Javier Chércoles Blázquez

Javier Chércoles Blázquez born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1964, is a university professor and crisis advisor in humanitarian disasters.

Trajectory He holds a degree in law from UNED and in economics and business from Universidad Complutense.

Between 2000 and 2010 he worked for Inditex, a multinational corporation based in Galicia. Chércoles was responsible for preparing Zara's Internal Code of Ethics, a document that regulates the operation of the factories that work for Inditex.

He also worked for PwC.

As CSR director, he decided to deepen labor controls in the production chain, control measures with which Inditex's management did not agree. In 2010 he left the position receiving 1.57 million euros.

In April 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Rana Plaza building collapsed and 1,134 workers were killed. He was hired by Primark to pay 14 million euros to victims being the first multinational to deal with compensation.

Published work Navigating the Spider's Web. Building resilience after an industrial disaster in the ready-to-wear garment sector in Bangladesh (2012). Doctoral thesis, directed by Alfred Vernis i Domènech. ESADE of Ramon Llull University.