About

A firm built for Venezuela's operating realities

NEXO Field Relations was founded to give companies operating in Venezuela something the market does not offer: a firm that combines deep local knowledge with the discipline and standards of conduct that build and sustain a company's image and reputation.

Building the firm we'd want on our side

We operate through a core team supported by a network of top-tier consultants — researchers, practitioners, and specialists — all with direct, recent field experience across different regions of Venezuela.

Field practitioners

Operational backgrounds in complex Venezuelan environments—experienced in community-level engagement, coordination, logistics, and working under difficult conditions.

Researchers and analysts

Advanced training and active fieldwork in Venezuela, with current reading of the terrain, strong analytical capacity, and an understanding of local conditions across different regions of the country.

Technical specialists

Mobilized for projects with specific sector, geographic, or functional requirements — security, labor relations, environmental impact — contributing depth to our consulting network.


Core team

The professionals who lead NEXO engagements and provide senior advisory depth for delivery.

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Javier Mijares
Founder & Managing Director

Anthropologist with a MSc in International Development from the London School of Economics and 14 years of experience working in Venezuela. Previously at UNHCR and UCAB, where he managed humanitarian and community development projects and advised senior leadership on programmatic strategy and partnerships.

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Constanza Armas
Director of Research

Social researcher with doctoral training (UNC, Argentina) in demography and migration. Her work follows how people organize, move, adapt, and negotiate with institutions under pressure, giving NEXO a rigorous research direction — qualitative and quantitative — capable of turning complex realities into precise analysis for client decision-making.

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Ramón Quintero
Director of Field Operations

With 20 years of experience leading field operations in Venezuela, Ramón is an expert at transforming challenges into concrete results. His leadership in community relations and logistical coordination gives NEXO a unique ability to ensure local access and build bridges of communication based on mutual trust.

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Imelda Cisneros
Senior Strategic Advisor

Senior strategist and corporate adviser with four decades of consulting experience across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, spanning both high-level public service and private-sector leadership. A former VenAmCham president, Minister of Development, and Arthur D. Little Venezuela director, she brings NEXO seasoned judgment on strategy and governance.

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María Isabel Escobar
Senior Technical Advisor

Civil engineer with 38 years of experience on the company-community interface in the oil sector with companies such as BP and Ecopetrol. Author of “Petróleo y comunidad”, she brings NEXO an extractives-grounded perspective on how community relations, local expectations, and field realities can shape project execution.

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