Associate Research Assistant at the Chair of International Business and Society Relations with a Focus on Latin America at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany).
Ambassador of Uruguay to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein and Permanent Representative to the Universal Postal Union, based in Bern. He holds a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development (Law and Economics) from the Catholic University of Ávila, Spain, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain. He completed his studies in International Relations at the University of the Republic of Uruguay and took part in various studies and training courses for diplomats and international relations specialists in Uruguay and the European Union.
He has been a visiting professor at the Institute of Latin American Studies at Stockholm University (Sweden), a professor at the ORT University (School of International Studies and Business Administration), at the Catholic University of Uruguay (Faculty of Social Sciences and Administration), and at the University of the Republic (Uruguay).
He was Ambassador to Ethiopia and Kenya and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the African Union, based in Addis Ababa, and Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN-Habitat, and CEPA in Nairobi (Kenya). Previously, Dr. Garofali held several diplomatic positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay and has also worked in the United States of America, Sweden, and other Nordic and Baltic countries.