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Paula Vidal Castelli
Paula Vidal Castelli

Executive Director Europe

Changing SME's and Enterprises into top performing entities, Paula relies on her extensive track record covering Talent Strategy, Performance Management, C-Level, Directors and Executive oriented solutions. Her Services have been delivered throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa in Technology, Consulting, Financial and Oil & Gas industries. Specializing in Cultural Design, she combines Neuroscience, High Performance Habits and Leadership skills to put the focus on People, ensuring the cost-effective success of any organization, promoting in-house engagement. She is an active international speaker on Leadership, Cultural Design and People.

She is a lawyer, MD in Labor Law and International Relations (UBA), a Labor Law Professor for the University of Buenos Aires, a Certified coach, a I4 Neuroleader trainer, an Online Business Coach, and a Certified facilitator of “Expert Teams”.

Elaine Young

Head of Human Capital

As the Head of Human Capital, Elaine Young is responsible for developing and implementing the human resource strategy of the organization, specifically in the areas of talent management, organizational and performance management, training and development and compensation.

Ms. Young began her career as an accountant and was a CPA working at KPMG in New York.  Ms. Young held several accounting positions in the financial services sector before transitioning to Human Resources.  Over the last 20 years, Ms. Young has hands on experience recruiting for all levels of employee, developing and implementing performance management programs, crafting training programs and administering world class employee reward programs. 

Prior to joining IFAC, Ms. Young held several different positions within Human Capital at CenterSquare Investment Management, Apollo Global Management and Goldman Sachs.

Ms. Young holds a B.S. in Accounting from Lehigh University.

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