Edson is the Executive Director of Hayek Global College. He had 7 years of experience working as CFO and then as Director of Strategy at UNICEPLAC, a private university in Brasilia, Brazil. During a time of deep crisis in the higher education industry in Brazil, his team increased student enrollment from 3,200 to 6,100, revenues by 64% and EBITDA by over 280%, while also increasing most academic quality indicators as measured by MEC. He previously worked as tax adviser for KPMG in Budapest, Hungary; and also at Atlas Network, and the Charles G. Koch Foundation in Washington DC.

Edson holds a Masters in Economics from George Mason University, and a bachelors in Marketing from Florida Gulf Coast University.