Erik Javier Betancourt Pereira

Erik Javier Betancourt Pereira serves as Subdirector Nacional de Organos Auxiliares y Sistema Pericial and previously held roles such as Sub Director Nacional de Innovacion y Desarrollo and Director Legal at the Consejo de la Judicatura since June 2019. Concurrently, Erik has been a Docente at Universidad Metropolitana UMET since March 2013, focusing on children's rights, and has held positions at the Corte Provincial de Justicia de El Oro, including Secretario de la Oficina de Sorteos y Casilleros. Erik also has a long-standing role as a Docente at Universidad Tecnica de Machala since February 2010, where responsibilities include academic coordination in the School of Law. Previous experience includes a role as Coordinador de la Unidad Provincial de Estudios Jurimetricos and involvement with the Junta Cantonal de Proteccion de Derechos de la Niñez. Erik's education encompasses multiple degrees in law, including a recent postgraduate degree from Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil and doctoral candidacy in Constitutional Law from the University of Buenos Aires.