Fernando Medina has been Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Spain since August 2026. He has over 23 years of experience in humanitarian action, early recovery, stabilisation and development, having held leadership positions across four regions and eight countries. Previously, he served as Chief of Mission of the IOM in Colombia and coordinated the Organisation's Transition and Recovery Division in Geneva. He also held positions in Nigeria and Sudan, leading programmes focused on community stabilisation, social cohesion and solutions to displacement. Before joining the IOM, he was Head of Mission for Médecins Sans Frontières in Mali, Pakistan and Sudan, where he led humanitarian response operations.

He holds a degree in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IESIDE Business Institute. His career combines operational and strategic experience in crisis management, institutional coordination and the development of responses to migration and humanitarian challenges.