Rocio Maria Amador

• Chief Inspector
• National Police, Spain

Rocío María Amador is Chief Inspector of the National Police and has been carrying out management, coordination and control functions related to the entry and exit of Spaniards and foreigners from the national territory as well as the border protection. Currently, she is immersed in the implementation at national level of the new European border control systems, namely, the Entry Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), as project manager together with a team made up of border guards. Previously, for more than two decades, her professional career was linked to the counterterrorism international where she worked not only at a national level in Spain but also at an international level having participated in various outstanding services and even held various positions abroad such as Liaison Officer at Interpol in Lyon (France) or National Expert Secondment at the EU COM (DG HOME) in Brussels (Belgium). Her academic training includes bachelors in law and police sciences as well as a masters in international relations and functioning of the institutions of the European Union.