural Sciences, learning to apply behavioural science to innovation, and with IDEO’s Human-Centred Systems Thinking, focusing on designing systems with a human-centred approach. Additionally, Gabriel completed Harvard Business School’s Disruptive Strategy, gaining insights into managing business disruption, and the TWAS-AAAS Science Diplomacy program, which explores the role of science in international diplomacy.

He was president at Instituto del Futuro, and has previously been a Visiting Researcher (Master’s programme placement) at Danish Design Centre

Gabriel believes in the power of government to spark change which is why he is particularly proud of how CPI supports  governments and public services to catalyse innovation, work relationally and think strategically. 

In his leisure time, Gabriel enjoys long walks with friends, travelling to new places and a good cup of coffee to start his day

Some of Gabriel’s published work includes:

Señales de futuro” –  a podcast at his previous role that would get republished by Diario Gestión, a business and finance news outlet in Peru.

Ganarle a la pandemia en democracia 

Shaping the future of sustainable development: the launch of the SDSN UK chapter

Shaping the future of sustainable development: the launch of the SDSN UK chapter” – blog published by UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

“Health for the future: scenarios and proposals to transform Peru’s healthcare system” – White paper, lead author

 “The Pacific Alliance, CPTPP and Taiwan’s mirror” – White paper

 “Transforming Education in Peru” – White paper

“The Impact of Covid-19 in Peru” – White paper

 “Energy transition and the future of natural gas in Peru” – White paper, lead author

 “The other pandemic: money laundering and its various strains” – White paper

 “Education models for the future” – White paper

“The future of Peruvian youth” – White paper, lead author