Global resources for career management

Julia Sokolova

Professor of Accounting & Finance at EU Business School

Life motto: "Fortune favours the brave!"

Javier Torres

Soy Business Angel y me considero un impulsador de proyectos e ideas. Me dedico a conectar personas y proyectos que creo que pueden estar relacionados entre sí y ayudo al establecimiento aquí en Colombia de empresas extranjeras. Soy mentor en la aceleradora Rockstart

Vicky Ramirez

She has an extensive experience in Corporate Finance in both Industry and Financial Services.  Initiated her career by joining the Financial Management Program with General Electric in the USA.

True believer in team work. She enjoys working in a diverse team.
Passionate on promoting inclusion, diversity, and equality, as well as supporting social causes to create a positive impact in the society.

Vishesh Dalal

Vishesh is currently the Head of Strategy at Indie Home Loans, a mortgage finance company based in India. Before completed the ESADE MBA in 2018, Vishesh has qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holds a CFA Charter. He has over 11 years of work experience across entrepreneurship and finance, having worked with various teams at Ernst & Young in India and Norway in the past. Outside of work, Vishesh likes to travel and is a certified scuba diver.

Hemal Thacker

Hemal Thacker is a young professional with 3 years of experience in IT industry and 2+ years in the hospitality industry. He has done his B.E in Computer Science from University of Mumbai and MBA from ESADE Business School, Spain. He is currently leading the partnerships and acquisitions team at a hospitality start up, Vista Rooms. Over the 5+ years of work experience, he has developed expertise in Strategic Business Development, Sales Strategy and B2B Marketing.

Instagram: hemalthacker

Anna Fos Llopart

Anna Fos Llopart (MBA Part Time 2014) is a Board Member of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Frankfurt.  Originally from Barcelona, she leaves in Frankfurt since several years. Anna holds a wide experience in Governance Functions in the Pharmaceutical Sector. As a good mediterranean, she enjoys with good food and wine. While travelling, she enjoys of her passions: music and reading. Anna feels proud of being a member of F.C.Barcelona since several years and supports arts organisations as the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.

Maria Pericas

Maria is a Senior Business Analyst in an internal consulting team at Wayfair, the largest furniture e-commerce worldwide. She joined this fast paced environment in 2016, after completing her International BBA at ESADE, which gave her the opportunity to study in Singapore and work as a Strategic Consultant in Arthur D. Little. Maria is always looking for new challenges and adventures both personally and professionally, and strives for having a positive social impact.

Javier Bécares

Family Business Consultant and Executive Coach: Javier is a Civil Engineer, and Executive MBA of the 2014 promotion. He has extensive professional experience in management positions in Spain and abroad. He is dedicated to accompanying family businesses in the process of generational change, and strategic advice in the areas of business development, operations and people management.

Ramon Serrallonga

I am a dreamer with the aspiration to make our world a better place to live. Through my experiences in different latitudes, I discovered how similar individuals are across cultures and how diverse communities are across borders.

My passions are data analytics and innovation. I apply them in anything I do. My professional career has been developed in the intersection between business and technology. Connecting the dots to deliver more value. 

David Hidalgo Vila

Excited about sport and the mountain, after starting my career in the financial sector, I had the opportunity to combine my profession with my passion, skiing, being the General Director of Grandvalira-ENSISA, the most skiable domain Great in southern Europe. Grandvalira is also the venue for the World Cup of Alpine Skiing and the next World Cup Finals in 2023.

I like to dedicate time to teaching in sports management where I can contribute the experience gained over the last 20 years.
After graduating from Economics and Business Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University, I studied ESADE MBA in 2000. Later I completed my education at Cornell University (USA), at IESE (Barcelona) and the AISTS International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (Lausanne).

Antonio Moreno Rodríguez

Degree in Economics and Business Administration with more than 24 years of experience in consulting, operational and strategic management of business projects. I am dedicated to the development and consolidation of business projects, having a global vision of the company and a deep knowledge of their needs and problems, having participated in the creation and consolidation of different businesses.

Jordi Calbet

Degree in Economics and Business Studies from the UAB and AMP by IESE. ESADE Alumni Memeber root of the Big Data program and analytics for executives 2017.

Since January 2019 he is the Head of Digital Acceleration of Zurich Insurance at the Group level and is currently also president of the board of administration of Servizurich SAU, an entity that from Barcelona provides a wide range of technological and operational services to the Group's units throughout Europe and also in some areas in Latin America.

Until December of 2019 he was director of the Operations, Technology and Processes area of the Zurich Group in Spain since 2010 and previously he was for ten years financial director (CFO) in different phases at the level of Spain, southern Europe and continental Europe.

Jerome Trochet

Graduated of ADE and EMBA from ESADE, Jerome began his career at Sixt France where he assumed the Sales and Marketing Department until 2001. He then joined the PSA Peugeot Citroen group where he went through several management positions in Marketing, Sales and Quality. In 2010, Jerome chose to return to Barcelona and devote himself to the acceleration of business transformation; He is now Business Director of the consulting firm Nexe.

His international experience in the central services of an OEM, in an NSC, in a client and then in a supplier of automotive companies give him a 360º vision of the business in this sector of activity.

Anna Ventosa

Su trayectoria profesional se centra en el cacao. Empezó en el departamento de R&D liderando el equipo y ahora desarrollo el área de Marketing y Ventas en la misma compañía. Es Ingeniera Química y su pasión por el Marketing la llevó a cursar el EMMV en Esade, el cual la ayudó a dar el paso hacia el área de Marketing y Ventas de la empresa.

Es una persona creativa, optimista y que tiene una curiosidad insaciable. Cree que la sociedad necesita un cambio hacia la equidad de género para ser un mundo más justo.

Alexandros Kazantzis

Currently EU Head of Capital Planning at Amazon; I have an electrical engineering background with experience in Construction.

José Luis Porte

Executive President of MEROIL; the leading Independent Oil Company in Spain,  President of the Joint Venture Company LUKOIL-MEROIL, stablished July 2010, and President of a familiar group of companies. 

Previously he has been CEO at Spain United Distillers (Guinness PLC), Marketing Director at Martini & Rossi, International Director at Chupa Chups and Marketing Manager at Braun Española S.A. (Gillette Group) 

José Luis Porté is Airplane pilot from 1983, Yacht Captain, and he likes Road cycling and Photography.

Juan Maria Massons

Licenciado en Ciencias Empresariales y MBA por Esade. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas por la Universidad de Córdoba. Doctor en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por la Universitat Ramon Llull.  

Premio ACCID 2012 a la Excelencia Académica.  

Académico electo de la Real Academia Europea de Doctores. 

Profesor de Finanzas de Esade desde 1966. Profesor invitado de diversas universidades nacionales y extranjeras. Ha publicado seis libros sobre análisis y estrategia financiera y el séptimo, de aparición inminente, está en proceso de edición. 

Consultor en finanzas y estrategia empresarial. Asesora a equipos directivos. Es miembro de varios consejos de administración y consultor de diversas juntas generales.

Jordi Fabregat

Profesor titular del Departamento de Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad de Esade y director del Executive Master en Dirección Económico-Financiera en Barcelona 

Ha sido controller de una multinacional francesa del sector textil que distribuye sus productos a través de tiendas propias y de la venta por catálogo, y director general de la empresa de fabricación que abastecía a dicha multinacional. Anteriormente, había sido gerente de una red de zapaterías. 

Ha impartido cursos en Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, México y Portugal. Su tesis doctoral versa sobre las salidas a bolsa en el mercado español y en el Neuer Markt. Sus campos de interés son el análisis y la planificación financiera, la toma de decisiones de inversión y sus efectos en la creación de valor, y la valoración de empresas, especialmente las no cotizadas, para los procesos de adquisición, la búsqueda de inversores en las ampliaciones de capital o la colocación de paquetes accionariales. 

Ha asesorado a inversores y emprendedores en numerosas operaciones de valoración de empresas. Es miembro del Instituto Español de Analistas Financieros (IEAF) y participa en diversos consejos de administración. Posee el Certificado de Experto en Valoración de Empresas (CEVE) del IEAF.

Ona Serra

Board Member – Finances responsible

Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration by Esade, in 2003 I started my professional career at Ernst & Young, in Barcelona, in the External Audit division. In 2006 I joined Miguel Torres, where I was the Head of the International Financial Controlling Department at the Group's Headquarters, where I worked till I moved to Dubai, in 2012. From 2013 to 2017 I was the Finance Controller & Finance Manager at Natura Bissé in Dubai. Since 2017 I provide advisory and consulting services to Companies.  

I live in Dubai since 2012 and I am a Board Member of Dubai Esade Alumni Chapter since 2016 (in charge of the Finance area).

Stefan Neville

Dynamic and challenging environments promote self-improvement which I am very passionate about and dedicated to. Combining my technical skills of analytical and innovative thinking with my interpersonal skills of leadership and communication have ensured exceptional results for both the company and my clients.

Daniel Reyes

Ha desarrollado su carrera profesional en el ámbito del Marketing de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA). Los últimos años creando y ocupando la Dirección de Marketing Corporativo.  

En su trayectoria en la empresa ha dirigido los departamentos de Investigación de mercados, Marketing comercial, Marketing del segmento infantil (Club Super3) y juvenil y Autopromoción de TV3, asumiendo posteriormente el resto de funciones de la Dir. de Marketing de TV3. Finalmente incorpora también las responsabilidades sobre el marketing de Catalunya Ràdio, creando el Àrea Corporativa de Marketing de la empresa. 

Es Licenciado y MBA en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por Esade y la McGill University de Montreal.

José Campos

Licenciado en CE y MBA por Esade. 

Desarrolló una sólida carrera profesional durante 14 años en las áreas de Marketing de diferentes multinacionales de gran consumo (CPC/Unilever, Pepsico y Kellogg´s) para pasar a liderar como Director General distintos proyectos de crecimiento en consumer healthcare tanto en multinacional (Smithkline Beecham) como en empresas familiares (Lacer, Ordesa y Ferrer) pasando en éstas últimas casi 19 años. También ha ejercido como miembro y como Presidente del Consejo de Administración en dos filiales de Ordesa. 

Actualmente es consultor independiente en The Warrior Consumer Healthcare Advisory, centrado en proyectos de desarrollo de negocio, internacionalización, marketing estratégico y M&A. 

Es miembro fundador y Tesorero del Instituto Consumer Healthcare, mentor en Esade Alumni y miembro de Esade BAN.

Helena Borbón

Experiencia profesional en Dirección General de 20 años. En la actualidad, Directora General de Fundación CARES y Administradora de la Empresa de Inserción CODEC, ambas dedicadas a externalización de servicios operativos y logísticos con personas con discapacidad la primera y en riesgo de exclusión la segunda.

Ingeniera Industrial por la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Programa de Liderazgo e Innovación Social por Esade y Programa de Dirección General en IESE.

José Luis Morales

Dirección de Operaciones y Supply Chain en entorno multinacional del sector auxiliar del automóvil como Ficosa, Sintermetal, Gestamp.

Especializado en mejoras del flujo de valor en operaciones y planificación, con técnicas Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC 6-Sigma, QRQC, producción automatizada y robotica.

Ricard Lascorz

Graduado en ADE y en Derecho por Esade (promoción 2019). Durante sus estudios, se involucró en diferentes actividades académicas, como la Esade Student Finance Society o el equipo de debate de Esade. Tras realizar prácticas en los ámbitos del derecho mercantil (Uría Menéndez) y de banca de inversión (Morgan Stanley), se decantó por la empresa familiar. Actualmente, es director de Desarrollo del Negocio Business y miembro del consejo de administración de Plimon Global, y su actividad se centra en la dirección, el crecimiento y la internacionalización de la empresa.

Iñigo Nagore

Abogado especializado en derecho de sociedades, fusiones y adquisiciones, derecho contractual y derecho internacional privado de empresa. Es árbitro, administrador concursal y mediador, y profesor invitado de la Universidad de Deusto (Business Law y Derecho Marítimo) y de la Universidad del País Vasco (Acceso a la Abogacía y Derecho Internacional Privado) . Ha escrito más de sesenta artículos y manuales sobre cooperativas, formación de abogados europeos, derecho bancario, derecho fiscal, grupos de empresas y derecho de sociedades, transformaciones, fusiones, escisiones, contratación mercantil, derecho concursal y arbitraje.

Imparte conferencias en diversos foros nacionales e internacionales, y ha desempeñado diversos cargos en organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de abogados, como la Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), la European Bars Federation, el Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE, Consejo de la Abogacía Europea), el Consejo General de la Abogacía Española (CGAE) y el Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia.
Es Doctor en Derecho Mercantil (UD), Máster en Gestión Avanzada de Empresas (UCD), Máster en Comercio Exterior (UPV) y Máster en Derecho Fiscal (UD), y posee diversos diplomas de especialización en Derecho y Económicas.

En la actualidad, es cónsul honorario de la República de Malta en el País Vasco y miembro de la Junta Directiva del Cuerpo Consular de Bilbao.

Carlos de Barnola Torres

Specialities:

• Ontological executive coaching. This approach enables coachees to tackle the challenges they face in areas such as their relationship with particular subjects, their family, their boss or their organisation. Through speech acts, this approach allows them to confront false beliefs and overcome fears and self-limitations, making it a very powerful instrument of change and development. This approach helps coachees deal with challenges in various real-life situations, including work, team relationships, intimate relationships and parent-child relationships. 
• Systemic coaching. This approach is used to delve into difficult situations in the coachee’s professional context. It enables teams to evolve into high-performance teams, generating dynamics that facilitate the establishment of relational objectives, rules of conduct and levels of rigour within the team. 

 
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and Catalan
 
Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ICF/EEC) 
• ATC (ICF/EEC)
   

Luis Fernando Rodríguez

Actualmente es CEO de Watch&Act, con una trayectoria de más de 20 años de experiencia en Transformación y Cambio de Organizaciones. Ha sido Director en PwC, KPMG y Disney siempre liderando temas de RRHH y Eficiencia organizativa

Es Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos y Sociólogo.
PDG de ESADE, PDG de IESE y TMP de INSEAD

Es profesor en la Universidad Francisco Marroquín y en ActonMBA

Felipe Afanador Cortés

I have +10 years of work experience in commercial and digital transformation projects in companies such as Cencosud, Oracle and Uber across Latam. I am passionate about helping companies to develop new omnichannel capabilities to increase revenue and challenge status quo. As a cross functional digital commercial manager, I believe companies should develop projects and initiatives with the 4 Ps approach: people (always first), planet, purpose and last not least profit. I have had the opportunity to live and work in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, France, Canada and USA. 

Jorge Uribe

Magister en Marketing y Gestión comercial con más de 4.5 años de experiencia.
Apasionado por la gestión de personas, el mundo digital y de apoyar las causas sociales para crear un impacto positivo en la sociedad.
Hoy en día con mucha ilusión de sumar y desarrollar el Chapter Perú Esade Alumni.

Javier López Martínez

An Industrial Engineer from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya and ESADE MBA, Javier has developed his entire professional career through leading multi-national companies in the Energy sector, holding varied responsibilities. 

Based in France since 2007, he is currently business development manager for automation systems at Hitachi ABB Power Grids. This work requires in-depth knowledge about the electricity grid market, latest technologies and, specially, the current expectations of grid operators facing the necessary digital transformation and its determining role in succeeding the energy transition, for which Javier brings more than 25 years of experience in the sector.  

Previously, he has worked between Spain and France for companies such as ABB, General Electric, Alstom and Areva, in numerous international positions ranging from product management and marketing through to strategy or technical sales. Javier began his professional career, ​​as an engineer in the company Endesa Distribución Eléctrica in Barcelona, and it was after completing his MBA at ESADE in 1998 that he decided to move from mostly technical jobs to developing a commercial career within the Grid sector.  

Javier is married and has two children, with whom he lives in the Paris region. He is member of Alumni's Paris chapter since more than 12 years and has been collaborating as a board member since 2015. 

Antonio Díaz

Director General de Planificación, Estrategia y Comunicación en el Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas.
Elaborar y dirigir la estrategia, la transformación y la gestión del cambio en organizaciones públicas es lo que más me motiva.

Blog: www.administracioninteligente.org  

Ricardo Marquez

Trade Show Director

From México, Director of Alimentaria FoodTech and Alimentaria México in Fira Barcelona.

Sports business passionate, former president of the ESADE MBA Sports Business Club.

My instagram: @marqmx

Azucena Roldán

Azucena (EMOI 2017) joined the board of the Zürich Chapter in August 2017. Since then, she has led multiple events focused on the continuous development of the Alumni as well as on ESADE's positioning in the local labor market, organizing both Speed Meeting sessions and Career Fairs amongside chapters of other business schools. She was recognized as Board Member of the Month in June 2018 for her great involvement and commitment.

Eugenia Bieto

Managing director of ESADE for 8 years (2010-2018). Currently associate professor in the department of general management and strategy. PhD from Universidad Ramon Llull. BSc in management and MBA from ESADE and the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.

Yanyu Zheng

Yanyu Zheng is co founder and vice president of All Star Partner. Started her career as the first Chinese employee in FC Barcelona, she has rich years of experience and expertise in sports marketing & communications, sponsorship, sports event management and digital operations.  

Yanyu was senior business development manager at Alibaba group before she founded All Star Partner, and she worked with Tencent Sports during years being its correspondent in Europe. Yanyu got her MBA degree at ESADE Business School (Barcelona) with full scholarship. She led the Sports Business club in ESADE and won a sports  marketing thesis competition organized by Financial Times. Yanyu studied The business of Entertainment, Media and Sports at Harvard Business School in 2018.

Yanyu is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan, and have a good knowledge of French and Portuguese.

Isabel Markwitz

As coach and mentor to entrepreneurs and startups, Isabel supports companies in developing and executing cross regional and cultural growth strategies.

Diego Brizuela

Google Sr. Technology Consultant - Product Manager

Diego is a deeply analytical, technology consultant, product manager, self-starter, and independent thinker who knows how to roll up his sleeves to create solutions to problems that have not been tackled yet.

10 years of experience implementing highly customized technology solutions for world-class Tech, Biotech, Finance, Manufacturing, and Insurance companies to address most critical issues in Commercial Operations and Strategy. Advising internal management and client decision-makers by presenting data findings based on deep analysis of marketing metrics and their correlation to sales growth.

Pedro Martinho

Pedro has a very diverse profile and a strong interest in understanding and valuing the impact of new ideas and products.

His appetite for learning and new experiences has led him to work across geographies, roles and functions. It is this diverse background that enables Pedro to understand the value drivers of new businesses and ideas and to home in on the right levers to maximize returns. His knowledge stretches from aviation to biotechnology and human resources to finance.

Currently Pedro lives in Lisbon and works as a principal product manager for OutSystems, the leader in rapid application development, where he defines the portfolio and pricing of the company.

On a personal level, Pedro is an automotive enthusiast and a lifelong learner, always studying something new: from epigenetics to data science or finance to operations.

Cesar Negrete

Degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1989 and MBA from ESADE in 1995. He worked at the Institute of Cybernetics from 1988 to 1991, then joined TAO where he became technical director. After the acquisition of TAO by gedas, he assumed the functions of head of presale and product marketing (2005-2006). In 2007, after the acquisition of gedas by T-Systems, he took over the sales unit to automotive suppliers, and as of 2009 he assumed responsibility for large automotive manufacturers such as SEAT, the Volkswagen group and the rest of car manufacturers in Iberia. Since February 2019 he is an advisor to large companies on their own.

Diego Molero

Profesional con treinta años de experiencia y un conocimiento amplio y plural del sector público (administración y empresarial), tras veinte años en puestos diversos y de relevancia en todas las administraciones (estatal, autonómica y local). Ahora en Renfe, como Director del Gabinete de Presidencia. Defensor de la colaboración público-privada, en todos los ámbitos, no solo en la gestión de servicios, y de que es el mejor win to win para la sociedad. Con capacidad para las relaciones personales y la gestión de equipos, generando confianza y responsabilidad. Gran adaptación a entornos complejos, en los que intervienen muchos actores. Y en los que hay que involucrarse, con exigencia, tenacidad y constancia, en los objetivos y proyectos corporativos. Vinculado también al ámbito académico, como doctor en derecho constitucional y profesor asociado en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Y con ESADE-Universidad Ramón Llul, donde hice el Executive Master in Public Administration, y colaboro en la organización de programas para directivos en Madrid.

Alexandra Molina-Martell

He joined the Commercial Area of ​​Uría Menéndez in 2000, to which he belongs since then.

His practice focuses on the field of Commercial Law, especially in operations of sale, merger and restructuring of companies, joint ventures and investment and divestment operations in all its forms through national and international structures. He has more than 15 years of experience advising on contractual matters and council secretariats, as well as financing and mergers and acquisitions.

He also works regularly with entrepreneurs, foundations and social companies.

Núria Pons

As the legal manager of SACRESA, a recognized company in the real estate sector, is responsible for keeping all the legal matters of the company: contractual, corporate and procedural. He has developed his entire professional career in the field of real estate law, both from the point of view of the internal lawyer of different developer and construction companies, and from the perspective of a real estate service provider like Servihabitat, and also in large law firms such as Garrigues or Hogan Lovells. She has a degree and Master in Business Law from ESADE and has completed her training with the preparation of oppositions to Property, Commercial and Personal Property Registrars as well as various specialization programs for lawyers.

Diego Molero

Professional with thirty years of experience and a broad and plural knowledge of the public sector (administration and business), after twenty years in diverse and relevant positions in all administrations (state, regional and local). Now in Renfe, as Director of the Presidency Cabinet. Advocate for public-private collaboration, in all areas, not only in service management, and that it is the best win to win for society. With capacity for personal relationships and team management, generating trust and responsibility. Great adaptation to complex environments, in which many actors intervene. And in those who have to get involved, with demand, tenacity and perseverance, in corporate objectives and projects. Also linked to the academic field, as a doctor in constitutional law and associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. And with ESADE-Ramón Llul University, where I did the Executive Master in Public Administration, and collaborated in the organization of programs for managers in Madrid.

Indira García

Lleva más de 10 años en el mundo de las finanzas, mayoritariamente vinculada al sector de la tecnología y la innovación. Su mayor motivación es la curiosidad para aprender. Recientemente terminó el máster en Dirección Financiera de ESADE que le ayudó a obtener una visión más general de la empresa y ganar agilidad de análisis y capacidad de decisión. En lo personal es una introvertida que ríe mucho. Le gustan los buenos valores: la familia, la amistad, el respeto y la responsabilidad.

Lluís Farràs

Lluís Farras  is an economist with more than 35 years of experience working as a finance director and controller at multinationals and medium-sized companies in various industrial and service sectors. For the past five years, he has been a partner at a consulting firm that advises small and medium-sized companies. 

He also collaborates with non-profits, social organisations and sports teams by developing feasibility plans. 

Joan Sanfeliu

Ingeniero Industrial. Inició su vida profesional en Nestlé y posteriormente se dedicó a la consultoría estratégica en Cluster (ahora Oliver Wyman). Desde hace quince años, es CEO de Productos Montblanc SL y JSSL, empresas fundadas por su bisabuelo en 1925, en los sectores químico, de la ingeniería e inmobiliario.

Colabora en instituciones sin ánimo de lucro relacionadas con el deporte de la vela, como el Club Marítim Altafulla, la Federació Catalana de Vela y la Real Federación Española de Vela, y de ámbito social y cultural, principalmente en la comarca de la Conca de Barberà a través de la Fundació Martí l’Humà. Tot Conca.

Lourdes Teixidor

Psicóloga especializada en organizaciones y trabajo con más de 30 años de experiencia como consultora en el ámbito de personas. Socia Directora de Psicotècnia y, desde el año 1995 profesora asociada en la Facultat de Educación y Psicología de la Universitat de Girona y colaboradora académica del departamento de Personas y Organización de Esade.

Mónica Muñoz

Mónica Muñoz García es cofundadora y socia de The Innova Room ©, una consultora estratégica especializada en el sector turístico (hoteles, restaurantes y ocio). The Innova Room tiende puentes entre el negocio y el diseño, desde su foco en la innovación. Sus proyectos abarcan desde el estudio de mercado y de viabilidad hasta el desarrollo de nuevas líneas de negocio, pasando por la mejora de la experiencia del usuario o el reposicionamiento en el mercado.  

Mónica es Arquitecta (M.Arch II, Master en Arquitectura) por la Universidad de Navarra, MBA (Master of Business Administration) por Esade, y Postgrado en Gestión Cultural por la UOC.  

Ha desarrollado su carrera corporativa a lo largo de más de 20 años en compañías multinacionales de diversos sectores como el Hotelero (NH Hoteles), Restauración (Heineken), Arquitectura, Ingeniería y Consultoría (IDOM Internacional).  

En 2010 fundó de The Innova Room, donde junto su socio trabaja en proyectos en España, Europa y Latinoamérica. También fue cofundadora en otros emprendimientos de innovación como: Mona & Leo Sustainable Lifestyle (marca de cosmética BIO certificada) o INPULSA (red de emprendimiento y formación para el fomento laboral senior), entre otros proyectos.  

Polifacética y comprometida con compartir el conocimiento, colabora habitualmente en medios de comunicación, universidades, escuelas de negocio y foros profesionales sobre innovación, diseño, turismo y emprendimiento.

Maria Gutiérrez-San Miguel

Titulaciones: Ingeniera Química por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Enfermera titulada por la Universidad de Barcelona, MBA por Esade Business School y Posgrado en Lean Management. 

Carrera profesional: durante sus 12 años de carrera profesional, primero en una consultoría multinacional de ingeniería y luego en el Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, ha implementado varios proyectos en el campo de la gestión de procesos y la optimización de la cadena de valor en procesos industriales y hospitalarios, tanto a nivel nacional e internacional. Así mismo, es autora de algunos trabajos científicos y múltiples comunicaciones y conferencias, principalmente en el campo del diseño de procesos y la gestión del cambio cultural en las instituciones. Ha participado también como docente en varios cursos de formación, cursos de posgrado y másters en metodología Lean, gestión de procesos y cambio cultural en las organizaciones. 

Actividad profesional actual: Actualmente es responsable del diseño y la implementación de Procesos Clínicos Basados en Valor (Value Based Healthcare)  usando como indicadores los resultados en salud auto-reportados por el paciente (PROMS, PREMS), así como de la optimización de algunas mejoras en los procesos hospitalarios organizativos en las unidades de hospitalización, urgencias, consultas externas, etc. en el Hospital Vall d'Hebron. El principal foco de su trabajo es el diseño y desarrollo de una metodología institucional para la transformación organizativa hacia una asistencia centrada en el paciente mediante la mejora continua liderada por el personal sanitario en contacto con el paciente, implicando el cambio cultural entre los profesionales del hospital así como la participación de los pacientes en la definición de procesos asistenciales. 

Ahmed Moussa

Esade EMBA, and a seasoned Chief Financial Officer with capability honed from 18+ years of corporate leadership, enterprise scale-up, and Board Advisory activities with market-leading banking firms and multi-sector conglomerates operating in global markets from a Middle East base. A highly effective commercial tactician, Ahmed is adept at setting strategic direction, building culture, developing teams, and transforming business operations to support a significant growth agenda in competitive global markets.

Technically proficient across Finance (public/private sources of debt/equity); US GAAP; IFRS; internal and Board reporting; treasury/cash management; MIS and human resources, Ahmed offers a refined strategic perspective and capability spanning business strategy development and implementation, company restructuring, business model pivot, planning, and product innovation.
He is suited to business-driver roles as CFO or Group Financial Controller in Real Estate, Education, and Consulting sectors and is attracted to complex business models associated with firms undergoing rapid growth or about to undertake acquisition, transformation, or worldwide expansion.

Ahmed earned his Executive MBA from Esade Business School in Barcelona (a top ten business school globally) and his Bachelor of Commerce from Mansoura University in Egypt. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the California Board of Accountancy and a Graduate of the IFRS Certificate Program from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A Certified Trainer with a background providing advisory services to corporate clients in collaboration with the PwC Academy and Qatar University, he strongly supports developing the next generation of executives in an organization and plays a key role in acting as a mentor to aspiring business leaders in the teams he oversees.

Yago De Zabala

Business development expert with a holistic vision of the company, occupying positions of responsibility in the Sales, Marketing and Operations areas in SMEs as well as in multinational companies, a great connoisseur of the B2B market and experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Experience in the strategy of selling key products for the company, creating new departments and improving processes, launching new products in the market, among others. Accustomed to working in a transversal way with multidisciplinary teams and leading teams of up to 8 people, as well as coordinating more than 60 people. Associate Professor at University of Girona and MBA at Esade.

Raimon Mirosa

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Barcelona y Executive MBA por Esade.

En la actualidad, combina la posición de director comercial de Esade Executive Education con su actividad de consultor sénior en estrategia y ejecución comercial.

Es profesor adscrito al Departamento de Dirección de Marketing de Esade, donde imparte sesiones sobre sus áreas de experticia en varios programas, y es director académico en las áreas de Open y Custom Programmes.

Ha desempeñado responsabilidades de dirección general y dirección comercial en varias empresas de los sectores de la alimentación, de las finanzas y de la industria farmacéutica y cosmética. 

Desde hace más de veinte años, combina las responsabilidades directivas con las colaboraciones académicas en diversas escuelas de negocios y universidades de prestigio –Esade, EADA, Universidad Loyola de Sevilla, Universidad del Pacífico (Perú), EAE, IQS School of Management).

Es conferenciante y colaborador articulista en la prensa económica.

Maite Usón

Specialities: Career coaching for senior professionals. Helping senior executives make career changes. 

Language: Spanish 

Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 
 

Justyna Charytoniuk

Justyna Charytoniuk graduated from ESADE as part of the MBA class of 2015. During her time there, she was of the board of the consulting club and did an exchange at HEC Paris. Post MBA, Justyna followed her passion to join a strategy consulting  organization, which then led to her current career in program management in the technology industry. Justyna is looking forward to growing the ESADE network in Houston and continuing to build friendships and professional contacts in the ESADE community globally. Email: justynacharytoniuk@sbcglobal.net

Carles Altès

Executive coach with over 20 years of experience in the world of leadership and team development in international settings and at highly innovative startups. Specialised in meeting the challenge of deploying agility frameworks and digital transformation, as well as the cultural change they entail.

Specialities:

• Emotional intelligence based on mindfulness
• Relational coaching 
• Systemic coaching
• Appreciative coaching
• Scrum manager authority

Languages: English, Spanish, Italian and Catalan

Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Pedro Abadia

My name is Pedro Abadia and I am a recent member of the board of the chapter of Esade Alumni in Miami, USA. I landed here in 2019 and still finding my spot, with the hectic virical times we are having. 

I got my degree (Lic&MBA was the title back then) in 1998, and also part of the CEMS community. I am an all-terrain manager (o culo inquieto), having lived in 5 countries, worked for 4 companies (I am a loyal culo inquieto, after all), 4+ sectors, and moved through the companies' functions and types... finance, project management, sales and marketing, supply chain and more recently HR and consulting... in both multinational and SME's. Still lots to learn, always and forever, while we last. 

I am always happy to land a helping hand to those who need it and I love when the projects end up well... which is more difficult than the spreadsheets and consultants always say.

I like team sports, history, travel, arts, food and wine and interesting people. I am rather opinionated but love to exchange (and challenge) ideas, and my best friends' first impressions of me apparently were rather negative... meaning I probably improve with time.

Jiayi Shi

I'm Jiayi Shi, from Shanghai. I had a wonderful experience in MIM program 17-18. Now I work in Shanghai Ocean University as an international student admission officer. Apart from Chinese, I have learnt Spanish and English, now trying to learn Russian.

I love to communicate with people from different backgrounds and exchange ideas for inspirations. In my spare time, I love travelling, gyms and playing music.

Ketevan Sidamonidze

Ms. Ketevan (Keti) Sidamonidze leads the Market Linkages activities at DAI Global for the 5-year $23 million USAID Georgia Economic Security program. Keti was the Country Coordinator/ SME Finance Expert at EBRD Georgia’s Trade Ready project implemented by DAI Europe. She also served as a Mentor for the first edition of U.S. Embassy’s Business Mentorship Program. Ms. Sidamonidze is the Founding Director of Versatile KS Consulting. She was a Partner in two additional boutique-consulting firms. Prior to those engagements, Keti was the Chief Advisor to the Director of the Georgian National Investment Agency as well as the Private Investment and Financing Consultant for USAID EC-LEDS Clean Energy Program.

Keti holds a Full-Time MBA degree from ESADE Business School (class of 2014). During her studies, she served as the ESADE MBA Student Association Welcoming Committee Director. As a Consultant of the Momentum Project, a social entrepreneurship initiative of ESADE, BBVA and PwC in Spain, she aided Grupo Sacendi in devising a replicable sustainable growth strategy that resulted in obtaining a €0.5 million Impact Loan from BBVA Bank. Up until the ESADE MBA, Keti was the Focal Point of the United Nations Global Compact Georgia Network. She served as a Project Team Leader/Manager for the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia for over 7 years, leading dozens of projects funded by USAID, as well as two US-Georgia Business Summits and USDA Trade and Investment Mission to Georgia. Ms. Sidamonidze was the founding Board Member of the Georgian SME Association and a member of the Advisory Board of www.PRExchange.ge.
 

Manuel Morales

Life motto: “Wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg” “Whether you think you can, or think you cannot, you are right”

Interests: music, business and history literature, networking and sports like hiking and diving.

Follow me on instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ibergourmet/

Diego Fernando Cardona Madariaga

Ingeniero especializado en Gerencia de Proyectos, MSc, DEA y PhD en Ciencias Administrativas con énfasis en Aplicación Estratégica de Tecnología en Organizaciones Gubernamentales y Posdoctorado en docencia mediada con TIC. Su desarrollo profesional ha estado enmarcado en el sector académico como alto directivo, colaborador e investigador, así como conferencista en aplicación estratégica de tecnología en organizaciones. De manera paralela ha permanecido vinculado al sector TIC, en el ámbito de la definición estratégica empresarial y la definición competitiva sectorial como ingeniero en empresas privadas, alto directivo en el gobierno colombiano y consultor a través de agencias de apoyo multilateral para múltiples gobiernos latinoamericanos. En la actualidad se desempeña como Vicerrector Académico de la Universidad EAN Colombia.

Eulalia Vilaclara

Degree in law, 2006. Lawyer and registered economist. Tax adviser at Mateos Advocats and board member of several companies. Previously, worked at Vilaclara – Riera, MTR y Asociados, and Arthur Andersen. Lecturer in the ESADE department of law from 1985 to 1998.

Udeepto Maheshwari

Udeepto Maheshwary is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry internationally. His 12+ years of experience have been across Fund Management-Simulation, M&A, Business Planning, Strategic Marketing, Business Intelligence, California Legislation Advisory, Organizational Management, Corporate Strategy Formulation and Compliance & Risk Management. Udeepto has a B.S. in Business Administration from the California State University, USA & an MBA from The ESADE Business School, Spain with concentrations in Strategy, Finance & Marketing.

Udeepto currently serves as the President of the ESADE Mumbai Alumni Chapter. An 8-member Board of Directors who come with diverse profiles & experiences across different sectors oversees the chapter. The team in Mumbai aspires to make ESADE a known name associated with high quality & good content events that are meaningful for not only the ESADE Alumni, but also the community & industry at large. The ESADE brand in Mumbai is picking up traction & being noticed across the market. The Mumbai Chapter along with ESADE Careers & ESADE Admissions have created a model that focusses on collaboration, teamwork & strives to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem for alumni, incoming & admitted students & those who generally wish to know more about ESADE.Some of the chapter’s most successful events have been its HR Summit, ESADE Talkies, Biz Talks Marketing & a pipeline of several events for the upcoming year. The team is currently preparing to host the first ever all woman entrepreneurs’ panel in January.

Instagram: @Udeepto

Julian Grimm

Julian is a strategy consultant who was born in Germany and is currently living in Sydney, Australia. After having studied internationally in Germany, the US, Spain and Australia as well as after having gathered work experience a bit around the world, Julian decided to move back to Australia. As an ESADE alumni (Master in International Management and CEMS 2012/2013) he also runs the Australian chapter of the ESADE alumni network. Despite of living in Sydney, Barcelona still has a place in his heart and he tries to be back every year with travel as one of his passions.

Karine Selma Laronze

Bachelor&MBA at ESADE, I also completed my CEMS Master's in International Management at ESADE and Stockholm School of Economics in 2007. After graduating, I worked more than 6 years in Business Consulting in Spain, South Africa and Colombia. I moved to Austria in 2014, where I have started a family. I am currently working as Project Manager at AEI, Agency for European Integration and Economic Development, in Vienna. I am a Spanish, French and Catalan native speaker, and also speak English and German fluently. I am involved in the Austria Chapter since its launch.

Jaime Schmidt

Abogado y Notario Público con más de 8 años de experiencia en asesoría legal corporativa. Especialista en Derecho Corporativo, Informático y de Propiedad Intelectual, me dedico a la creación de empresas y la protección de sus activos intangibles.

Alumni desde el 2016, egresado del Master de propiedad intelectual y derecho de las TIC.

Amante de la tecnología y el deporte.

Óscar Cortés

Profesional con 20 años de experiencia en liderando estrategias institucionales y fortaleciendo la relación de la Administración con empresas, asociaciones, lobbies e instituciones. Tras pasar por gabinete de ministro y diversos puestos como empleado público soy experto en gestión de entornos políticos y relaciones institucionales de alto nivel, además de construir estrategias y su relato. Comparto mi experiencia como docente en programas directivos de diferentes escuelas de negocios y universidades. Ingeniero Industrial y con formación directiva en ESADE e IESE.  

Mi blog: i-public@

Alessio Cusin

Business strategy consultant with a passion for entrepreneurship.
Collegiate member of the Economists Association (CEC).
Member of the "Together" Committe of ESADE Social.
Mentor for young entrepreneurs.
Specially interested in sustainability and circular economy.
Natural networker. Living in Barcelona (Spain) since 20 years.

Rolando Carrazco

Soci Director en iTLand

Executive with more than 15 years of experience. Currently I specialize in the adaptation of analog businesses to a digital environment, from the definition of strategy and process automation, to commercial support in the go-to-market strategy. I have implemented strategic projects in various industries: automotive, banking, microfinance, consulting, insurance, media, technology and education in Latin America. As a corporate executive, I have worked at all levels of business strategy, planning, development and growth in companies such as HSBC, Interbank, La Positiva and Pacífico Business School. I am passionate about teaching, I collaborate as a professor and postgraduate speaker in various business schools in Peru, Colombia and Central America.

Francesc Muñoz

Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and MBA from ESADE Business School.

Francesc is the CIO of Cuatrecasas since 1998. He was named CIO of the year 2017 and is a member of the Board of the ESADE Alumni Digital Business club as well as of CIOs.cat

Passionate about leading continuous change, he has promoted the role of the IT Business Partner to promote an agile and transformative culture, as well as to ensure that IT is a deep connoisseur of the business and captures of new value projects.

He is currently focusing on the digital transformation of the firm through various strategic axes such as digital training, open innovation, etc:

In 2016, with Telefónica Open Future as its allies, it launched a pioneering open innovation initiative creating Cuatrecasas Acelera, the first acceleration program for legaltech startups.

Begoña Landazuri

Professional of more than 25 years in the management of Human Resources. Passion to live abroad and enjoy the multicultural experience. I have lived, so far, in Switzerland, Brazil, Canada and Spain. My work experience is very varied in terms of sectors in which I have worked being that I started in the pharmaceutical sector and I have known sectors such as Insurance, Telecommunications, Private Hospitals, Retail and Infrastructure and Energy. I currently work at Acciona for the Industrial and Concessions Divisions, leading the Human Resources Department. Always looking for new ways to learn, I am a professor at EOI, European University and I collaborate with ESADE in the People Management Club.

Mireia Oranias

Socia de auditoría de PricewaterhouseCoopers en Barcelona, especializada en los sectores de Turismo y Real Estate. Miembro del Registro Oficial de Auditores de Cuentas de España (ROAC) desde 2006. 

Cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en la auditoría y asesoramiento de negocios en España, especialmente en Grupos que aplican IFRS. Especializada en clientes de Turismo y Real Estate. Experiencia internacional en PricewaterhouseCoopers US (Washington DC) en 2006-2007. Socia responsable del negocio de auditoria para el sector Turismo en PwC España.

David Novoa

Director Mercer Consulting, S.L.U

Más de 20 años de experiencia en el asesoramiento a compañías multinacionales en la transformación de su estrategia de negocio a través de las personas. David ha ocupado diversas posiciones de Mercer llegando a ser el Director Comercial de Mercer Marsh Benefits, área estratégica de Beneficios para empleados de Marsh McLennan.

Su área de especialización es el diseño de políticas de Compensación y Beneficios alineadas a los objetivos de Negocio, con profundo conocimiento de los sector de Infraestructuras y de Turismo. Tiene amplio conocimiento del mercado español en materia de pensiones y seguros personales y ha liderado la implantación de programas internacionales de estrategias de Beneficios así como en procesos de M&A.

Es Licenciado en CC. Actuariales y Financieras por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
PMD de ESADE, Miembro del Instituto de Actuarios Españoles y Titulo de Mediador de Seguros

Jaime Calatayud

Amplia experiencia en el sector financiero, apasionado de la planificación y asesoramiento financiero y todo lo que implica innovación en el sector financiero. 

Miembro del Club de Finanzas de Esade Alumni desde 2008.

Alba Rubio

Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters at Esade (Lic&MDE 12) with exchange at Singapore Management University. During her times at Esade, she represented the students awarded with talent scholarships in several occasions and she was also President of Esade students' groups during the last 3 years of her Bachelor. 

Previous professional experience includes striving at the Investment Management division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, collaborating on the M&A efforts at The Economist Group and working as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. After an international career based out of London, Hong Kong, New York and Madrid, Alba has now been living in Dubai for the last two years, driving the strategy of Careem, the first unicorn in the MENA region. 

She is also one fo the leaders of the LeanIn circle of "Women in Tech" in Dubai and President of the Esade Alumni UAE Chapter.

Andrea Ruizdelgado

Abogada. Asociada sénior de la práctica de Derecho Inmobiliario en Garrigues.

Andrea está especializada en inversión en activos inmobiliarios, en financiación inmobiliaria y en todos aquellos aspectos relacionados con la actividad de los fondos de inversión del sector.

Su experiencia incluye el asesoramiento en todo tipo de operaciones inmobiliarias (compraventa, sale & lease back transactions, arrendamiento, construcción y promoción), así como la asistencia en la implementación de operaciones financieras con subyacente inmobiliario.

Es licenciada en Derecho por Esade y miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y del Comité Ejecutivo del Urban Land Institute - Young Leaders.

Angel Puig

Online business and innovation manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Internet industry (first project in 1995). Skilled in Innovation Financing, Business Planning, B2B, E-commerce and Entrepreneurship ("I know how to improve your business with an efficient use of technology"). Strong business development professional with a LADE & MBA from Esade and trained in Philosophy and Psychology in the E.E.P.A. (París).

Juan Manuel Peña

Ha dedicado su amplia vida profesional al sector de la salud y de los hospitales, y ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en la gerencia de hospitales, la consultoría hospitalaria a escala nacional e internacional, la gestión integral de proyectos de nuevos centros asistenciales en Europa, África, Asia y América, y la gestión de empresas proveedoras de servicios para el diseño, la construcción, el equipamiento, el mantenimiento y la operación de hospitales. 

Dara Murphy

Hi, since completing my MBA in Barcelona in 2008 I’ve been based in China, initially for 8 years in Shenzhen and for the past number of years I’ve been living here in Hong Kong. My professional experience in that time covers consumer electronics manufacturing, supply
chain management, e-commerce and now Fintech.

From a personal perspective I enjoy spending time with friends and family and taking the opportunity to travel and see more of this part of Asia. Unfortunately though with the busy work life in Hong Kong and the recent new arrival into my family travel has been somewhat
curtailed recently.

While the Hong Kong alumni chapter is small I look forward to welcoming new arrivals to Hong Kong to engage with the chapter and build an active ESADE Alumni community here.

Laura Martinez

Laura Martínez Molera is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for MathWorks. Laura is the technical lead for the Machine Learning and Data Science Solution where she leads the strategy, development and creation of technical content and marketing promotion. Prior to joining MathWorks, Laura was the Senior Marketing Manager at HubSpot where she was responsible for the go-to-market strategy for multiple regions and alignment with the Sales team.

Laura was born in Barcelona where she studied industrial engineering at UPC. She also holds a Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from ESADE and a Master in International Marketing from HULT, Boston, where she moved in 2014. Laura is living in Boston with her husband and son.

Maria Stefanoni

I am passionate about marketing and innovation. I graduated from the Esade MBA in 2018, after completing a semester in the American University of Georgetown. The MBA helped me boost my career and discover a deep passion for the healthcare industry. After the MBA, I briefly worked for the Spanish company Almirall, before landing at Johnson & Johnson where I entered in the marketing development program IRDP.

I started my career working as a communication and digital marketing consultant in various fields: arts, education, food and beverage, both in house as well as in agency. I got my BA and MA in foreign languages at the Venice University Ca' Foscari (with exchanges in France and Germany). As a result of my studies and the passion for traveling, I speak 6 languages fluently. I also hold an Executive Master in Digital Marketing from the Universidad Autonoma of Barcelona.

Alejandra Pérez

Es una entusiasta de la innovación, el marketing y la movilidad del futuro. 

Inició su carrera profesional en Allianz y desde allí ha trabajado en diferentes sectores, como la banca, los FCG, la consultoría y, más recientemente, la automoción, como responsable del desarrollo en la red.

Estudió ADE en Colombia e International Business en Alemania, y es Master in Marketing Management por Esade (2017).

Es miembro de la junta directiva del Barcelona International Chapter de Esade Alumni, que promueve eventos para el colectivo de expatriados que viven en Barcelona.

Neli Caldentey Marí

Senior and generalist coach. I have held positions of high responsibility in business and have managed my own company for nearly 15 years. I help senior professionals in high-responsibility positions as well as middle managers.

Specialities: 

• Individual and group coaching for people who want to make a change in their career path or undergo a career transition. 
• Growth potentials: young people undergoing rapid professional growth who have been promoted and are acquiring management responsibilities, sometimes with very large teams. The main topics tend to be communication, delegation, strategic vision, etc.
• Coaching aimed at business creation or self-employment.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan and English

Certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Coaches Training Institute
• Leadership Programme, Coaches Training Institute
• Organisation and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)
• The Leadership Circle (TLC) Survey certified facilitator (assessment tool)
• The Leadership Culture Survey 
• Creative Coaching
   

Carles Roig Navarro

Profesor asociado sénior en el Departamento de Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences en Esade. 

Director del  programa, Máster en Dirección de Operaciones.

Desarrolla su trayectoria profesional en Escandinavia, Francia y América Latina. Ha ocupado distintas responsabilidades ejecutivas en grandes empresas: codirector general de Nedlloyd Districenters; director regional de AITENA y LOACSA (corporación de servicios logísticos del BBVA); gerente de Schenker, y director general y miembro del consejo de administración de Logipoint (Dragados SPL).

Director del Part-Time MBA de ESADE. Combina su actividad docente como profesor del Departamento de Dirección de Operaciones e Innovación de ESADE, en las asignaturas Supply Chain Management, Estrategia y Dirección de Operaciones, con la actividad profesional como consultor y consejero de empresas.

A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, ha desarrollado una intensa actividad con empresas de varios sectores, entre las que destacan, como clientes representativos: Volkswagen, Seat, Nissan, JATCO y NSK (automoción); HP Centro de Consolidación, HP Ventas, IBM y Digital Equipment (informática); Sanyo y Fisher (electrónica de consumo); Nutrexpa, Nestlé, United Biscuits, Ralstom Purina-Grupo Europastry (alimentación); Planeta DeAgostini y RBA (sector editorial); Oral 'B y Revlon (cosmética); Electrolux, Bosch, Siemens y Candy (línea blanca), e Inoxcrom (material de oficina). Asimismo, ha desarrollado proyectos para Dragados SPL, cadenas de comercio minorista, ayuntamientos y comunidades autónomas, así como para numerosas pequeñas y medianas empresas.

Es ponente en simposios y conferencias nacionales e internacionales. Ha publicado varios artículos y estudios.

Es profesor de ESADE desde 1998.

Mª José de la Maza

Socia Fundadora de una consultoría en estrategia, crecimiento y diversificación. Más de 20 años en el ámbito del desarrollo y crecimiento, trabajando con equipos multidisciplinares en varios sectores.

Profesora de estrategia, dirección general y emprendimiento y directora académica de varios programas en Executive Education en ESADE.

Apasionada por la formación y en desarrollo de las personas, convencida que los procesos de transformación se deben llevar a cabo desde de la propia organización.

Gran experiencia en la definición e implementación de proyectos de transformación empresarial en diversas consultoras de reconocido Prestigio (Indra-Europraxis y Cap Gemini) y en diversos sectores clientes. Ha gestionado diversos negocios en empresas de consultoría, ha liderado equipos de desarrollo de Negocio a nivel mundial.

Giuliana Robles

Como experta en marketing he ocupado posiciones directivas y regionales, atendiendo los mercados de EEUU, Sudamérica y Europa y en multinacionales en Perú como IBM, Avianca, Subaru y en España en Random House Mondadori, L’Oreal y Louis Vuitton y Sara Lee Europa. Hoy me dedico a la consultoría independiente en marketing y a la docencia en programas de post grados. 

Escribo en el portal de negocios Semana Económica con mi blog “MarTech Lover” porque me apasiona el impacto de la tecnología en el marketing de hoy y del futuro.  Soy muy curiosa y me encanta aprender, por eso estoy estudiando una Maestría en Coaching y Liderazgo en la Universidad de Barcelona – OBS.

Me divierte estar en la naturaleza y salir de excursiones al aire libre.  Disfruto mucho de un buen libro y de la jardinería.

Phillip Ozaki

Phillip Ozaki is currently the Development Director at a national civil rights NGO and graduated from the Esade MBA in 2018. He is the founder of Esade's LGBTQ+ Business Club. Phillip was working at startups in Barcelona and Berlin before moving back to San Francisco in 2019.

Japanese American Citizens League, Development Director

Ricardo Marquez Cadaval

During my studies at Esade, I was the President of the ESADE MBA Sports Business Club and Class delegate. I also Co-founded the ESADE MBA Collaborative Spirit Scholarship. As an Alumni member, I was the President of the ESADE Alumni Barcelona International Chapter from 2019 to 2021.

I am fom México. Before the Esade MBA, I spent 10 years in the USA, where I worked in sports grassroots marketing and events. Since 2013, I live in Barcelona. I work at Fira Barcelona as Director of International trade fairs: Alimentaria FoodTech and Alimentaria México. After the MBA, I led Fira Barcelona's JV in Qatar. I have experience in international management, operations, and strategy for the sports business, events, and F&B industries. 

In my personal time, I enjoy everything related to sports (practice, follow as a fan, and catch up with the sports business industry), traveling, food, and good conversations with friends. 

Always curious and interested in people's stories. 
 

Jaume Maspons

I graduated in 2007 from ESADE after spending one year in HEC Paris doing my double degree program. Eager for new international experiences I joined Société Générale inside the graduate program, which offer me the chance to work in different countries and meeting colleagues around the world. After working in M&A and Equity markets teams, I decided to focus my career in the credit field, specializing in arranging acquisition loans for large corporates and Private Equity funds.

In my current job, I advise clients in the process to raise financing in capital markets for companies exposed to a large variety of sectors. In my current job, I have a privileged seat to see how companies are quickly changing, impacted by innovation and digitalization trends.

Definitely we are living in a time of deep changes that are shaping tomorrow’s world!. I complement my dedicated job with an active engagement in ESADE’s Paris chapter since 2010. My tasks are to make alumni get to know each other and keep ESADE network alive. Last but not least, my friends usually tell me that I’m a passionate runner, a seasoned traveler and intrepid reader.

Javier Torres

Soy Business Angel y me considero un impulsador de proyectos e ideas. Me dedico a conectar personas y proyectos que creo que pueden estar relacionados entre sí y ayudo al establecimiento aquí en Colombia de empresas extranjeras. Soy mentor en la aceleradora Rockstart

Vishesh Dalal

Vishesh is currently the Head of Strategy at Indie Home Loans, a mortgage finance company based in India. Before completed the ESADE MBA in 2018, Vishesh has qualified as a Chartered Accountant and holds a CFA Charter. He has over 11 years of work experience across entrepreneurship and finance, having worked with various teams at Ernst & Young in India and Norway in the past. Outside of work, Vishesh likes to travel and is a certified scuba diver.

Per Lokkegaard

Per Lokkegaard is CEO at Dar Basil Holding, a Private Equity Firm in Saudi Arabia (JVs in Saudi Arabia with Multinationals). He is also Co-Founding partner in NeuroSteps©, the world´s first Company to bring Neuroscience to HR Assessments and Executive Development,

and Co-Founding partner in BiofreshTech®, a patent holder of two revolutionary environmentally friendly solutions to passive refrigeration without electricity,

which are expected to disrupt several industries on a global scale. Previously, he was CEO of EMS Seven Seas, the global market leader within Maritime Supply Chain and Logistics.

Per holds an Executive MBA from ESADE and BPSE from IMD.

Anna Fos Llopart

Anna Fos Llopart (MBA Part Time 2014) is a Board Member of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Frankfurt.  Originally from Barcelona, she leaves in Frankfurt since several years. Anna holds a wide experience in Governance Functions in the Pharmaceutical Sector. As a good mediterranean, she enjoys with good food and wine. While travelling, she enjoys of her passions: music and reading. Anna feels proud of being a member of F.C.Barcelona since several years and supports arts organisations as the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.

Maria Pericas

Maria is a Senior Business Analyst in an internal consulting team at Wayfair, the largest furniture e-commerce worldwide. She joined this fast paced environment in 2016, after completing her International BBA at ESADE, which gave her the opportunity to study in Singapore and work as a Strategic Consultant in Arthur D. Little. Maria is always looking for new challenges and adventures both personally and professionally, and strives for having a positive social impact.

Caspar Hartmann

As a real Berliner, Caspar is happy to be a new member of the ESADE Alumni Berlin Chapter going forward. Caspar studied Business Administration in co-operation with SAP in Mannheim before joining the two promising Berlin Startups Wunderflats and Myos in his gap year. Caspar is finishing his Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at ESADE Business School in Barcelona in October 2019. After his graduation, Caspar will re-join the Berlin Startup Ecosystem.

David Hidalgo Vila

Excited about sport and the mountain, after starting my career in the financial sector, I had the opportunity to combine my profession with my passion, skiing, being the General Director of Grandvalira-ENSISA, the most skiable domain Great in southern Europe. Grandvalira is also the venue for the World Cup of Alpine Skiing and the next World Cup Finals in 2023.

I like to dedicate time to teaching in sports management where I can contribute the experience gained over the last 20 years.
After graduating from Economics and Business Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University, I studied ESADE MBA in 2000. Later I completed my education at Cornell University (USA), at IESE (Barcelona) and the AISTS International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (Lausanne).

Antonio Moreno Rodríguez

Degree in Economics and Business Administration with more than 24 years of experience in consulting, operational and strategic management of business projects. I am dedicated to the development and consolidation of business projects, having a global vision of the company and a deep knowledge of their needs and problems, having participated in the creation and consolidation of different businesses.

Jerome Trochet

Graduated of ADE and EMBA from ESADE, Jerome began his career at Sixt France where he assumed the Sales and Marketing Department until 2001. He then joined the PSA Peugeot Citroen group where he went through several management positions in Marketing, Sales and Quality. In 2010, Jerome chose to return to Barcelona and devote himself to the acceleration of business transformation; He is now Business Director of the consulting firm Nexe.

His international experience in the central services of an OEM, in an NSC, in a client and then in a supplier of automotive companies give him a 360º vision of the business in this sector of activity.

Anna Ventosa

Su trayectoria profesional se centra en el cacao. Empezó en el departamento de R&D liderando el equipo y ahora desarrollo el área de Marketing y Ventas en la misma compañía. Es Ingeniera Química y su pasión por el Marketing la llevó a cursar el EMMV en Esade, el cual la ayudó a dar el paso hacia el área de Marketing y Ventas de la empresa.

Es una persona creativa, optimista y que tiene una curiosidad insaciable. Cree que la sociedad necesita un cambio hacia la equidad de género para ser un mundo más justo.

Alexander Chekanov

I´m a technology ecosystem’s strategy specialist with finance background, analyzing how platform ecosystems define strategies, innovate, achieve profitable growth, and succeed in highly competitive industries (ehealth, tech & gaming). 

My +10 years of work experience, include:
•    Corporate experience in top companies.
•    Strong finance background: corporate, planning, controlling, modeling, DCF, Multiples, Start-up KPIs.
•    Industry and company research and business intelligence for investment strategy purposes.
•    Delivering Executive Education courses on Platforms' strategy in top business school.
•    Entrepreneur's experience (from product conceptualization, leading and developing teams, to fund rising).
•    Speaking 6 languages + Programming (SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, RegExp, LAMP).

Among other hobbies, I’m also long-term investor in Nasdaq companies, producing electronic music that you can find on Spotify or iTunes, Djing, devoted to landscape photography traveling around the world, and doing serial entrepreneurship by incubating and co-funding hi tech starts-up at tech universities.

José Luis Porte

Executive President of MEROIL; the leading Independent Oil Company in Spain,  President of the Joint Venture Company LUKOIL-MEROIL, stablished July 2010, and President of a familiar group of companies. 

Previously he has been CEO at Spain United Distillers (Guinness PLC), Marketing Director at Martini & Rossi, International Director at Chupa Chups and Marketing Manager at Braun Española S.A. (Gillette Group) 

José Luis Porté is Airplane pilot from 1983, Yacht Captain, and he likes Road cycling and Photography.

Daniel Romero

Completó el programa Lic&MBA de Esade en 1992. 

Tiene experiencia financiera como CFO corporativo de diversos grupos empresariales, tanto en España (Barcelona y Palma) como en el extranjero (Francia, Italia, Alemania y Estados Unidos). 

Ha desarrollado su carrera en empresas nacionales, como Agrolimen (en las divisiones JoyCo Group, Eat Out o Gallina Blanca), Ferrer Internacional o el Werfen Group, y en multinacionales americanas (Wrigley's) o alemanas (TUI AG), en los sectores FMCG, farmacéutico, de los dispositivos médicos o turístico. Actualmente, desempeña la dirección financiera de Zimmer Biomet Dental para Europa, Oriente Medio y África. 

Tiene una visión amplia del negocio al haber dirigido, además del área financiera, otras áreas corporativas, como recursos humanos, IT, la auditoría interna o el área legal. 

Ha sido miembro y secretario del consejo de administración de varias compañías holding durante años, donde ha desarrollado habilidades de gestión de la relación con los accionistas, tanto en empresas controladas al 100% como en joint-ventures o en empresas participadas por private equity.

Ona Serra

Board Member – Finances responsible

Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration by Esade, in 2003 I started my professional career at Ernst & Young, in Barcelona, in the External Audit division. In 2006 I joined Miguel Torres, where I was the Head of the International Financial Controlling Department at the Group's Headquarters, where I worked till I moved to Dubai, in 2012. From 2013 to 2017 I was the Finance Controller & Finance Manager at Natura Bissé in Dubai. Since 2017 I provide advisory and consulting services to Companies.  

I live in Dubai since 2012 and I am a Board Member of Dubai Esade Alumni Chapter since 2016 (in charge of the Finance area).

Stefan Neville

Dynamic and challenging environments promote self-improvement which I am very passionate about and dedicated to. Combining my technical skills of analytical and innovative thinking with my interpersonal skills of leadership and communication have ensured exceptional results for both the company and my clients.

Daniel Reyes

Ha desarrollado su carrera profesional en el ámbito del Marketing de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA). Los últimos años creando y ocupando la Dirección de Marketing Corporativo.  

En su trayectoria en la empresa ha dirigido los departamentos de Investigación de mercados, Marketing comercial, Marketing del segmento infantil (Club Super3) y juvenil y Autopromoción de TV3, asumiendo posteriormente el resto de funciones de la Dir. de Marketing de TV3. Finalmente incorpora también las responsabilidades sobre el marketing de Catalunya Ràdio, creando el Àrea Corporativa de Marketing de la empresa. 

Es Licenciado y MBA en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por Esade y la McGill University de Montreal.

José Campos

Licenciado en CE y MBA por Esade. 

Desarrolló una sólida carrera profesional durante 14 años en las áreas de Marketing de diferentes multinacionales de gran consumo (CPC/Unilever, Pepsico y Kellogg´s) para pasar a liderar como Director General distintos proyectos de crecimiento en consumer healthcare tanto en multinacional (Smithkline Beecham) como en empresas familiares (Lacer, Ordesa y Ferrer) pasando en éstas últimas casi 19 años. También ha ejercido como miembro y como Presidente del Consejo de Administración en dos filiales de Ordesa. 

Actualmente es consultor independiente en The Warrior Consumer Healthcare Advisory, centrado en proyectos de desarrollo de negocio, internacionalización, marketing estratégico y M&A. 

Es miembro fundador y Tesorero del Instituto Consumer Healthcare, mentor en Esade Alumni y miembro de Esade BAN.

Maria Del Carmen Fernández

Periodista especializada en sanidad y medicina. Desde febrero de 2016, es directora de las cabeceras Diario Médico, Correo Farmacéutico y CuídatePlus, de Unidad Editorial.

Entró a formar parte de la redacción barcelonesa de Diario Médico en 1994 y posteriormente fue nombrada coordinadora de equipo y redactora jefe, cargo que desempeñó desde 2004 hasta enero de 2016. Antes, había sido colaboradora del diario Avui (hoy El Punt Avui) y redactora especializada en sanidad y medicina del Diari de Barcelona-Nou Diari de Barcelona (dejó de editarse en 1994).

Fernández es Licenciada en Ciencias de la Información por la UAB (1989) y cursó el Posgrado en Dirección de Servicios Integrados de Salud de Esade en 2011-2012. Es vocal de la Junta del Club Salud y Farma Esade Alumni. Además, es profesora del Máster en Gestión Hospitalaria y Servicios Sanitarios de la Universidad de Barcelona (UB) y del Máster de los Laboratorios Científicos de la Industria Farmacéutica de la UB y ESAME

José Luis Morales

Dirección de Operaciones y Supply Chain en entorno multinacional del sector auxiliar del automóvil como Ficosa, Sintermetal, Gestamp.

Especializado en mejoras del flujo de valor en operaciones y planificación, con técnicas Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC 6-Sigma, QRQC, producción automatizada y robotica.

Ricard Lascorz

Graduado en ADE y en Derecho por Esade (promoción 2019). Durante sus estudios, se involucró en diferentes actividades académicas, como la Esade Student Finance Society o el equipo de debate de Esade. Tras realizar prácticas en los ámbitos del derecho mercantil (Uría Menéndez) y de banca de inversión (Morgan Stanley), se decantó por la empresa familiar. Actualmente, es director de Desarrollo del Negocio Business y miembro del consejo de administración de Plimon Global, y su actividad se centra en la dirección, el crecimiento y la internacionalización de la empresa.

Iñigo Nagore

Abogado especializado en derecho de sociedades, fusiones y adquisiciones, derecho contractual y derecho internacional privado de empresa. Es árbitro, administrador concursal y mediador, y profesor invitado de la Universidad de Deusto (Business Law y Derecho Marítimo) y de la Universidad del País Vasco (Acceso a la Abogacía y Derecho Internacional Privado) . Ha escrito más de sesenta artículos y manuales sobre cooperativas, formación de abogados europeos, derecho bancario, derecho fiscal, grupos de empresas y derecho de sociedades, transformaciones, fusiones, escisiones, contratación mercantil, derecho concursal y arbitraje.

Imparte conferencias en diversos foros nacionales e internacionales, y ha desempeñado diversos cargos en organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de abogados, como la Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), la European Bars Federation, el Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE, Consejo de la Abogacía Europea), el Consejo General de la Abogacía Española (CGAE) y el Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia.
Es Doctor en Derecho Mercantil (UD), Máster en Gestión Avanzada de Empresas (UCD), Máster en Comercio Exterior (UPV) y Máster en Derecho Fiscal (UD), y posee diversos diplomas de especialización en Derecho y Económicas.

En la actualidad, es cónsul honorario de la República de Malta en el País Vasco y miembro de la Junta Directiva del Cuerpo Consular de Bilbao.

Carlos de Barnola Torres

Specialities:

• Ontological executive coaching. This approach enables coachees to tackle the challenges they face in areas such as their relationship with particular subjects, their family, their boss or their organisation. Through speech acts, this approach allows them to confront false beliefs and overcome fears and self-limitations, making it a very powerful instrument of change and development. This approach helps coachees deal with challenges in various real-life situations, including work, team relationships, intimate relationships and parent-child relationships. 
• Systemic coaching. This approach is used to delve into difficult situations in the coachee’s professional context. It enables teams to evolve into high-performance teams, generating dynamics that facilitate the establishment of relational objectives, rules of conduct and levels of rigour within the team. 

 
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and Catalan
 
Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ICF/EEC) 
• ATC (ICF/EEC)
   

Adela Ureta

Licenciada en Derecho y EMBA-09 en Esade. Cuenta con un rico backup de más de 20 años desempeñando distintos roles en la función de Recursos Humanos.

Hoy es Directora General del Área de Personas en Saint-Gobain para el perímetro de España, Portugal, Marruecos y Argelia en el que destaca su claro foco en la mejora de la experiencia del empleado y cliente con la Compañía.

A destacar en su perfil su trabajo por y para las personas, su compromiso con el impulso de la estrategia de Recursos Humanos en todos los niveles de la Organización y el liderazgo de la política de transformación de la misma para hacerla más ágil, más digital, más abierta y más centrada en el cliente.

Felipe Afanador Cortés

I have +10 years of work experience in commercial and digital transformation projects in companies such as Cencosud, Oracle and Uber across Latam. I am passionate about helping companies to develop new omnichannel capabilities to increase revenue and challenge status quo. As a cross functional digital commercial manager, I believe companies should develop projects and initiatives with the 4 Ps approach: people (always first), planet, purpose and last not least profit. I have had the opportunity to live and work in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, France, Canada and USA. 

Claudia Castellanos

Claudia Castellanos, a Colombian that came as a volunteer to Eswatini and fell in love with Africa and made it her home, is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Black Mamba Foods, a growing brand with a strong social and environmental ethos based in Eswatini that manufactures and distributes Specialty food products in Southern Africa and overseas.

Claudia has over 12 years of experience working as a marketing consultant for several businesses and NGOs in Eswatini and overseas, and as a lecturer for international Universities such as the European School of Economics (www.eselondon.ac.uk) in Italy, and Mananga Business College in Eswatini. Previously Claudia worked as Regional Manager for SAIWA SpA (www.saiwa.it) a former company of the Danone Group, in charge of trade marketing and sales activities with the main retailers of Central Italy. Claudia has also been involved as a trainer and mentor for Technoserve in Eswatini, and also for several business accelerator programmes (such as VVGROW from Vital Voices) locally and internationally.

Claudia holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Marketing from ESADE Business School and a major in Finance and International Relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia). Since 2016 Claudia is a fellow of Vital Voices, an American NGO that works with women entrepreneurs from around the world supporting their growth. Since 2019 she is also an active member of ECCo (Eswatini Climate Coalition), a grassroots organization promoting awareness, action and civic engagement around
climate change and pollution in Eswatini. In 2020 Claudia was awarded the WIA (Women in Africa) Award as the Eswatini Laureate for her work with Black Mamba, promoting and developing regenerative agriculture and inclusive value chains.

Claudia is passionate about Africa and finding ways to develop the continent through sustainable projects that take into consideration the uplifment of women, the inclusion of grassroots communities and the protection of the environment.

Javier López Martínez

An Industrial Engineer from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya and ESADE MBA, Javier has developed his entire professional career through leading multi-national companies in the Energy sector, holding varied responsibilities. 

Based in France since 2007, he is currently business development manager for automation systems at Hitachi ABB Power Grids. This work requires in-depth knowledge about the electricity grid market, latest technologies and, specially, the current expectations of grid operators facing the necessary digital transformation and its determining role in succeeding the energy transition, for which Javier brings more than 25 years of experience in the sector.  

Previously, he has worked between Spain and France for companies such as ABB, General Electric, Alstom and Areva, in numerous international positions ranging from product management and marketing through to strategy or technical sales. Javier began his professional career, ​​as an engineer in the company Endesa Distribución Eléctrica in Barcelona, and it was after completing his MBA at ESADE in 1998 that he decided to move from mostly technical jobs to developing a commercial career within the Grid sector.  

Javier is married and has two children, with whom he lives in the Paris region. He is member of Alumni's Paris chapter since more than 12 years and has been collaborating as a board member since 2015. 

Antonio Díaz

Director General de Planificación, Estrategia y Comunicación en el Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas.
Elaborar y dirigir la estrategia, la transformación y la gestión del cambio en organizaciones públicas es lo que más me motiva.

Blog: www.administracioninteligente.org  

Jorge Cuervo Cimadevilla

Como Coach Ejecutivo, con experiencia previa como Directivo y tras 10 años como Team Coach, puedo acompañar con eficacia procesos de desarrollo del liderazgo, de cambio personal y de cambio de posición, trabajar la superación de frenos e inseguridades, la capacidad de generar visión motivadora y modificación de perspectivas. También acompañar el liderazgo de proyectos y la gestión de cambios organizacionales. Por mi formación científico-técnica he trabajado mucho con perfiles racionales y analíticos que muestran dificultad a la hora de aceptar y gestionar sus emociones y las de su equipo. 

Idioma sesiones: Castellano. Catalán. Inglés. 

También francés e italiano (aunque requeriría una puesta a punto, porque en los últimos años los he utilizado poco). 

 Certificaciones:  

• Certificado PCC por ICF.  
• Certificado CPCC por CTI.  
• Certificado TLC. 

Paula Navajas

After her extensive management consulting experience in the Healthcare sector working for KPMG Barcelona, Paula Navajas completed an International MBA Program in HEC Geneva, which allowed her to apply her private sector background to the International Organizations sector.

Always aiming through her work at having a social impact, she joined UNAIDS where she supported countries to access and efficiently manage the required funding for the roll-out of AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Programs worldwide. She also put her private sector experience at play when she joined the Corporate Development Department at the International Olympic Committee, where she managed Strategic and Transformational Projects.

Paula holds an BBA and Master’s degree from Esade Business School and is President of the Esade Alumni Lausanne Chapter, a small but dynamic chapter that offers his Alumni exciting networking and content-creating events and activities.

Azucena Roldán

Azucena (EMOI 2017) joined the board of the Zürich Chapter in August 2017. Since then, she has led multiple events focused on the continuous development of the Alumni as well as on ESADE's positioning in the local labor market, organizing both Speed Meeting sessions and Career Fairs amongside chapters of other business schools. She was recognized as Board Member of the Month in June 2018 for her great involvement and commitment.

Raimon Cambra

Professional with more than 35 years’ experience in SMEs and the FMCG and industrial sectors, in multidisciplinary projects related to sales, marketing and management. Expert in the development of new products, services and markets with a strategic outlook.
Expert consultant in process enhancement, adviser, business coaching and guidance for family firms.

Yanyu Zheng

Yanyu Zheng is co founder and vice president of All Star Partner. Started her career as the first Chinese employee in FC Barcelona, she has rich years of experience and expertise in sports marketing & communications, sponsorship, sports event management and digital operations.  

Yanyu was senior business development manager at Alibaba group before she founded All Star Partner, and she worked with Tencent Sports during years being its correspondent in Europe. Yanyu got her MBA degree at ESADE Business School (Barcelona) with full scholarship. She led the Sports Business club in ESADE and won a sports  marketing thesis competition organized by Financial Times. Yanyu studied The business of Entertainment, Media and Sports at Harvard Business School in 2018.

Yanyu is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan, and have a good knowledge of French and Portuguese.

Karine Selma Laronze

Bachelor&MBA at ESADE, I also completed my CEMS Master's in International Management at ESADE and Stockholm School of Economics in 2007.

After graduating, I worked more than 6 years in Business Consulting in Spain, South Africa and Colombia. I moved to Austria in 2014, where I have started a family. I am currently working as Project Manager at AEI, Agency for European Integration and Economic Development, in Vienna.

I am a Spanish, French and Catalan native speaker, and also speak English and German fluently.
I am involved in the Austria Chapter since its launch.  

Isabel Markwitz

As coach and mentor to entrepreneurs and startups, Isabel supports companies in developing and executing cross regional and cultural growth strategies.

Diego Brizuela

Google Sr. Technology Consultant - Product Manager

Diego is a deeply analytical, technology consultant, product manager, self-starter, and independent thinker who knows how to roll up his sleeves to create solutions to problems that have not been tackled yet.

10 years of experience implementing highly customized technology solutions for world-class Tech, Biotech, Finance, Manufacturing, and Insurance companies to address most critical issues in Commercial Operations and Strategy. Advising internal management and client decision-makers by presenting data findings based on deep analysis of marketing metrics and their correlation to sales growth.

Pedro Cesar Galvan

Versatile and highly competent senior marketing VP and professional possessing more than 20 yearsof experience in managing director, CMO, CDO, growth hacker, COMMS, directing business development initiatives and in digital strategy and social media across Europe, Latin America, USA, Middle East, Africa and Asia regions. Significantly enhanced organizational reach and market share through the application of robust digital strategies, effective pricing and excellent client relationship management; transformed struggling units into vital, streamlined and growing businesses; also produced measurable year-on-year improvement under dynamic, shifting conditions and in downturn markets. Possesses solid management skills and the ability to analyze issues, devise continuous process improvements and incorporate initiatives to increase efficiency, streamline operations and decrease overall expenses with minimal resources. Besides Pedro has a proven track record on teaching marketing, sales and advertising for many years.

Cesar Negrete

Degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1989 and MBA from ESADE in 1995. He worked at the Institute of Cybernetics from 1988 to 1991, then joined TAO where he became technical director. After the acquisition of TAO by gedas, he assumed the functions of head of presale and product marketing (2005-2006). In 2007, after the acquisition of gedas by T-Systems, he took over the sales unit to automotive suppliers, and as of 2009 he assumed responsibility for large automotive manufacturers such as SEAT, the Volkswagen group and the rest of car manufacturers in Iberia. Since February 2019 he is an advisor to large companies on their own.

Fernando Díaz

Fernando Díaz es Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad Complutense y Executive Master in Public Administration por ESADE. En la actualidad, es Director de Sector Público en IMCS, donde lidera las actividades de consultoría y transformación digital para Gobiernos y Administraciones.   

Antes de su incorporación en 2016, ha desarrollado su carrera profesional a lo largo de los últimos veinte años en el ámbito de la consultoría estratégica y tecnológica en empresas como KPMG, Arthur Andersen, Telefónica o Iecisa, tanto en España como en EMEA y LATAM.  

Ha trabajado para los Ministerios de Justicia, Industria, Sanidad y Medio Ambiente, para la Agencia Tributaria, Renfe, Correos, AENA, el Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, así como para múltiples Agencias, Gobiernos Autonómicos, Diputaciones y Cabildos insulares.

Alexandra Molina-Martell

He joined the Commercial Area of ​​Uría Menéndez in 2000, to which he belongs since then.

His practice focuses on the field of Commercial Law, especially in operations of sale, merger and restructuring of companies, joint ventures and investment and divestment operations in all its forms through national and international structures. He has more than 15 years of experience advising on contractual matters and council secretariats, as well as financing and mergers and acquisitions.

He also works regularly with entrepreneurs, foundations and social companies.

Acisclo Pérez

Professional with more than 10 years of professional experience internationally in multinationals and technology companies. Specialist in growth, optimization and expansion of companies, has experience in the management of commercial teams, marketing (CX) and innovation and in the development of new products and services, with a strategic vision, 360º of the business and focused on the ROI of projects and corporate EBITDA. Currently, he is a director of several technology companies whose core is 4.0 technology and user experience under a customer centric perspective.

Diego Molero

Professional with thirty years of experience and a broad and plural knowledge of the public sector (administration and business), after twenty years in diverse and relevant positions in all administrations (state, regional and local). Now in Renfe, as Director of the Presidency Cabinet. Advocate for public-private collaboration, in all areas, not only in service management, and that it is the best win to win for society. With capacity for personal relationships and team management, generating trust and responsibility. Great adaptation to complex environments, in which many actors intervene. And in those who have to get involved, with demand, tenacity and perseverance, in corporate objectives and projects. Also linked to the academic field, as a doctor in constitutional law and associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. And with ESADE-Ramón Llul University, where I did the Executive Master in Public Administration, and collaborated in the organization of programs for managers in Madrid.

Indira García

Lleva más de 10 años en el mundo de las finanzas, mayoritariamente vinculada al sector de la tecnología y la innovación. Su mayor motivación es la curiosidad para aprender. Recientemente terminó el máster en Dirección Financiera de ESADE que le ayudó a obtener una visión más general de la empresa y ganar agilidad de análisis y capacidad de decisión. En lo personal es una introvertida que ríe mucho. Le gustan los buenos valores: la familia, la amistad, el respeto y la responsabilidad.

Elitsa Manova

After living in London and Barcelona, my studies brought me to Copenhagen. I have been living here and working as a financial accounting consultant for the past three years.

In my role, I work with corporates to address the CFO agenda and optimise their finance function. I am driven by the challenges of an ever-changing technological and regulatory landscape and enjoy working at the intersection of IT and finance.

At work or otherwise, I love taking the time to meet and get to know people as I firmly believe good team spirit and wide network are essential. When I am off, traveling and dance are my preferred ways of detaching from the daily hustle and bustle.

Joan Sanfeliu

Ingeniero Industrial. Inició su vida profesional en Nestlé y posteriormente se dedicó a la consultoría estratégica en Cluster (ahora Oliver Wyman). Desde hace quince años, es CEO de Productos Montblanc SL y JSSL, empresas fundadas por su bisabuelo en 1925, en los sectores químico, de la ingeniería e inmobiliario.

Colabora en instituciones sin ánimo de lucro relacionadas con el deporte de la vela, como el Club Marítim Altafulla, la Federació Catalana de Vela y la Real Federación Española de Vela, y de ámbito social y cultural, principalmente en la comarca de la Conca de Barberà a través de la Fundació Martí l’Humà. Tot Conca.

Celia Franch

Analista de crédito.

Graduada en ADE y en Derecho. Desde el inicio de su carrera, las finanzas despertaron su interés, y esta pasión la llevó a realizar el intercambio en la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania.  

Como analista del Departamento de Ratings, Celia participa en el análisis financiero de empresas, gobiernos y sus respectivos bonos en el mercado europeo del crédito. En los dos años en que ha trabajado en S&P Global, ha realizado rotaciones en los equipos de Finanzas Estructuradas y Gobiernos & Finanzas Públicas Internacionales. 

Jorge Monclús

Abogado del departamento de Propiedad Intelectual y Nuevas tecnologías del despacho Cuatrecasas, cuenta con amplia experiencia en el asesoramiento en los sectores de entretenimiento, life sciences y e-commerce.

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra, ha cursado el Máster en Propiedad Intelectual y Sociedad de la Información (IP&IT) en Esade, además de diversos programas en Harvard Law School e IE Law School.

Es autor de numerosos artículos doctrinales y publicaciones, entre las que se incluye el libro "Aspectos legales de las redes sociales” (Ed. Bosch, 2016).

Lourdes Teixidor

Psicóloga especializada en organizaciones y trabajo con más de 30 años de experiencia como consultora en el ámbito de personas. Socia Directora de Psicotècnia y, desde el año 1995 profesora asociada en la Facultat de Educación y Psicología de la Universitat de Girona y colaboradora académica del departamento de Personas y Organización de Esade.

José Francisco Rodríguez

Presidente revista Capital y colaborador de Esade en programas executive. Apasionado por la fotografía, los viajes y la innovación. 

Carlos Pérez

Soy un profesional del marketing con más de 10 años de experiencia. Tras 7 años viviendo en Barcelona y con experiencia en marketing tanto en Henkel Ibérica como en Bimbo, me mudé a Madrid donde seguí mi carrera en Johnson & Johnson. Posteriormente,  me mudé a Ciudad de México donde reingresé a Grupo Bimbo y después me destinaron a Bimbo Latin Centro (Centroamérica, con sede en Costa Rica). Desde Junio 2018 trabajo en Bimbo Donuts Canarias como Category Manager con responsabilidades.

Yago De Zabala

Business development expert with a holistic vision of the company, occupying positions of responsibility in the Sales, Marketing and Operations areas in SMEs as well as in multinational companies, a great connoisseur of the B2B market and experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Experience in the strategy of selling key products for the company, creating new departments and improving processes, launching new products in the market, among others. Accustomed to working in a transversal way with multidisciplinary teams and leading teams of up to 8 people, as well as coordinating more than 60 people. Associate Professor at University of Girona and MBA at Esade.

Raimon Mirosa

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Barcelona y Executive MBA por Esade.

En la actualidad, combina la posición de director comercial de Esade Executive Education con su actividad de consultor sénior en estrategia y ejecución comercial.

Es profesor adscrito al Departamento de Dirección de Marketing de Esade, donde imparte sesiones sobre sus áreas de experticia en varios programas, y es director académico en las áreas de Open y Custom Programmes.

Ha desempeñado responsabilidades de dirección general y dirección comercial en varias empresas de los sectores de la alimentación, de las finanzas y de la industria farmacéutica y cosmética. 

Desde hace más de veinte años, combina las responsabilidades directivas con las colaboraciones académicas en diversas escuelas de negocios y universidades de prestigio –Esade, EADA, Universidad Loyola de Sevilla, Universidad del Pacífico (Perú), EAE, IQS School of Management).

Es conferenciante y colaborador articulista en la prensa económica.

Maite Usón

Specialities: Career coaching for senior professionals. Helping senior executives make career changes. 

Language: Spanish 

Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 
 

Aditya Priyadarshi

Aditya is an Esade MBA (Class of 2016) with 10+ years of professional experience in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Management Consulting industries. Having obtained degrees in both business and technology, Aditya draws from his rich and diverse skill set to help companies leverage technology as a driver of profitable growth. He currently works at Oracle's Dublin office as a Senior Account Manager responsible for evangelizing core Oracle technologies and driving growth for the company in the UK mid-market.

Outside of work, Aditya is an avid practitioner of Krav Maga - an Israeli Mixed Martial Art. He loves reading non-fiction and curating music playlists.

Carles Altès

Executive coach with over 20 years of experience in the world of leadership and team development in international settings and at highly innovative startups. Specialised in meeting the challenge of deploying agility frameworks and digital transformation, as well as the cultural change they entail.

Specialities:

• Emotional intelligence based on mindfulness
• Relational coaching 
• Systemic coaching
• Appreciative coaching
• Scrum manager authority

Languages: English, Spanish, Italian and Catalan

Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Laia Antonijoan

Over 15 years of international experience in the world of strategy, investment and branding in a variety of sectors. Currently living in Vancouver and enjoying the west coast beauty.

Jiayi Shi

I'm Jiayi Shi, from Shanghai. I had a wonderful experience in MIM program 17-18. Now I work in Shanghai Ocean University as an international student admission officer. Apart from Chinese, I have learnt Spanish and English, now trying to learn Russian.

I love to communicate with people from different backgrounds and exchange ideas for inspirations. In my spare time, I love travelling, gyms and playing music.

Ketevan Sidamonidze

Ms. Ketevan (Keti) Sidamonidze leads the Market Linkages activities at DAI Global for the 5-year $23 million USAID Georgia Economic Security program. Keti was the Country Coordinator/ SME Finance Expert at EBRD Georgia’s Trade Ready project implemented by DAI Europe. She also served as a Mentor for the first edition of U.S. Embassy’s Business Mentorship Program. Ms. Sidamonidze is the Founding Director of Versatile KS Consulting. She was a Partner in two additional boutique-consulting firms. Prior to those engagements, Keti was the Chief Advisor to the Director of the Georgian National Investment Agency as well as the Private Investment and Financing Consultant for USAID EC-LEDS Clean Energy Program.

Keti holds a Full-Time MBA degree from ESADE Business School (class of 2014). During her studies, she served as the ESADE MBA Student Association Welcoming Committee Director. As a Consultant of the Momentum Project, a social entrepreneurship initiative of ESADE, BBVA and PwC in Spain, she aided Grupo Sacendi in devising a replicable sustainable growth strategy that resulted in obtaining a €0.5 million Impact Loan from BBVA Bank. Up until the ESADE MBA, Keti was the Focal Point of the United Nations Global Compact Georgia Network. She served as a Project Team Leader/Manager for the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia for over 7 years, leading dozens of projects funded by USAID, as well as two US-Georgia Business Summits and USDA Trade and Investment Mission to Georgia. Ms. Sidamonidze was the founding Board Member of the Georgian SME Association and a member of the Advisory Board of www.PRExchange.ge.
 

Manuel Morales

Life motto: “Wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg” “Whether you think you can, or think you cannot, you are right”

Interests: music, business and history literature, networking and sports like hiking and diving.

Follow me on instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ibergourmet/

Diego Fernando Cardona Madariaga

Ingeniero especializado en Gerencia de Proyectos, MSc, DEA y PhD en Ciencias Administrativas con énfasis en Aplicación Estratégica de Tecnología en Organizaciones Gubernamentales y Posdoctorado en docencia mediada con TIC. Su desarrollo profesional ha estado enmarcado en el sector académico como alto directivo, colaborador e investigador, así como conferencista en aplicación estratégica de tecnología en organizaciones. De manera paralela ha permanecido vinculado al sector TIC, en el ámbito de la definición estratégica empresarial y la definición competitiva sectorial como ingeniero en empresas privadas, alto directivo en el gobierno colombiano y consultor a través de agencias de apoyo multilateral para múltiples gobiernos latinoamericanos. En la actualidad se desempeña como Vicerrector Académico de la Universidad EAN Colombia.

Eulalia Vilaclara

Degree in law, 2006. Lawyer and registered economist. Tax adviser at Mateos Advocats and board member of several companies. Previously, worked at Vilaclara – Riera, MTR y Asociados, and Arthur Andersen. Lecturer in the ESADE department of law from 1985 to 1998.

Udeepto Maheshwari

Udeepto Maheshwary is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry internationally. His 12+ years of experience have been across Fund Management-Simulation, M&A, Business Planning, Strategic Marketing, Business Intelligence, California Legislation Advisory, Organizational Management, Corporate Strategy Formulation and Compliance & Risk Management. Udeepto has a B.S. in Business Administration from the California State University, USA & an MBA from The ESADE Business School, Spain with concentrations in Strategy, Finance & Marketing.

Udeepto currently serves as the President of the ESADE Mumbai Alumni Chapter. An 8-member Board of Directors who come with diverse profiles & experiences across different sectors oversees the chapter. The team in Mumbai aspires to make ESADE a known name associated with high quality & good content events that are meaningful for not only the ESADE Alumni, but also the community & industry at large. The ESADE brand in Mumbai is picking up traction & being noticed across the market. The Mumbai Chapter along with ESADE Careers & ESADE Admissions have created a model that focusses on collaboration, teamwork & strives to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem for alumni, incoming & admitted students & those who generally wish to know more about ESADE.Some of the chapter’s most successful events have been its HR Summit, ESADE Talkies, Biz Talks Marketing & a pipeline of several events for the upcoming year. The team is currently preparing to host the first ever all woman entrepreneurs’ panel in January.

Instagram: @Udeepto

Julian Grimm

Julian is a strategy consultant who was born in Germany and is currently living in Sydney, Australia. After having studied internationally in Germany, the US, Spain and Australia as well as after having gathered work experience a bit around the world, Julian decided to move back to Australia. As an ESADE alumni (Master in International Management and CEMS 2012/2013) he also runs the Australian chapter of the ESADE alumni network. Despite of living in Sydney, Barcelona still has a place in his heart and he tries to be back every year with travel as one of his passions.

Lea Rogosic

Team Lead Business Development at Zalando, Lea has joined the Berlin-based leading online fashion retailer in 2014 and has covered several roles in the company since. Her previous experience include that of Buying and Merchandising manager at Edition Lingerie, a Chantelle-owned Lingerie e-commerce, and Product Mager at Barcelona-based fast-fashion retailer Mango. At ESADE Lea completed the MSc in Marketing Management after a BSc in Management at Bocconi University.

Jaime Schmidt

Abogado y Notario Público con más de 8 años de experiencia en asesoría legal corporativa. Especialista en Derecho Corporativo, Informático y de Propiedad Intelectual, me dedico a la creación de empresas y la protección de sus activos intangibles.

Alumni desde el 2016, egresado del Master de propiedad intelectual y derecho de las TIC.

Amante de la tecnología y el deporte.

Óscar Cortés

Profesional con 20 años de experiencia en liderando estrategias institucionales y fortaleciendo la relación de la Administración con empresas, asociaciones, lobbies e instituciones. Tras pasar por gabinete de ministro y diversos puestos como empleado público soy experto en gestión de entornos políticos y relaciones institucionales de alto nivel, además de construir estrategias y su relato. Comparto mi experiencia como docente en programas directivos de diferentes escuelas de negocios y universidades. Ingeniero Industrial y con formación directiva en ESADE e IESE.  

Mi blog: i-public@

Alessio Cusin

Business strategy consultant with a passion for entrepreneurship.
Collegiate member of the Economists Association (CEC).
Member of the "Together" Committe of ESADE Social.
Mentor for young entrepreneurs.
Specially interested in sustainability and circular economy.
Natural networker. Living in Barcelona (Spain) since 20 years.

José Quevedo

Gerente de Negocios Micro y Pequeña Empresa en Caja Prymera

I am José, MBA with more than 20 years of experience in the Peruvian, Bolivian, Colombian and Panamanian financial systems in entities oriented to the Micro and Small Business and Banking segments. I am fascinated by my work and above all improve the quality of life of people via financial inclusion, and make it sustainable.

I am very passionate about music and especially heavy metal, we have a fan page on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with a group of friends that encourages and promotes the dissemination of that musical style in Latin America.

Francesc Muñoz

Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and MBA from ESADE Business School.

Francesc is the CIO of Cuatrecasas since 1998. He was named CIO of the year 2017 and is a member of the Board of the ESADE Alumni Digital Business club as well as of CIOs.cat

Passionate about leading continuous change, he has promoted the role of the IT Business Partner to promote an agile and transformative culture, as well as to ensure that IT is a deep connoisseur of the business and captures of new value projects.

He is currently focusing on the digital transformation of the firm through various strategic axes such as digital training, open innovation, etc:

In 2016, with Telefónica Open Future as its allies, it launched a pioneering open innovation initiative creating Cuatrecasas Acelera, the first acceleration program for legaltech startups.

Begoña Landazuri

Professional of more than 25 years in the management of Human Resources. Passion to live abroad and enjoy the multicultural experience. I have lived, so far, in Switzerland, Brazil, Canada and Spain. My work experience is very varied in terms of sectors in which I have worked being that I started in the pharmaceutical sector and I have known sectors such as Insurance, Telecommunications, Private Hospitals, Retail and Infrastructure and Energy. I currently work at Acciona for the Industrial and Concessions Divisions, leading the Human Resources Department. Always looking for new ways to learn, I am a professor at EOI, European University and I collaborate with ESADE in the People Management Club.

Sara Pastor

Has over 14 years of experience in technology, big data, e-commerce and digital marketing, with a special focus in the travel industry. She is currently the Managing Director for the Destinations business in EMEA at ADARA, after having managed the media team in Europe Mainland. Before joining ADARA, Sara worked at LivingSocial, Travelzoo and Cisco Systems.

She serves as a member of the board of the Digital Club of ESADE Alumni, is the co-founder of the Women in e-travel association, and has recently won the "Revolut Everywoman Award" in the Executive Leader category.

David Novoa

Director Mercer Consulting, S.L.U

Más de 20 años de experiencia en el asesoramiento a compañías multinacionales en la transformación de su estrategia de negocio a través de las personas. David ha ocupado diversas posiciones de Mercer llegando a ser el Director Comercial de Mercer Marsh Benefits, área estratégica de Beneficios para empleados de Marsh McLennan.

Su área de especialización es el diseño de políticas de Compensación y Beneficios alineadas a los objetivos de Negocio, con profundo conocimiento de los sector de Infraestructuras y de Turismo. Tiene amplio conocimiento del mercado español en materia de pensiones y seguros personales y ha liderado la implantación de programas internacionales de estrategias de Beneficios así como en procesos de M&A.

Es Licenciado en CC. Actuariales y Financieras por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
PMD de ESADE, Miembro del Instituto de Actuarios Españoles y Titulo de Mediador de Seguros

Alba Rubio

Bachelor in Business Administration and Masters at Esade (Lic&MDE 12) with exchange at Singapore Management University. During her times at Esade, she represented the students awarded with talent scholarships in several occasions and she was also President of Esade students' groups during the last 3 years of her Bachelor. 

Previous professional experience includes striving at the Investment Management division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, collaborating on the M&A efforts at The Economist Group and working as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. After an international career based out of London, Hong Kong, New York and Madrid, Alba has now been living in Dubai for the last two years, driving the strategy of Careem, the first unicorn in the MENA region. 

She is also one fo the leaders of the LeanIn circle of "Women in Tech" in Dubai and President of the Esade Alumni UAE Chapter.

Andrea Ruizdelgado

Abogada. Asociada sénior de la práctica de Derecho Inmobiliario en Garrigues.

Andrea está especializada en inversión en activos inmobiliarios, en financiación inmobiliaria y en todos aquellos aspectos relacionados con la actividad de los fondos de inversión del sector.

Su experiencia incluye el asesoramiento en todo tipo de operaciones inmobiliarias (compraventa, sale & lease back transactions, arrendamiento, construcción y promoción), así como la asistencia en la implementación de operaciones financieras con subyacente inmobiliario.

Es licenciada en Derecho por Esade y miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y del Comité Ejecutivo del Urban Land Institute - Young Leaders.

Dr. Adriano Mones

Business Development Director Spain & LATAM en Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH

Juan Manuel Peña

Ha dedicado su amplia vida profesional al sector de la salud y de los hospitales, y ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en la gerencia de hospitales, la consultoría hospitalaria a escala nacional e internacional, la gestión integral de proyectos de nuevos centros asistenciales en Europa, África, Asia y América, y la gestión de empresas proveedoras de servicios para el diseño, la construcción, el equipamiento, el mantenimiento y la operación de hospitales. 

Mariano Rigau

Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación y MBA por Esade (1988), colabora en el Challenge for Talent de Esade a título particular (programa 1000x1000) y como vicepresidente del Club de Seguros.  

Desde 2006 es CEO de Arag SE Spain, Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Grupo y  Presidente de  Arag Services para España y Portugal.  

Durante su trayectoria profesional ha sido Director General del RACE (Real Automóvil Club de Esapaña), miembro del consejo de ARC Transsistance, Director de Operaciones del RACC ( Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya),  Director general de Universal Asistencia ( Grupo RACC), Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del RACC, Subdirector General del Sabadell Aseguradora, Adjunto al Consejero Delegado del Banco de Europa y director general para Europa de Inversiones y Leasing  ( Grupo Banco de Europa) 

Dara Murphy

Hi, since completing my MBA in Barcelona in 2008 I’ve been based in China, initially for 8 years in Shenzhen and for the past number of years I’ve been living here in Hong Kong. My professional experience in that time covers consumer electronics manufacturing, supply
chain management, e-commerce and now Fintech.

From a personal perspective I enjoy spending time with friends and family and taking the opportunity to travel and see more of this part of Asia. Unfortunately though with the busy work life in Hong Kong and the recent new arrival into my family travel has been somewhat
curtailed recently.

While the Hong Kong alumni chapter is small I look forward to welcoming new arrivals to Hong Kong to engage with the chapter and build an active ESADE Alumni community here.

Silvia Manent

Silvia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Manent Capital, a Boston-based wealth management firm that focuses on helping young clients understand their personal and business finances so that they can feel accomplished, confident and excited about investing in their future dream goals. She has been featured on Forbes, CNN, Investor’s Business Daily. Market Watch & more. She has over six years of investment and wealth management experience, including individual investment management, comprehensive financial planning and high net worth advisory.

Prior to founding Manent Capital, Silvia worked as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley where she was responsible for providing clients with personalized plans to help them better manage their investments, cash flow and achieve their financial goals. Prior to this, Silvia worked with international ultra-high net worth clients at Credit Suisse in Zürich, Switzerland as well as J.P. Morgan in Boston, MA. Silvia began her career in Palo Alto, CA at Cepheid, a leader in molecular diagnostics and Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), a leader in critical care, hemostasis and point-of-care diagnostics.

​Silvia received her undergraduate and master's degree in Finance and International Management from ESADE, a Top-Ranked European Business School. Silvia is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), the highest distinction in the investment management profession as well as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), the standard of excellence in financial planning. In addition to understanding the complexities of the changing financial climate, Silvia is held to the most rigorous ethical standards by both designations.
​
Silvia speaks English, Spanish, French and Catalan.

Maria Stefanoni

I am passionate about marketing and innovation. I graduated from the Esade MBA in 2018, after completing a semester in the American University of Georgetown. The MBA helped me boost my career and discover a deep passion for the healthcare industry. After the MBA, I briefly worked for the Spanish company Almirall, before landing at Johnson & Johnson where I entered in the marketing development program IRDP.

I started my career working as a communication and digital marketing consultant in various fields: arts, education, food and beverage, both in house as well as in agency. I got my BA and MA in foreign languages at the Venice University Ca' Foscari (with exchanges in France and Germany). As a result of my studies and the passion for traveling, I speak 6 languages fluently. I also hold an Executive Master in Digital Marketing from the Universidad Autonoma of Barcelona.

Alejandra Pérez

Es una entusiasta de la innovación, el marketing y la movilidad del futuro. 

Inició su carrera profesional en Allianz y desde allí ha trabajado en diferentes sectores, como la banca, los FCG, la consultoría y, más recientemente, la automoción, como responsable del desarrollo en la red.

Estudió ADE en Colombia e International Business en Alemania, y es Master in Marketing Management por Esade (2017).

Es miembro de la junta directiva del Barcelona International Chapter de Esade Alumni, que promueve eventos para el colectivo de expatriados que viven en Barcelona.

María Porta Ferrer

Specialities: Executive coaching, which consists of establishing an ongoing professional relationship to enable the coachee to:

• Develop further learning and discovery
• Commit to new actions
• Achieve extraordinary results in the professional sphere

My commitment to coachees is to provide them with a tool for developing their talent and potential starting in the present and moving towards the future. Over the course of the process, coachees learn to identify empowering or limiting beliefs, modify specific behaviours and develop skills to achieve their objectives. The process promotes a deeper understanding of how we relate to others and to ourselves. 

Language: English, Catalan and Spanish
Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 

 

Carles Roig Navarro

Profesor asociado sénior en el Departamento de Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences en Esade. 

Director del  programa, Máster en Dirección de Operaciones.

Desarrolla su trayectoria profesional en Escandinavia, Francia y América Latina. Ha ocupado distintas responsabilidades ejecutivas en grandes empresas: codirector general de Nedlloyd Districenters; director regional de AITENA y LOACSA (corporación de servicios logísticos del BBVA); gerente de Schenker, y director general y miembro del consejo de administración de Logipoint (Dragados SPL).

Director del Part-Time MBA de ESADE. Combina su actividad docente como profesor del Departamento de Dirección de Operaciones e Innovación de ESADE, en las asignaturas Supply Chain Management, Estrategia y Dirección de Operaciones, con la actividad profesional como consultor y consejero de empresas.

A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, ha desarrollado una intensa actividad con empresas de varios sectores, entre las que destacan, como clientes representativos: Volkswagen, Seat, Nissan, JATCO y NSK (automoción); HP Centro de Consolidación, HP Ventas, IBM y Digital Equipment (informática); Sanyo y Fisher (electrónica de consumo); Nutrexpa, Nestlé, United Biscuits, Ralstom Purina-Grupo Europastry (alimentación); Planeta DeAgostini y RBA (sector editorial); Oral 'B y Revlon (cosmética); Electrolux, Bosch, Siemens y Candy (línea blanca), e Inoxcrom (material de oficina). Asimismo, ha desarrollado proyectos para Dragados SPL, cadenas de comercio minorista, ayuntamientos y comunidades autónomas, así como para numerosas pequeñas y medianas empresas.

Es ponente en simposios y conferencias nacionales e internacionales. Ha publicado varios artículos y estudios.

Es profesor de ESADE desde 1998.

Sagar Gwalani

After my Master's at Esade, I returned to Mumbai to startup my Education venture. A couple years down the line, I lead Marketing & Communications for a Fintech venture in the Alternative Financing space. In my role, I build marketing and content strategy and drive ecosystem partnerships for the brand.

When I'm not working, I dabble with some stand-up comedy and a few other forms of content. 

Always excited to meet new people and hear more stories :)

Esade Program: MSc Marketing management, 2016-17

Giuliana Robles

Como experta en marketing he ocupado posiciones directivas y regionales, atendiendo los mercados de EEUU, Sudamérica y Europa y en multinacionales en Perú como IBM, Avianca, Subaru y en España en Random House Mondadori, L’Oreal y Louis Vuitton y Sara Lee Europa. Hoy me dedico a la consultoría independiente en marketing y a la docencia en programas de post grados. 

Escribo en el portal de negocios Semana Económica con mi blog “MarTech Lover” porque me apasiona el impacto de la tecnología en el marketing de hoy y del futuro.  Soy muy curiosa y me encanta aprender, por eso estoy estudiando una Maestría en Coaching y Liderazgo en la Universidad de Barcelona – OBS.

Me divierte estar en la naturaleza y salir de excursiones al aire libre.  Disfruto mucho de un buen libro y de la jardinería.

Phillip Ozaki

Phillip Ozaki is currently the Development Director at a national civil rights NGO and graduated from the Esade MBA in 2018. He is the founder of Esade's LGBTQ+ Business Club. Phillip was working at startups in Barcelona and Berlin before moving back to San Francisco in 2019.

Japanese American Citizens League, Development Director

Anthony Vallance-Owen

I am in the middle of my Full Time MBA (graduate 2022) and I am the current MBASA President.  Prior to the MBA I had a 14 year career with PwC spending approximately the first half in audit/ assurance and the last in M&A and capital markets. I had the opportunity to live and work in the UK and Vancouver as well as extensive travel around the world.  Although, as you have probably worked out, this “experience” puts me firmly at the older end of the MBA class!  

I am using the MBA to facilitate a move into the Healthcare sector, preferably in Barcelona, and with that in mind will be starting my internship with Werfen this summer.  

Outside of the MBA I enjoy spending time with my new born first child Guillermo and my wife Anna (originally from Barcelona) as well as being a passionate ultra runner.
 

Jaume Maspons

I graduated in 2007 from ESADE after spending one year in HEC Paris doing my double degree program. Eager for new international experiences I joined Société Générale inside the graduate program, which offer me the chance to work in different countries and meeting colleagues around the world. After working in M&A and Equity markets teams, I decided to focus my career in the credit field, specializing in arranging acquisition loans for large corporates and Private Equity funds.

In my current job, I advise clients in the process to raise financing in capital markets for companies exposed to a large variety of sectors. In my current job, I have a privileged seat to see how companies are quickly changing, impacted by innovation and digitalization trends.

Definitely we are living in a time of deep changes that are shaping tomorrow’s world!. I complement my dedicated job with an active engagement in ESADE’s Paris chapter since 2010. My tasks are to make alumni get to know each other and keep ESADE network alive. Last but not least, my friends usually tell me that I’m a passionate runner, a seasoned traveler and intrepid reader.

Luis Fernández de la Vega

Country Manager y Director Comercial, con más de 20 años de experiencia en gestión de equipos en diferentes sectores. Desde 2015, Director Comercial de Gomà-Camps Consumer, empresa del sector del papel y uno de los líderes en fabricación de MDD para la gran distribución. PMD 08. Miembro de la junta de Esade Alumni Aragón desde 2010. Aficionado al golf y a un buen vino, sobre todo si es compartido.

Priyanka Gelli

Priyanka Gelli is I am a Full-time MBA (2011 batch) graduate. After the MBA, she went back to my roots of continuing to pursue a career in Finance. She has worked in Equity Research with a special focus on the Banking Sector in India. However, her keen interest in the people development field eventually led her to become a qualified Life Coach. Today, she has her own practice in Mumbai and Coach Individuals from different lifestyles.

Per Lokkegaard

Per Lokkegaard is CEO at Dar Basil Holding, a Private Equity Firm in Saudi Arabia (JVs in Saudi Arabia with Multinationals). He is also Co-Founding partner in NeuroSteps©, the world´s first Company to bring Neuroscience to HR Assessments and Executive Development,

and Co-Founding partner in BiofreshTech®, a patent holder of two revolutionary environmentally friendly solutions to passive refrigeration without electricity,

which are expected to disrupt several industries on a global scale. Previously, he was CEO of EMS Seven Seas, the global market leader within Maritime Supply Chain and Logistics.

Per holds an Executive MBA from ESADE and BPSE from IMD.

Bart Laboga

Risk Policy Manager, Deutsche Bank AG

In his more than 15 years with financial industry, Bart has gained extensive experience with Risk Management, Group Finance, Global Technology and Project Management having worked in different roles in Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Since graduating from his FT MBA in 2013 he is located in Frankfurt being active member of local ESADE Alumni Chapter. Between 2013 and 2016 Bart coordinated MBA Summer Internship Program in Deutsche Bank’ Group Finance Global Technology, allowing number of ESADE MBA students get their practical experience in banking in Frankfurt. Like most of the ESADE community, he is passionate about travelling, learning about new cultures as well as embracing and promoting diversity.

Maria Pericas

Maria is a Senior Business Analyst in an internal consulting team at Wayfair, the largest furniture e-commerce worldwide. She joined this fast paced environment in 2016, after completing her International BBA at ESADE, which gave her the opportunity to study in Singapore and work as a Strategic Consultant in Arthur D. Little. Maria is always looking for new challenges and adventures both personally and professionally, and strives for having a positive social impact.

Ignacio Bravo

Managing Partner in Commercial Consulting

Thanks to extensive experience as a Business Unit Director in a leading company in the automotive and industrial sectors, he has created ByJ Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in commercial and sales. We specialize in making a deep diagnosis of the Commercial Area of a company, and propose an action plan, getting involved in the implementation. He is an MBA Esade and with extensive experience as Chairman of the Administration Council in a multinational company.

Caspar Hartmann

As a real Berliner, Caspar is happy to be a new member of the ESADE Alumni Berlin Chapter going forward. Caspar studied Business Administration in co-operation with SAP in Mannheim before joining the two promising Berlin Startups Wunderflats and Myos in his gap year. Caspar is finishing his Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at ESADE Business School in Barcelona in October 2019. After his graduation, Caspar will re-join the Berlin Startup Ecosystem.

Thomas Gehard Pfenning

My current main focus is the management of new venture developments in Israel on behalf of a German investment group. My responsibilities range from identifying new business opportunities to their actual implementation. Besides, I am representing the investment group in renewable energy endeavors in Eastern Europe.

I am passionate about the Israeli high-tech scene as well as in general about innovation and sustainability. Through the experiences and the network, which I have gained here while setting up a new business, I am always happy to be the first point of contact not only for new Alumni in Israel but also for international corporations that seek to harness the potential of the start-up nation.

In my free time, I enjoy challenging myself during races, gaining new insights into the Israeli mindset by studying Hebrew and exploring new places around the globe.

Antonio Moreno Rodríguez

Degree in Economics and Business Administration with more than 24 years of experience in consulting, operational and strategic management of business projects. I am dedicated to the development and consolidation of business projects, having a global vision of the company and a deep knowledge of their needs and problems, having participated in the creation and consolidation of different businesses.

Anna Ventosa

Su trayectoria profesional se centra en el cacao. Empezó en el departamento de R&D liderando el equipo y ahora desarrollo el área de Marketing y Ventas en la misma compañía. Es Ingeniera Química y su pasión por el Marketing la llevó a cursar el EMMV en Esade, el cual la ayudó a dar el paso hacia el área de Marketing y Ventas de la empresa.

Es una persona creativa, optimista y que tiene una curiosidad insaciable. Cree que la sociedad necesita un cambio hacia la equidad de género para ser un mundo más justo.

Alexander Chekanov

I´m a technology ecosystem’s strategy specialist with finance background, analyzing how platform ecosystems define strategies, innovate, achieve profitable growth, and succeed in highly competitive industries (ehealth, tech & gaming). 

My +10 years of work experience, include:
•    Corporate experience in top companies.
•    Strong finance background: corporate, planning, controlling, modeling, DCF, Multiples, Start-up KPIs.
•    Industry and company research and business intelligence for investment strategy purposes.
•    Delivering Executive Education courses on Platforms' strategy in top business school.
•    Entrepreneur's experience (from product conceptualization, leading and developing teams, to fund rising).
•    Speaking 6 languages + Programming (SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, RegExp, LAMP).

Among other hobbies, I’m also long-term investor in Nasdaq companies, producing electronic music that you can find on Spotify or iTunes, Djing, devoted to landscape photography traveling around the world, and doing serial entrepreneurship by incubating and co-funding hi tech starts-up at tech universities.

Daniel Romero

Completó el programa Lic&MBA de Esade en 1992. 

Tiene experiencia financiera como CFO corporativo de diversos grupos empresariales, tanto en España (Barcelona y Palma) como en el extranjero (Francia, Italia, Alemania y Estados Unidos). 

Ha desarrollado su carrera en empresas nacionales, como Agrolimen (en las divisiones JoyCo Group, Eat Out o Gallina Blanca), Ferrer Internacional o el Werfen Group, y en multinacionales americanas (Wrigley's) o alemanas (TUI AG), en los sectores FMCG, farmacéutico, de los dispositivos médicos o turístico. Actualmente, desempeña la dirección financiera de Zimmer Biomet Dental para Europa, Oriente Medio y África. 

Tiene una visión amplia del negocio al haber dirigido, además del área financiera, otras áreas corporativas, como recursos humanos, IT, la auditoría interna o el área legal. 

Ha sido miembro y secretario del consejo de administración de varias compañías holding durante años, donde ha desarrollado habilidades de gestión de la relación con los accionistas, tanto en empresas controladas al 100% como en joint-ventures o en empresas participadas por private equity.

Said Sawaf

Following an undergraduate degree in the United States, Said joined his family business group with a view of evolving it into the next generation. Having experienced the golden years of Dubai’s evolution between 2002 and 2007, he elected to join ESADE’s accelerated year-long MBA program. Since graduating, Said subsequently established two additional subsidiaries within his family’s Middle East, European and Latin American architectural lighting conglomerate.  Said is an entrepreneur who operates at the nexus of negotiating strategic partnerships, accessing new markets and propelling value creation by leveraging opportunities within the realms of lighting, architecture, construction and IoT.

Stefan Neville

Dynamic and challenging environments promote self-improvement which I am very passionate about and dedicated to. Combining my technical skills of analytical and innovative thinking with my interpersonal skills of leadership and communication have ensured exceptional results for both the company and my clients.

José Campos

Licenciado en CE y MBA por Esade. 

Desarrolló una sólida carrera profesional durante 14 años en las áreas de Marketing de diferentes multinacionales de gran consumo (CPC/Unilever, Pepsico y Kellogg´s) para pasar a liderar como Director General distintos proyectos de crecimiento en consumer healthcare tanto en multinacional (Smithkline Beecham) como en empresas familiares (Lacer, Ordesa y Ferrer) pasando en éstas últimas casi 19 años. También ha ejercido como miembro y como Presidente del Consejo de Administración en dos filiales de Ordesa. 

Actualmente es consultor independiente en The Warrior Consumer Healthcare Advisory, centrado en proyectos de desarrollo de negocio, internacionalización, marketing estratégico y M&A. 

Es miembro fundador y Tesorero del Instituto Consumer Healthcare, mentor en Esade Alumni y miembro de Esade BAN.

Maria Del Carmen Fernández

Periodista especializada en sanidad y medicina. Desde febrero de 2016, es directora de las cabeceras Diario Médico, Correo Farmacéutico y CuídatePlus, de Unidad Editorial.

Entró a formar parte de la redacción barcelonesa de Diario Médico en 1994 y posteriormente fue nombrada coordinadora de equipo y redactora jefe, cargo que desempeñó desde 2004 hasta enero de 2016. Antes, había sido colaboradora del diario Avui (hoy El Punt Avui) y redactora especializada en sanidad y medicina del Diari de Barcelona-Nou Diari de Barcelona (dejó de editarse en 1994).

Fernández es Licenciada en Ciencias de la Información por la UAB (1989) y cursó el Posgrado en Dirección de Servicios Integrados de Salud de Esade en 2011-2012. Es vocal de la Junta del Club Salud y Farma Esade Alumni. Además, es profesora del Máster en Gestión Hospitalaria y Servicios Sanitarios de la Universidad de Barcelona (UB) y del Máster de los Laboratorios Científicos de la Industria Farmacéutica de la UB y ESAME

Ricard Lascorz

Graduado en ADE y en Derecho por Esade (promoción 2019). Durante sus estudios, se involucró en diferentes actividades académicas, como la Esade Student Finance Society o el equipo de debate de Esade. Tras realizar prácticas en los ámbitos del derecho mercantil (Uría Menéndez) y de banca de inversión (Morgan Stanley), se decantó por la empresa familiar. Actualmente, es director de Desarrollo del Negocio Business y miembro del consejo de administración de Plimon Global, y su actividad se centra en la dirección, el crecimiento y la internacionalización de la empresa.

Ana Puig Palomar

I guide individuals and teams in personal and group development processes and help organisations with a genuine desire to improve. I develop their leadership capacity and personal and interpersonal skills to enable them to achieve the best results as a team sustainably over time. I have more than 25 years of experience in management, having held business-management positions at various national and international companies.

Session languages: Spanish, Catalan and English

Main certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Coaches Training Institute
• Leadership Certification, The Leadership Circle
• Relational Styles – Bridge
   

Carlos de Barnola Torres

Specialities:

• Ontological executive coaching. This approach enables coachees to tackle the challenges they face in areas such as their relationship with particular subjects, their family, their boss or their organisation. Through speech acts, this approach allows them to confront false beliefs and overcome fears and self-limitations, making it a very powerful instrument of change and development. This approach helps coachees deal with challenges in various real-life situations, including work, team relationships, intimate relationships and parent-child relationships. 
• Systemic coaching. This approach is used to delve into difficult situations in the coachee’s professional context. It enables teams to evolve into high-performance teams, generating dynamics that facilitate the establishment of relational objectives, rules of conduct and levels of rigour within the team. 

 
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and Catalan
 
Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ICF/EEC) 
• ATC (ICF/EEC)
   

Adela Ureta

Licenciada en Derecho y EMBA-09 en Esade. Cuenta con un rico backup de más de 20 años desempeñando distintos roles en la función de Recursos Humanos.

Hoy es Directora General del Área de Personas en Saint-Gobain para el perímetro de España, Portugal, Marruecos y Argelia en el que destaca su claro foco en la mejora de la experiencia del empleado y cliente con la Compañía.

A destacar en su perfil su trabajo por y para las personas, su compromiso con el impulso de la estrategia de Recursos Humanos en todos los niveles de la Organización y el liderazgo de la política de transformación de la misma para hacerla más ágil, más digital, más abierta y más centrada en el cliente.

Felipe Afanador Cortés

I have +10 years of work experience in commercial and digital transformation projects in companies such as Cencosud, Oracle and Uber across Latam. I am passionate about helping companies to develop new omnichannel capabilities to increase revenue and challenge status quo. As a cross functional digital commercial manager, I believe companies should develop projects and initiatives with the 4 Ps approach: people (always first), planet, purpose and last not least profit. I have had the opportunity to live and work in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Spain, France, Canada and USA. 

Claudia Castellanos

Claudia Castellanos, a Colombian that came as a volunteer to Eswatini and fell in love with Africa and made it her home, is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Black Mamba Foods, a growing brand with a strong social and environmental ethos based in Eswatini that manufactures and distributes Specialty food products in Southern Africa and overseas.

Claudia has over 12 years of experience working as a marketing consultant for several businesses and NGOs in Eswatini and overseas, and as a lecturer for international Universities such as the European School of Economics (www.eselondon.ac.uk) in Italy, and Mananga Business College in Eswatini. Previously Claudia worked as Regional Manager for SAIWA SpA (www.saiwa.it) a former company of the Danone Group, in charge of trade marketing and sales activities with the main retailers of Central Italy. Claudia has also been involved as a trainer and mentor for Technoserve in Eswatini, and also for several business accelerator programmes (such as VVGROW from Vital Voices) locally and internationally.

Claudia holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Marketing from ESADE Business School and a major in Finance and International Relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia). Since 2016 Claudia is a fellow of Vital Voices, an American NGO that works with women entrepreneurs from around the world supporting their growth. Since 2019 she is also an active member of ECCo (Eswatini Climate Coalition), a grassroots organization promoting awareness, action and civic engagement around
climate change and pollution in Eswatini. In 2020 Claudia was awarded the WIA (Women in Africa) Award as the Eswatini Laureate for her work with Black Mamba, promoting and developing regenerative agriculture and inclusive value chains.

Claudia is passionate about Africa and finding ways to develop the continent through sustainable projects that take into consideration the uplifment of women, the inclusion of grassroots communities and the protection of the environment.

Cristina Bergua Llena

She is Spanish, now for 19 years in Switzerland. Currently based in Geneva, she previously spent several years in Lugano. Married with 2 kids.

Tax Advisor and Senior Wealth Manager with a large clientele based in several countries. 
Engaged and passionate about human beings.
She is positive, energetic, persistent and solving problems.
Convinced about the importance of the team spirit, cultural exchanges and regular brainstormings. 
We do not lead alone. A team is a plus.
 

Antonio Díaz

Director General de Planificación, Estrategia y Comunicación en el Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas.
Elaborar y dirigir la estrategia, la transformación y la gestión del cambio en organizaciones públicas es lo que más me motiva.

Blog: www.administracioninteligente.org  

Montserrat Altarriba Palomares

Desarrollo de carrera y liderazgo, gestión de personas y equipos de trabajo, soporte en relevo generacional, transición profesional, gestión emocional y gestión del estrés, adaptación al cambio, conciliación entre vida laboral y vida personal.   

Idiomas: Castellano, Catalán, Inglés y Francés 

Certificaciones: 

• Coach PCC por ICF
• Coach CPC por ASESCO
• Mentor Coach acreditado por ICF 

Paula Navajas

After her extensive management consulting experience in the Healthcare sector working for KPMG Barcelona, Paula Navajas completed an International MBA Program in HEC Geneva, which allowed her to apply her private sector background to the International Organizations sector.

Always aiming through her work at having a social impact, she joined UNAIDS where she supported countries to access and efficiently manage the required funding for the roll-out of AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Programs worldwide. She also put her private sector experience at play when she joined the Corporate Development Department at the International Olympic Committee, where she managed Strategic and Transformational Projects.

Paula holds an BBA and Master’s degree from Esade Business School and is President of the Esade Alumni Lausanne Chapter, a small but dynamic chapter that offers his Alumni exciting networking and content-creating events and activities.

Andrea Sala

Business Process Consultant Part of the Zurich chapter board and loving to see how we grow and mature y con mucha illusion de ayudar a mis companeros a desarrollar el chapter y de seguir formando parte de la "Esade community"!

Madre de 2 "pre-teens" y disfrutando de la vida en Suiza, el chocolate y las montanas :)

As a Business Process Consultant based in Zurich, and having developed my career in several multinationals, leading the delivery of complex business transformation programs across departments, industries and geographies, I am now enjoying a new career path as an consultant helping companies redesigning their processes with the aim of gaining efficiencies and effectiveness, riding the wave and enjoying meeting new people, continue to learn and stepping out of my comfort zone!

Raimon Cambra

Professional with more than 35 years’ experience in SMEs and the FMCG and industrial sectors, in multidisciplinary projects related to sales, marketing and management. Expert in the development of new products, services and markets with a strategic outlook.
Expert consultant in process enhancement, adviser, business coaching and guidance for family firms.

Vanessa Asenjo

Events responsible

Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration ESADE  I started my professional career in Smartmission, a German start-up introduced in Spain by United Surgical Partners. It provided an integral supply management platform for medical assets through Internet. Then I joined USP Hospitales, where I was involved in all functional areas and departments, from Finance, Procurement and Strategy areas, to leading the definition and implementation of the Quality and Patient Care Department in all USP hospitals. I performed a management role, taking care of budget, forecast, business plans, operations and processes, leading the respective teams.

In 2012, I joined Antares Consulting, a consultancy firm specialized in strategy, management and technology in health, life sciences and social services, as a Sales and Quality Manager. Two years later, I co-founded Dubitat, the first global mobile platform for healthcare professionals intended to solve the doubts of their own patients, while maintaining their privacy and information confidentiality, charging for this service.

Karine Selma Laronze

Bachelor&MBA at ESADE, I also completed my CEMS Master's in International Management at ESADE and Stockholm School of Economics in 2007.

After graduating, I worked more than 6 years in Business Consulting in Spain, South Africa and Colombia. I moved to Austria in 2014, where I have started a family. I am currently working as Project Manager at AEI, Agency for European Integration and Economic Development, in Vienna.

I am a Spanish, French and Catalan native speaker, and also speak English and German fluently.
I am involved in the Austria Chapter since its launch.  

Clara Maoqing Lin

Hola! I’m Clara Lin, from Chengdu, China. I’ve worked and studied in Singapore, Mexico, Spain and of course, China. After my MBA , I settled in Shanghai and worked with several startups in SaaS, Banking and Online Media industry. Currently, I’m running my own consulting company - Starluz, which provides business strategic consulting and marketing management services for Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and SMEs.

I´m passionate about learning new things and meeting new people. I enjoy organizing events, especially ESADE Alumni Events, to bring people together, to exchange ideas and to inspire each other. I like reading books, watching movies , exploring restaurants and discovering new places.

Diego Brizuela

Google Sr. Technology Consultant - Product Manager

Diego is a deeply analytical, technology consultant, product manager, self-starter, and independent thinker who knows how to roll up his sleeves to create solutions to problems that have not been tackled yet.

10 years of experience implementing highly customized technology solutions for world-class Tech, Biotech, Finance, Manufacturing, and Insurance companies to address most critical issues in Commercial Operations and Strategy. Advising internal management and client decision-makers by presenting data findings based on deep analysis of marketing metrics and their correlation to sales growth.

Pedro Cesar Galvan

Versatile and highly competent senior marketing VP and professional possessing more than 20 yearsof experience in managing director, CMO, CDO, growth hacker, COMMS, directing business development initiatives and in digital strategy and social media across Europe, Latin America, USA, Middle East, Africa and Asia regions. Significantly enhanced organizational reach and market share through the application of robust digital strategies, effective pricing and excellent client relationship management; transformed struggling units into vital, streamlined and growing businesses; also produced measurable year-on-year improvement under dynamic, shifting conditions and in downturn markets. Possesses solid management skills and the ability to analyze issues, devise continuous process improvements and incorporate initiatives to increase efficiency, streamline operations and decrease overall expenses with minimal resources. Besides Pedro has a proven track record on teaching marketing, sales and advertising for many years.

Fernando Díaz

Fernando Díaz es Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad Complutense y Executive Master in Public Administration por ESADE. En la actualidad, es Director de Sector Público en IMCS, donde lidera las actividades de consultoría y transformación digital para Gobiernos y Administraciones.   

Antes de su incorporación en 2016, ha desarrollado su carrera profesional a lo largo de los últimos veinte años en el ámbito de la consultoría estratégica y tecnológica en empresas como KPMG, Arthur Andersen, Telefónica o Iecisa, tanto en España como en EMEA y LATAM.  

Ha trabajado para los Ministerios de Justicia, Industria, Sanidad y Medio Ambiente, para la Agencia Tributaria, Renfe, Correos, AENA, el Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, así como para múltiples Agencias, Gobiernos Autonómicos, Diputaciones y Cabildos insulares.

Cristina Franch Arnau

CVM Senior campaign management at Vodafone.
Enthusiastic and committed. Allergic to the status quo. Eager to explore, analyse and move beyond. As a team lead, I believe all of us can make a difference with the right motivation and direction. For my future, I regard to keep learning and pushing myself out of the comfort zone.

Alexandra Molina-Martell

He joined the Commercial Area of ​​Uría Menéndez in 2000, to which he belongs since then.

His practice focuses on the field of Commercial Law, especially in operations of sale, merger and restructuring of companies, joint ventures and investment and divestment operations in all its forms through national and international structures. He has more than 15 years of experience advising on contractual matters and council secretariats, as well as financing and mergers and acquisitions.

He also works regularly with entrepreneurs, foundations and social companies.

Acisclo Pérez

Professional with more than 10 years of professional experience internationally in multinationals and technology companies. Specialist in growth, optimization and expansion of companies, has experience in the management of commercial teams, marketing (CX) and innovation and in the development of new products and services, with a strategic vision, 360º of the business and focused on the ROI of projects and corporate EBITDA. Currently, he is a director of several technology companies whose core is 4.0 technology and user experience under a customer centric perspective.

Montserrat Escoda Martínez

Tourism Professional with over 25 years of experience, Tourist Activities Technician and Diploma in Restoration from HTSI-Ramon Llull, with postgraduate studies in Tourism Management and Management DGT06 in Esade.

Specialist in Hotel Management and Events, with great experience in Operations and Commercial Strategy. Creative, analytical and methodical, although I always leave some room for improvisation ...

I like to learn and grow surrounded by passionate professionals, who inspire to progress, and at the same time, train those who want to learn from me.

Lover of life, of human relations and cultures, with the great luck of having traveled the five continents. I believe in the power of people, and music as the guiding thread of our most intimate feelings.

Indira García

Lleva más de 10 años en el mundo de las finanzas, mayoritariamente vinculada al sector de la tecnología y la innovación. Su mayor motivación es la curiosidad para aprender. Recientemente terminó el máster en Dirección Financiera de ESADE que le ayudó a obtener una visión más general de la empresa y ganar agilidad de análisis y capacidad de decisión. En lo personal es una introvertida que ríe mucho. Le gustan los buenos valores: la familia, la amistad, el respeto y la responsabilidad.

Elitsa Manova

After living in London and Barcelona, my studies brought me to Copenhagen. I have been living here and working as a financial accounting consultant for the past three years.

In my role, I work with corporates to address the CFO agenda and optimise their finance function. I am driven by the challenges of an ever-changing technological and regulatory landscape and enjoy working at the intersection of IT and finance.

At work or otherwise, I love taking the time to meet and get to know people as I firmly believe good team spirit and wide network are essential. When I am off, traveling and dance are my preferred ways of detaching from the daily hustle and bustle.

Celia Franch

Analista de crédito.

Graduada en ADE y en Derecho. Desde el inicio de su carrera, las finanzas despertaron su interés, y esta pasión la llevó a realizar el intercambio en la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania.  

Como analista del Departamento de Ratings, Celia participa en el análisis financiero de empresas, gobiernos y sus respectivos bonos en el mercado europeo del crédito. En los dos años en que ha trabajado en S&P Global, ha realizado rotaciones en los equipos de Finanzas Estructuradas y Gobiernos & Finanzas Públicas Internacionales. 

Jorge Monclús

Abogado del departamento de Propiedad Intelectual y Nuevas tecnologías del despacho Cuatrecasas, cuenta con amplia experiencia en el asesoramiento en los sectores de entretenimiento, life sciences y e-commerce.

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra, ha cursado el Máster en Propiedad Intelectual y Sociedad de la Información (IP&IT) en Esade, además de diversos programas en Harvard Law School e IE Law School.

Es autor de numerosos artículos doctrinales y publicaciones, entre las que se incluye el libro "Aspectos legales de las redes sociales” (Ed. Bosch, 2016).

Lourdes Teixidor

Psicóloga especializada en organizaciones y trabajo con más de 30 años de experiencia como consultora en el ámbito de personas. Socia Directora de Psicotècnia y, desde el año 1995 profesora asociada en la Facultat de Educación y Psicología de la Universitat de Girona y colaboradora académica del departamento de Personas y Organización de Esade.

José Francisco Rodríguez

Presidente revista Capital y colaborador de Esade en programas executive. Apasionado por la fotografía, los viajes y la innovación. 

Carlos Pérez

Soy un profesional del marketing con más de 10 años de experiencia. Tras 7 años viviendo en Barcelona y con experiencia en marketing tanto en Henkel Ibérica como en Bimbo, me mudé a Madrid donde seguí mi carrera en Johnson & Johnson. Posteriormente,  me mudé a Ciudad de México donde reingresé a Grupo Bimbo y después me destinaron a Bimbo Latin Centro (Centroamérica, con sede en Costa Rica). Desde Junio 2018 trabajo en Bimbo Donuts Canarias como Category Manager con responsabilidades.

Meritxell Hereu

Más de 15 años de experiencia en SUPPLY CHAIN, concretamente en planificación, compras, gestión de stocks, producción en terceros y logística. Estudié Ingeniera Industrial y el MBA en Esade.  

Formar parte del Club de Operaciones de Esade me ha permitido tener acceso a una red de contactos con los que intercambiar opiniones, experiencias y hacer buenas amistades, estar al día de las últimas tendencias y conocer otros entornos dentro del área de operaciones para ampliar mi conocimiento del mercado.

Yago De Zabala

Business development expert with a holistic vision of the company, occupying positions of responsibility in the Sales, Marketing and Operations areas in SMEs as well as in multinational companies, a great connoisseur of the B2B market and experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Experience in the strategy of selling key products for the company, creating new departments and improving processes, launching new products in the market, among others. Accustomed to working in a transversal way with multidisciplinary teams and leading teams of up to 8 people, as well as coordinating more than 60 people. Associate Professor at University of Girona and MBA at Esade.

Miguel Mas

Ha cursado del Executive MBA de Esade (2005-2006); el IMP, programa internacional de ventas y marketing, en el Grupo VW (2013-2014), y el Máster en Asesoría Jurídica del Instituto de Empresa (1995-1996).

Es director de Compras y Transportes del Volkswagen Group España Distribución (empresa distribuidora de vehículo del Grupo VW en España, que engloba las marcas VW, Audi, Skoda y LCV).

Tiene 25 años de experiencia profesional, los últimos 20 en el sector de la automoción, desempeñando distintas responsabilidades directivas. Anteriormente, trabajó en Acciona, como responsable de la cuenta de Facility Management de Nissan España, DB Transfesa y Ferrovial.

Posee una visión global del negocio, es proactivo y está habituado a trabajar con equipos multidisciplinarios.

En los últimos años, ha ampliado su formación específica en temas de innovación y digitalización en el MIT y en el ISDI de Harvard.
 

Maite Usón

Specialities: Career coaching for senior professionals. Helping senior executives make career changes. 

Language: Spanish 

Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 
 

Aditya Priyadarshi

Aditya is an Esade MBA (Class of 2016) with 10+ years of professional experience in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Management Consulting industries. Having obtained degrees in both business and technology, Aditya draws from his rich and diverse skill set to help companies leverage technology as a driver of profitable growth. He currently works at Oracle's Dublin office as a Senior Account Manager responsible for evangelizing core Oracle technologies and driving growth for the company in the UK mid-market.

Outside of work, Aditya is an avid practitioner of Krav Maga - an Israeli Mixed Martial Art. He loves reading non-fiction and curating music playlists.

Verónica Valls

Verónica es licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Málaga y Máster en Derecho de las TIC, redes sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por ESADE. Su carrera profesional la ha desarrollado en despachos y en empresas internacionales. Actualmente es abogada de Propiedad Intelectual e Industrial en Grupo Bimbo.

Laia Antonijoan

Over 15 years of international experience in the world of strategy, investment and branding in a variety of sectors. Currently living in Vancouver and enjoying the west coast beauty.

Xavier Roca

Bachelor in Business Administration ESADE (BBA '10 - '14) with exchange program at HEC Montréal.
Professional experience comes mostly from commercial roles in the Wealth Management (Banca March, UBS) and Fintech (Tink) industries. Since 2019, Xavier lives in Stockholm and works as an Account Manager at Tink, a leading open banking platform in Europe and one of Sweden's most promising scale-ups. 

Ketevan Sidamonidze

Ms. Ketevan (Keti) Sidamonidze leads the Market Linkages activities at DAI Global for the 5-year $23 million USAID Georgia Economic Security program. Keti was the Country Coordinator/ SME Finance Expert at EBRD Georgia’s Trade Ready project implemented by DAI Europe. She also served as a Mentor for the first edition of U.S. Embassy’s Business Mentorship Program. Ms. Sidamonidze is the Founding Director of Versatile KS Consulting. She was a Partner in two additional boutique-consulting firms. Prior to those engagements, Keti was the Chief Advisor to the Director of the Georgian National Investment Agency as well as the Private Investment and Financing Consultant for USAID EC-LEDS Clean Energy Program.

Keti holds a Full-Time MBA degree from ESADE Business School (class of 2014). During her studies, she served as the ESADE MBA Student Association Welcoming Committee Director. As a Consultant of the Momentum Project, a social entrepreneurship initiative of ESADE, BBVA and PwC in Spain, she aided Grupo Sacendi in devising a replicable sustainable growth strategy that resulted in obtaining a €0.5 million Impact Loan from BBVA Bank. Up until the ESADE MBA, Keti was the Focal Point of the United Nations Global Compact Georgia Network. She served as a Project Team Leader/Manager for the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia for over 7 years, leading dozens of projects funded by USAID, as well as two US-Georgia Business Summits and USDA Trade and Investment Mission to Georgia. Ms. Sidamonidze was the founding Board Member of the Georgian SME Association and a member of the Advisory Board of www.PRExchange.ge.
 

Lourenço Reynolds de Sousa

I'm Lourenço from Lisbon, Portugal but I'm actually living in Barcelona where I have done the Full-Time MBA at ESADE with the 2019 class. My previous academic background was on Electrical and Computer Engineering and professionally before the MBA. I have reached the position of senior project manager at Efacec, an Energy Multinational Company. After my MBA internship in a Business Development position at Tesla, I'm now the head of Market Intelligence at Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution where I aim to shape mobility for our future generation and to come.

Outside the professional environment, I love to sail and play tennis and also travel to new places and meet different cultures. I also like to be challenged and live new experiences. I'm very interested in world history and in all topics related to transforming our planet into a big sustainable ecosystem.

The personal objective for life, I think we should always believe in ourselves and take the opportunities life gives us to learn and grow at all levels. If we have passion and the right motivation I believe everything is possible!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lourencoreynolds/

Diego Fernando Cardona Madariaga

Ingeniero especializado en Gerencia de Proyectos, MSc, DEA y PhD en Ciencias Administrativas con énfasis en Aplicación Estratégica de Tecnología en Organizaciones Gubernamentales y Posdoctorado en docencia mediada con TIC. Su desarrollo profesional ha estado enmarcado en el sector académico como alto directivo, colaborador e investigador, así como conferencista en aplicación estratégica de tecnología en organizaciones. De manera paralela ha permanecido vinculado al sector TIC, en el ámbito de la definición estratégica empresarial y la definición competitiva sectorial como ingeniero en empresas privadas, alto directivo en el gobierno colombiano y consultor a través de agencias de apoyo multilateral para múltiples gobiernos latinoamericanos. En la actualidad se desempeña como Vicerrector Académico de la Universidad EAN Colombia.

Emili Sullà

After working for a year as an auditor, in 1979 he joined the ESADE department of finance management where he taught cost accounting, started the Executive Education management control course still available today, belonged to the team that started hospital management and until late 1999 was the coordinator of activities in Latin America.

2000 - 2018 managing director of Dentaid, SL
Currently involved with non-profit entities and is a board member of the Catalan Blood and Tissue Bank.

Udeepto Maheshwari

Udeepto Maheshwary is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry internationally. His 12+ years of experience have been across Fund Management-Simulation, M&A, Business Planning, Strategic Marketing, Business Intelligence, California Legislation Advisory, Organizational Management, Corporate Strategy Formulation and Compliance & Risk Management. Udeepto has a B.S. in Business Administration from the California State University, USA & an MBA from The ESADE Business School, Spain with concentrations in Strategy, Finance & Marketing.

Udeepto currently serves as the President of the ESADE Mumbai Alumni Chapter. An 8-member Board of Directors who come with diverse profiles & experiences across different sectors oversees the chapter. The team in Mumbai aspires to make ESADE a known name associated with high quality & good content events that are meaningful for not only the ESADE Alumni, but also the community & industry at large. The ESADE brand in Mumbai is picking up traction & being noticed across the market. The Mumbai Chapter along with ESADE Careers & ESADE Admissions have created a model that focusses on collaboration, teamwork & strives to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem for alumni, incoming & admitted students & those who generally wish to know more about ESADE.Some of the chapter’s most successful events have been its HR Summit, ESADE Talkies, Biz Talks Marketing & a pipeline of several events for the upcoming year. The team is currently preparing to host the first ever all woman entrepreneurs’ panel in January.

Instagram: @Udeepto

Julian Grimm

Julian is a strategy consultant who was born in Germany and is currently living in Sydney, Australia. After having studied internationally in Germany, the US, Spain and Australia as well as after having gathered work experience a bit around the world, Julian decided to move back to Australia. As an ESADE alumni (Master in International Management and CEMS 2012/2013) he also runs the Australian chapter of the ESADE alumni network. Despite of living in Sydney, Barcelona still has a place in his heart and he tries to be back every year with travel as one of his passions.

Lea Rogosic

Team Lead Business Development at Zalando, Lea has joined the Berlin-based leading online fashion retailer in 2014 and has covered several roles in the company since. Her previous experience include that of Buying and Merchandising manager at Edition Lingerie, a Chantelle-owned Lingerie e-commerce, and Product Mager at Barcelona-based fast-fashion retailer Mango. At ESADE Lea completed the MSc in Marketing Management after a BSc in Management at Bocconi University.

Albert Janer

Albert is passionate, innovator and maximizer who enjoys meeting new people and working effectively and strategically to make an impact on society and organizations.

Albert is Manager based out of Accenture's New York office specialized in Financial Services (Finance & Risk). Since he joined the firm in Barcelona in 2012, he has helped clients in dozens of projects related to definition of business processes and agile operating models and implementation of new technologies in Reporting, Data Management, AML, Surveillance, RPA, AI, eComm and Blockchain.

Tomas Antoni Juste

Coach y Facilitador Sistémico.

Experto en gestión de conflictos y situaciones difíciles.

Desarrollo de relaciones personales, liderazgo y equipos de trabajo. Procesos de transformación de conflictos. Intervención en situaciones complejas e inciertas; el movimiento en una o diversas partes produce una transformación positiva de su conjunto.

Ingeniero Agrónomo, máster en Dirección Pública (ESADE). Responsable de Relaciones Interpersonales i Dinámicas de Trabajo del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Anteriormente responsable de Investigación e Innovación, Jefe del Gabinete Técnico de los Departamentos de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques y d’Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca.

Alessio Cusin

Business strategy consultant with a passion for entrepreneurship.
Collegiate member of the Economists Association (CEC).
Member of the "Together" Committe of ESADE Social.
Mentor for young entrepreneurs.
Specially interested in sustainability and circular economy.
Natural networker. Living in Barcelona (Spain) since 20 years.

José Quevedo

Gerente de Negocios Micro y Pequeña Empresa en Caja Prymera

I am José, MBA with more than 20 years of experience in the Peruvian, Bolivian, Colombian and Panamanian financial systems in entities oriented to the Micro and Small Business and Banking segments. I am fascinated by my work and above all improve the quality of life of people via financial inclusion, and make it sustainable.

I am very passionate about music and especially heavy metal, we have a fan page on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with a group of friends that encourages and promotes the dissemination of that musical style in Latin America.

Isla Ramos

Ramos Island born in Granada, studies course between Spain and England. Licensed by the Complutense in Business Administration and Senior Executive Program at ESADE.

Isla has developed her career in the technology sector, in companies such as IBM and Lenovo where she was the Director General. Since 2008, he developed an international career as a member of the Lenovo Steering Committee Europe Middle East and Africa. He has more than 10 years of experience in large Business Transformations, both from the digital point of view, as well as process optimization and post merger management. His areas of expertise are Technology, Transformation and International Management. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of a listed company, EZENTIS, and is currently a member of the Board of Save the Children. His great passions are education and the third sector, to which he is currently engaged.

Begoña Landazuri

Professional of more than 25 years in the management of Human Resources. Passion to live abroad and enjoy the multicultural experience. I have lived, so far, in Switzerland, Brazil, Canada and Spain. My work experience is very varied in terms of sectors in which I have worked being that I started in the pharmaceutical sector and I have known sectors such as Insurance, Telecommunications, Private Hospitals, Retail and Infrastructure and Energy. I currently work at Acciona for the Industrial and Concessions Divisions, leading the Human Resources Department. Always looking for new ways to learn, I am a professor at EOI, European University and I collaborate with ESADE in the People Management Club.

Sara Pastor

Has over 14 years of experience in technology, big data, e-commerce and digital marketing, with a special focus in the travel industry. She is currently the Managing Director for the Destinations business in EMEA at ADARA, after having managed the media team in Europe Mainland. Before joining ADARA, Sara worked at LivingSocial, Travelzoo and Cisco Systems.

She serves as a member of the board of the Digital Club of ESADE Alumni, is the co-founder of the Women in e-travel association, and has recently won the "Revolut Everywoman Award" in the Executive Leader category.

David Novoa

Director Mercer Consulting, S.L.U

Más de 20 años de experiencia en el asesoramiento a compañías multinacionales en la transformación de su estrategia de negocio a través de las personas. David ha ocupado diversas posiciones de Mercer llegando a ser el Director Comercial de Mercer Marsh Benefits, área estratégica de Beneficios para empleados de Marsh McLennan.

Su área de especialización es el diseño de políticas de Compensación y Beneficios alineadas a los objetivos de Negocio, con profundo conocimiento de los sector de Infraestructuras y de Turismo. Tiene amplio conocimiento del mercado español en materia de pensiones y seguros personales y ha liderado la implantación de programas internacionales de estrategias de Beneficios así como en procesos de M&A.

Es Licenciado en CC. Actuariales y Financieras por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
PMD de ESADE, Miembro del Instituto de Actuarios Españoles y Titulo de Mediador de Seguros

Manuel Gancedo

Dedicado desde 2001 a GANCEDO, líder referente del sector de diseño y creación de espacios por más de 75 años. Tras dedicar años a la internacionalización, soy su Director desde 2014.  

Gran defensor de la Empresa Familiar en el mundo, por los valores que representa y los beneficios que la empresa familiar aporta a la sociedad.
 

Andrea Ruizdelgado

Abogada. Asociada sénior de la práctica de Derecho Inmobiliario en Garrigues.

Andrea está especializada en inversión en activos inmobiliarios, en financiación inmobiliaria y en todos aquellos aspectos relacionados con la actividad de los fondos de inversión del sector.

Su experiencia incluye el asesoramiento en todo tipo de operaciones inmobiliarias (compraventa, sale & lease back transactions, arrendamiento, construcción y promoción), así como la asistencia en la implementación de operaciones financieras con subyacente inmobiliario.

Es licenciada en Derecho por Esade y miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y del Comité Ejecutivo del Urban Land Institute - Young Leaders.

Dr. Adriano Mones

Business Development Director Spain & LATAM en Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH

Mariano Rigau

Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación y MBA por Esade (1988), colabora en el Challenge for Talent de Esade a título particular (programa 1000x1000) y como vicepresidente del Club de Seguros.  

Desde 2006 es CEO de Arag SE Spain, Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Grupo y  Presidente de  Arag Services para España y Portugal.  

Durante su trayectoria profesional ha sido Director General del RACE (Real Automóvil Club de Esapaña), miembro del consejo de ARC Transsistance, Director de Operaciones del RACC ( Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya),  Director general de Universal Asistencia ( Grupo RACC), Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del RACC, Subdirector General del Sabadell Aseguradora, Adjunto al Consejero Delegado del Banco de Europa y director general para Europa de Inversiones y Leasing  ( Grupo Banco de Europa) 

Silvia Manent

Silvia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Manent Capital, a Boston-based wealth management firm that focuses on helping young clients understand their personal and business finances so that they can feel accomplished, confident and excited about investing in their future dream goals. She has been featured on Forbes, CNN, Investor’s Business Daily. Market Watch & more. She has over six years of investment and wealth management experience, including individual investment management, comprehensive financial planning and high net worth advisory.

Prior to founding Manent Capital, Silvia worked as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley where she was responsible for providing clients with personalized plans to help them better manage their investments, cash flow and achieve their financial goals. Prior to this, Silvia worked with international ultra-high net worth clients at Credit Suisse in Zürich, Switzerland as well as J.P. Morgan in Boston, MA. Silvia began her career in Palo Alto, CA at Cepheid, a leader in molecular diagnostics and Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), a leader in critical care, hemostasis and point-of-care diagnostics.

​Silvia received her undergraduate and master's degree in Finance and International Management from ESADE, a Top-Ranked European Business School. Silvia is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), the highest distinction in the investment management profession as well as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), the standard of excellence in financial planning. In addition to understanding the complexities of the changing financial climate, Silvia is held to the most rigorous ethical standards by both designations.
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Silvia speaks English, Spanish, French and Catalan.

José Andrés Serrera

Analista de riesgos de negocio, experto en implantación y control de procedimientos internos, mentor a tiempo parcial, conocimientos en estrategias empresariales, desarrollo corporativo, innovación, geopolítica e inversiones.

10 años de experiencia en departamentos corporativos de empresas cotizadas.

Alejandra Pérez

Es una entusiasta de la innovación, el marketing y la movilidad del futuro. 

Inició su carrera profesional en Allianz y desde allí ha trabajado en diferentes sectores, como la banca, los FCG, la consultoría y, más recientemente, la automoción, como responsable del desarrollo en la red.

Estudió ADE en Colombia e International Business en Alemania, y es Master in Marketing Management por Esade (2017).

Es miembro de la junta directiva del Barcelona International Chapter de Esade Alumni, que promueve eventos para el colectivo de expatriados que viven en Barcelona.

María Porta Ferrer

Specialities: Executive coaching, which consists of establishing an ongoing professional relationship to enable the coachee to:

• Develop further learning and discovery
• Commit to new actions
• Achieve extraordinary results in the professional sphere

My commitment to coachees is to provide them with a tool for developing their talent and potential starting in the present and moving towards the future. Over the course of the process, coachees learn to identify empowering or limiting beliefs, modify specific behaviours and develop skills to achieve their objectives. The process promotes a deeper understanding of how we relate to others and to ourselves. 

Language: English, Catalan and Spanish
Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 

 

Carmen Ansotegui

Profesora ordinaria del Departamento de Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad en Esade.

Es Licenciada en Administración de Empresas, Máster en Teoría Económica y Doctora en Economía, lo que le ha proporcionado una amplia visión del mundo de las finanzas. Es profesora del Departamento de Control y Dirección Financiera de ESADE, donde ha compaginado las tareas docentes e investigadoras. Su investigación se ha centrado en mercados de capitales y valoración de activos.

Sus actividades de investigación se centran actualmente en la financiación alternativa y Banca en la sombra

Sagar Gwalani

After my Master's at Esade, I returned to Mumbai to startup my Education venture. A couple years down the line, I lead Marketing & Communications for a Fintech venture in the Alternative Financing space. In my role, I build marketing and content strategy and drive ecosystem partnerships for the brand.

When I'm not working, I dabble with some stand-up comedy and a few other forms of content. 

Always excited to meet new people and hear more stories :)

Esade Program: MSc Marketing management, 2016-17

Luciana Victorio

Ejecutiva con 10 años de experiencia profesional en el sector de consumo masivo e industrial de Perú y España. Administradora de profesión por la Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Perú). 

Apasionada por el desarrollo de personas y equipos, por el trabajo bien hecho y el buen balance vida laboral-personal. Cantante aficionada, amante de la cultura mediterránea, disfruta mucho de hacer deporte por las mañanas y viajar con la familia al menos 1 vez al año.

Phillip Ozaki

Phillip Ozaki is currently the Development Director at a national civil rights NGO and graduated from the Esade MBA in 2018. He is the founder of Esade's LGBTQ+ Business Club. Phillip was working at startups in Barcelona and Berlin before moving back to San Francisco in 2019.

Japanese American Citizens League, Development Director

Anthony Vallance-Owen

I am in the middle of my Full Time MBA (graduate 2022) and I am the current MBASA President.  Prior to the MBA I had a 14 year career with PwC spending approximately the first half in audit/ assurance and the last in M&A and capital markets. I had the opportunity to live and work in the UK and Vancouver as well as extensive travel around the world.  Although, as you have probably worked out, this “experience” puts me firmly at the older end of the MBA class!  

I am using the MBA to facilitate a move into the Healthcare sector, preferably in Barcelona, and with that in mind will be starting my internship with Werfen this summer.  

Outside of the MBA I enjoy spending time with my new born first child Guillermo and my wife Anna (originally from Barcelona) as well as being a passionate ultra runner.
 

Carolina Sánchez

Ingeniera Industrial con 8 años de experiencia en Mercadeo; iniciando en Consumo Masivo, y luego cambiando a la industria de Farmacéutica al culminar el MBA de Esade. Actualmente trabaja en Janssen Pharmaceutical como Gerente del portafolio de Diabetes y VIH para la región de Centro América y Caribe.

Emocionada de liderar el Panama Chapter para fomentar conexiones e intercambio de experiencia continuas entre los exalumnos de Esade.

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Jaume Maspons

I graduated in 2007 from ESADE after spending one year in HEC Paris doing my double degree program. Eager for new international experiences I joined Société Générale inside the graduate program, which offer me the chance to work in different countries and meeting colleagues around the world. After working in M&A and Equity markets teams, I decided to focus my career in the credit field, specializing in arranging acquisition loans for large corporates and Private Equity funds.

In my current job, I advise clients in the process to raise financing in capital markets for companies exposed to a large variety of sectors. In my current job, I have a privileged seat to see how companies are quickly changing, impacted by innovation and digitalization trends.

Definitely we are living in a time of deep changes that are shaping tomorrow’s world!. I complement my dedicated job with an active engagement in ESADE’s Paris chapter since 2010. My tasks are to make alumni get to know each other and keep ESADE network alive. Last but not least, my friends usually tell me that I’m a passionate runner, a seasoned traveler and intrepid reader.

Luis Fernández de la Vega

Country Manager y Director Comercial, con más de 20 años de experiencia en gestión de equipos en diferentes sectores. Desde 2015, Director Comercial de Gomà-Camps Consumer, empresa del sector del papel y uno de los líderes en fabricación de MDD para la gran distribución. PMD 08. Miembro de la junta de Esade Alumni Aragón desde 2010. Aficionado al golf y a un buen vino, sobre todo si es compartido.

Priyanka Gelli

Priyanka Gelli is I am a Full-time MBA (2011 batch) graduate. After the MBA, she went back to my roots of continuing to pursue a career in Finance. She has worked in Equity Research with a special focus on the Banking Sector in India. However, her keen interest in the people development field eventually led her to become a qualified Life Coach. Today, she has her own practice in Mumbai and Coach Individuals from different lifestyles.

Per Lokkegaard

Per Lokkegaard is CEO at Dar Basil Holding, a Private Equity Firm in Saudi Arabia (JVs in Saudi Arabia with Multinationals). He is also Co-Founding partner in NeuroSteps©, the world´s first Company to bring Neuroscience to HR Assessments and Executive Development,

and Co-Founding partner in BiofreshTech®, a patent holder of two revolutionary environmentally friendly solutions to passive refrigeration without electricity,

which are expected to disrupt several industries on a global scale. Previously, he was CEO of EMS Seven Seas, the global market leader within Maritime Supply Chain and Logistics.

Per holds an Executive MBA from ESADE and BPSE from IMD.

Bart Laboga

Risk Policy Manager, Deutsche Bank AG

In his more than 15 years with financial industry, Bart has gained extensive experience with Risk Management, Group Finance, Global Technology and Project Management having worked in different roles in Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Since graduating from his FT MBA in 2013 he is located in Frankfurt being active member of local ESADE Alumni Chapter. Between 2013 and 2016 Bart coordinated MBA Summer Internship Program in Deutsche Bank’ Group Finance Global Technology, allowing number of ESADE MBA students get their practical experience in banking in Frankfurt. Like most of the ESADE community, he is passionate about travelling, learning about new cultures as well as embracing and promoting diversity.

Miquel Colet

Miquel has spent the last 14 years (split between California and New Jersey) as the CEO for the USA and Canada of VIBIA, a leading high-end decorative lighting brand. Previously he worked as CFO or Financial Controller in several companies from different industries in Barcelona. Always eager to lead, learn and to proactively get involved, he has been part of the Board of the ESADE Alumni NY Chapter as a Vice President or President for the past 6 years.

Ignacio Bravo

Managing Partner in Commercial Consulting

Thanks to extensive experience as a Business Unit Director in a leading company in the automotive and industrial sectors, he has created ByJ Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in commercial and sales. We specialize in making a deep diagnosis of the Commercial Area of a company, and propose an action plan, getting involved in the implementation. He is an MBA Esade and with extensive experience as Chairman of the Administration Council in a multinational company.

Irakli Rogava

Hi, my name is Irakli and I am ESADE MBA graduate from Co2017. After finishing my MBA studies I have joined IKEA supply chain team in Älmhult where IKEA was born 70 years ago. I am privileged to represent ESADE Alumni in Sweden and to help build a strong collaboration between ESADE and IKEA. Looking forward to supporting ESADE community in connecting with Swedish talent as well as with the business represented in Sweden.

Caspar Hartmann

As a real Berliner, Caspar is happy to be a new member of the ESADE Alumni Berlin Chapter going forward. Caspar studied Business Administration in co-operation with SAP in Mannheim before joining the two promising Berlin Startups Wunderflats and Myos in his gap year. Caspar is finishing his Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at ESADE Business School in Barcelona in October 2019. After his graduation, Caspar will re-join the Berlin Startup Ecosystem.

Thomas Gehard Pfenning

My current main focus is the management of new venture developments in Israel on behalf of a German investment group. My responsibilities range from identifying new business opportunities to their actual implementation. Besides, I am representing the investment group in renewable energy endeavors in Eastern Europe.

I am passionate about the Israeli high-tech scene as well as in general about innovation and sustainability. Through the experiences and the network, which I have gained here while setting up a new business, I am always happy to be the first point of contact not only for new Alumni in Israel but also for international corporations that seek to harness the potential of the start-up nation.

In my free time, I enjoy challenging myself during races, gaining new insights into the Israeli mindset by studying Hebrew and exploring new places around the globe.

Lucía Lagunas Reyes

My name is Lucia Lagunas, I am 28 years old and I have a Law Degree from the Public University of Navarra. Subsequently, I completed an optional Master's Degree in Access to Law, completing it with the postgraduate course in International Business Law, at the Esade Law School.

Simultaneously to my specialization in international business law, I took the course of Skills and Management for lawyers, in Esade. This new training has allowed me to acquire more international knowledge applied at all times to Spanish and European Law, as well as to develop new essential skills in the practice of the 21st century, such as leadership, negotiation, work. as a team, motivation and empathy, among others.

I consider myself a proactive, disciplined person, with initiative and eager for improvement every day.

Regarding my professional aspect, I started doing internships in Pamplona, ​​in the area of ​​Corporate Law at ARPA Abogados Consultores and subsequently, I undertook an international career in the legal department of a German company, VR. LEASING, Aktiengesellschaft, located in Frankfurt (Germany).

Once in Spain again, I have worked for two and a half years as a lawyer in the area of ​​Real Estate & Foreign Investment in an office in Barcelona and currently, I continue to train and work as a lawyer in the area of ​​Corporate & New Technologies in the office of Miliners SLP lawyers

Pilar Baltar

Asociada Sénior del área de Derecho Laboral en Roca Junyent. Durante los últimos 15 años se ha hecho cargo del asesoramiento jurídico recurrente y continuo a empresas del sector privado y público, tanto nacionales como especialmente internacionales, atendiendo a las necesidades diarias y dando soporte a los Responsables de Recursos Humanos en la gestión de personal. Asimismo, se encarga del asesoramiento en operaciones transnacionales a empresas internacionales, dando apoyo a los responsables de las mismas en su gestión y también respecto a sucursales y filiales extranjeras en España, así como del desplazamiento de trabajadores a nivel internacional. Miembro de la comisión de derecho laboral de AIJA. Especialista en materia de compliance laboral, asesorando a las empresas en los procedimientos de investigación y auditoria respecto a los modelos de prevención de delitos, colaborando en el Máster de Compliance en la Universidad Abat Oliba CEU.

Alexander Chekanov

I´m a technology ecosystem’s strategy specialist with finance background, analyzing how platform ecosystems define strategies, innovate, achieve profitable growth, and succeed in highly competitive industries (ehealth, tech & gaming). 

My +10 years of work experience, include:
•    Corporate experience in top companies.
•    Strong finance background: corporate, planning, controlling, modeling, DCF, Multiples, Start-up KPIs.
•    Industry and company research and business intelligence for investment strategy purposes.
•    Delivering Executive Education courses on Platforms' strategy in top business school.
•    Entrepreneur's experience (from product conceptualization, leading and developing teams, to fund rising).
•    Speaking 6 languages + Programming (SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, RegExp, LAMP).

Among other hobbies, I’m also long-term investor in Nasdaq companies, producing electronic music that you can find on Spotify or iTunes, Djing, devoted to landscape photography traveling around the world, and doing serial entrepreneurship by incubating and co-funding hi tech starts-up at tech universities.

Daniel Romero

Completó el programa Lic&MBA de Esade en 1992. 

Tiene experiencia financiera como CFO corporativo de diversos grupos empresariales, tanto en España (Barcelona y Palma) como en el extranjero (Francia, Italia, Alemania y Estados Unidos). 

Ha desarrollado su carrera en empresas nacionales, como Agrolimen (en las divisiones JoyCo Group, Eat Out o Gallina Blanca), Ferrer Internacional o el Werfen Group, y en multinacionales americanas (Wrigley's) o alemanas (TUI AG), en los sectores FMCG, farmacéutico, de los dispositivos médicos o turístico. Actualmente, desempeña la dirección financiera de Zimmer Biomet Dental para Europa, Oriente Medio y África. 

Tiene una visión amplia del negocio al haber dirigido, además del área financiera, otras áreas corporativas, como recursos humanos, IT, la auditoría interna o el área legal. 

Ha sido miembro y secretario del consejo de administración de varias compañías holding durante años, donde ha desarrollado habilidades de gestión de la relación con los accionistas, tanto en empresas controladas al 100% como en joint-ventures o en empresas participadas por private equity.

Said Sawaf

Following an undergraduate degree in the United States, Said joined his family business group with a view of evolving it into the next generation. Having experienced the golden years of Dubai’s evolution between 2002 and 2007, he elected to join ESADE’s accelerated year-long MBA program. Since graduating, Said subsequently established two additional subsidiaries within his family’s Middle East, European and Latin American architectural lighting conglomerate.  Said is an entrepreneur who operates at the nexus of negotiating strategic partnerships, accessing new markets and propelling value creation by leveraging opportunities within the realms of lighting, architecture, construction and IoT.

Andrea Oriol

“I’m the daughter of a diplomat, born in Brussels where I spent the first two years of my life, before moving every few years. I’ve lived in Spain, Vietnam, Australia and Bulgaria, I studied in Spain at Esade, then did my Master CEMS in Canada, an internship in Nicaragua and worked for five years in a consultancy company that allowed me to live between Africa and Latin America. I’ve been in Brussels since 2017. I’m the local representative of La Liga, the Spanish professional football league. I support its work in the institutional field: collaboration with Spanish authorities and European institutions in matters such as integrity and security, the fight against piracy, the regulatory framework that e-sports are taking, the impact of Brexit on player transfers, CSR projects, and even the fight against gender inequality in the sports industry. I love sports, so try to go to the gym every day and, should the weather allow, workout outdoors. I really enjoy the cultural scene of Brussels, so will head to any new art exhibition or launch. Brussels is ideal for networking and it’s perfect for weekend getaways. To me it’s a very cosy and easy city and it’s at the heart of everything that involves and impacts Europe; I think it’s
fascinating!”

Maria Del Carmen Fernández

Periodista especializada en sanidad y medicina. Desde febrero de 2016, es directora de las cabeceras Diario Médico, Correo Farmacéutico y CuídatePlus, de Unidad Editorial.

Entró a formar parte de la redacción barcelonesa de Diario Médico en 1994 y posteriormente fue nombrada coordinadora de equipo y redactora jefe, cargo que desempeñó desde 2004 hasta enero de 2016. Antes, había sido colaboradora del diario Avui (hoy El Punt Avui) y redactora especializada en sanidad y medicina del Diari de Barcelona-Nou Diari de Barcelona (dejó de editarse en 1994).

Fernández es Licenciada en Ciencias de la Información por la UAB (1989) y cursó el Posgrado en Dirección de Servicios Integrados de Salud de Esade en 2011-2012. Es vocal de la Junta del Club Salud y Farma Esade Alumni. Además, es profesora del Máster en Gestión Hospitalaria y Servicios Sanitarios de la Universidad de Barcelona (UB) y del Máster de los Laboratorios Científicos de la Industria Farmacéutica de la UB y ESAME

Luis Rico

Luis Rico trained as a Civil Engineer in Spain and has extensive experience working in Water and Highway Sectors. He has worked in Spain, UK, Turkey and Algeria. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member if the Institution of Civi Engineers. Currently he works for Turner & Townsend, a Programme and Project Management company, where he is seconded to the Environment Agency supporting their flood defence capital programme as a Senior Project Manager. He carried out a Programme for Leadership Development at Esade in 2013. He’s been living in London for the last three years and personal development is one of his passions.

Xavier Lavall

Al acabar la carrera de Administración y Dirección de Empresas en Esade, me incorporé a la empresa familiar de Artes Gráficas ocupándome de la dirección.

Actualmente, compagino la Dirección de Proyectos de Creación y Producción Gráfica con la Dirección de WHERIS: empresa de la que soy cofundador y que se dedica a la Accesibilidad Universal (Discapacidad Visual, Auditiva y dificultad lectora) de la información, tanto impresa como digital.

Ana Puig Palomar

I guide individuals and teams in personal and group development processes and help organisations with a genuine desire to improve. I develop their leadership capacity and personal and interpersonal skills to enable them to achieve the best results as a team sustainably over time. I have more than 25 years of experience in management, having held business-management positions at various national and international companies.

Session languages: Spanish, Catalan and English

Main certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Coaches Training Institute
• Leadership Certification, The Leadership Circle
• Relational Styles – Bridge
   

Berta Santos Rouco

I provide guidance to people who are undergoing professional transition processes; people in the legal and engineering sectors who are facing new challenges that require management and team-leading skills; and women who wish to strengthen their female leadership. 

Languages: Spanish 

Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation
 

Adela Ureta

Licenciada en Derecho y EMBA-09 en Esade. Cuenta con un rico backup de más de 20 años desempeñando distintos roles en la función de Recursos Humanos.

Hoy es Directora General del Área de Personas en Saint-Gobain para el perímetro de España, Portugal, Marruecos y Argelia en el que destaca su claro foco en la mejora de la experiencia del empleado y cliente con la Compañía.

A destacar en su perfil su trabajo por y para las personas, su compromiso con el impulso de la estrategia de Recursos Humanos en todos los niveles de la Organización y el liderazgo de la política de transformación de la misma para hacerla más ágil, más digital, más abierta y más centrada en el cliente.

Igor Nishimura’s Ikigai

Mr. Igor Nishimura’s Ikigai is to democratize access to learning, creation and self-development through entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, helping people to understand how business, investment and culture/essence work, interconnect and impact our lives, so that everyone can make better decisions and accomplish their objectives/purposes.

Igor holds a Bachelor’s degree from EAESP-FGV with major in Corporate Finance & International Management, a CEMS Master of Science in International Management @ ESADE Barcelona and @ HEC Paris, an Executive Education @ Harvard Business School with focus in Private Equity and Venture Capital and an Executive Education @ Singularity University. He was also a Board Member of CEMS Alumni Association and its Treasurer, being awarded as the CEMS Alumnus of the Year in 2013. He was Board Member of exGV (EAESP-FGV Alumni Association), President of ESADE Alumni Association (Chapter Brazil) and a member at Harvard Angels of Brazil and HEC Paris Alumni Association.

Igor has lived abroad for more than 12 years, accumulating a broad international and diversified industry experience. He held positions in blue-chip companies such as Fininvest-Unibanco (BR), Unilever Bestfoods (BR), ECS Elitegroup (ES), L'Oréal Madrid (ES), Ferrari-Maserati West Europe (FR), BNP Paribas (FR), SAP (DE) and UBS Wealth Management and Investment Bank (CH, BS, UK and US).

Currently he is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ MAGNET Venture Capital (Proprietary Impact Investment Fund), Board Member @ InTaxi Media (MediaTech), Co-Founder & Board Member @ Kodo Interactive (EdTech), Co-Founder & Board Member @ Academy FW|10 (Venture Builder), Financial Advisory Board @ AUDEN Educacional (EdTech) and Co-Founder & Board Member @ CBKK (Socio-environmental Impact Investment with initial focus in the Amazon Rainforest).

In terms of Philanthropy, Mr. Nishimura was a Latin America Philanthropy Circle Member @ Synergos and was a Founder Member @ NEB (Nikkey Empreendedores do Brasil).

SPECIALTIES:
Venture Capital / Impact Investments / Entrepreneurship, Capital Raise (Club Deals, Private Placements, Secondary Sale), Wealth Management (UHNW Clients & Global Family Offices), Investment Bank (Concentrated Equity Stake - Origination & Structuring), Margin
Loans, Fund Structuring.

Claudia Castellanos

Claudia Castellanos, a Colombian that came as a volunteer to Eswatini and fell in love with Africa and made it her home, is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Black Mamba Foods, a growing brand with a strong social and environmental ethos based in Eswatini that manufactures and distributes Specialty food products in Southern Africa and overseas.

Claudia has over 12 years of experience working as a marketing consultant for several businesses and NGOs in Eswatini and overseas, and as a lecturer for international Universities such as the European School of Economics (www.eselondon.ac.uk) in Italy, and Mananga Business College in Eswatini. Previously Claudia worked as Regional Manager for SAIWA SpA (www.saiwa.it) a former company of the Danone Group, in charge of trade marketing and sales activities with the main retailers of Central Italy. Claudia has also been involved as a trainer and mentor for Technoserve in Eswatini, and also for several business accelerator programmes (such as VVGROW from Vital Voices) locally and internationally.

Claudia holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Marketing from ESADE Business School and a major in Finance and International Relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogota, Colombia). Since 2016 Claudia is a fellow of Vital Voices, an American NGO that works with women entrepreneurs from around the world supporting their growth. Since 2019 she is also an active member of ECCo (Eswatini Climate Coalition), a grassroots organization promoting awareness, action and civic engagement around
climate change and pollution in Eswatini. In 2020 Claudia was awarded the WIA (Women in Africa) Award as the Eswatini Laureate for her work with Black Mamba, promoting and developing regenerative agriculture and inclusive value chains.

Claudia is passionate about Africa and finding ways to develop the continent through sustainable projects that take into consideration the uplifment of women, the inclusion of grassroots communities and the protection of the environment.

Cristina Bergua Llena

She is Spanish, now for 19 years in Switzerland. Currently based in Geneva, she previously spent several years in Lugano. Married with 2 kids.

Tax Advisor and Senior Wealth Manager with a large clientele based in several countries. 
Engaged and passionate about human beings.
She is positive, energetic, persistent and solving problems.
Convinced about the importance of the team spirit, cultural exchanges and regular brainstormings. 
We do not lead alone. A team is a plus.
 

Raúl Izquierdo Cabezudo

Mi perfil es el de un coach coactivo, en el sentido de tratar que la persona/equipo directivo/empresa pueda encontrar su mejor estrategia y capacidad de solucionar los retos de desarrollo profesional y empresarial que se presentan. Desde el punto de vista existencial, se trata de acompañar a una persona o empresa en su búsqueda de una meta para alcanzar una transformación

Idiomas: Español, Inglés, Italiano, Portugués 

Certificación: Coach de la EC ( EISMEA ) 

Paula Navajas

After her extensive management consulting experience in the Healthcare sector working for KPMG Barcelona, Paula Navajas completed an International MBA Program in HEC Geneva, which allowed her to apply her private sector background to the International Organizations sector.

Always aiming through her work at having a social impact, she joined UNAIDS where she supported countries to access and efficiently manage the required funding for the roll-out of AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Programs worldwide. She also put her private sector experience at play when she joined the Corporate Development Department at the International Olympic Committee, where she managed Strategic and Transformational Projects.

Paula holds an BBA and Master’s degree from Esade Business School and is President of the Esade Alumni Lausanne Chapter, a small but dynamic chapter that offers his Alumni exciting networking and content-creating events and activities.

Andrea Sala

Business Process Consultant Part of the Zurich chapter board and loving to see how we grow and mature y con mucha illusion de ayudar a mis companeros a desarrollar el chapter y de seguir formando parte de la "Esade community"!

Madre de 2 "pre-teens" y disfrutando de la vida en Suiza, el chocolate y las montanas :)

As a Business Process Consultant based in Zurich, and having developed my career in several multinationals, leading the delivery of complex business transformation programs across departments, industries and geographies, I am now enjoying a new career path as an consultant helping companies redesigning their processes with the aim of gaining efficiencies and effectiveness, riding the wave and enjoying meeting new people, continue to learn and stepping out of my comfort zone!

Sara Llerins

TBD

Raimon Cambra

Professional with more than 35 years’ experience in SMEs and the FMCG and industrial sectors, in multidisciplinary projects related to sales, marketing and management. Expert in the development of new products, services and markets with a strategic outlook.
Expert consultant in process enhancement, adviser, business coaching and guidance for family firms.

Vanessa Asenjo

Events responsible

Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration ESADE  I started my professional career in Smartmission, a German start-up introduced in Spain by United Surgical Partners. It provided an integral supply management platform for medical assets through Internet. Then I joined USP Hospitales, where I was involved in all functional areas and departments, from Finance, Procurement and Strategy areas, to leading the definition and implementation of the Quality and Patient Care Department in all USP hospitals. I performed a management role, taking care of budget, forecast, business plans, operations and processes, leading the respective teams.

In 2012, I joined Antares Consulting, a consultancy firm specialized in strategy, management and technology in health, life sciences and social services, as a Sales and Quality Manager. Two years later, I co-founded Dubitat, the first global mobile platform for healthcare professionals intended to solve the doubts of their own patients, while maintaining their privacy and information confidentiality, charging for this service.

Karine Selma Laronze

Bachelor&MBA at ESADE, I also completed my CEMS Master's in International Management at ESADE and Stockholm School of Economics in 2007.

After graduating, I worked more than 6 years in Business Consulting in Spain, South Africa and Colombia. I moved to Austria in 2014, where I have started a family. I am currently working as Project Manager at AEI, Agency for European Integration and Economic Development, in Vienna.

I am a Spanish, French and Catalan native speaker, and also speak English and German fluently.
I am involved in the Austria Chapter since its launch.  

Clara Maoqing Lin

Hola! I’m Clara Lin, from Chengdu, China. I’ve worked and studied in Singapore, Mexico, Spain and of course, China. After my MBA , I settled in Shanghai and worked with several startups in SaaS, Banking and Online Media industry. Currently, I’m running my own consulting company - Starluz, which provides business strategic consulting and marketing management services for Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and SMEs.

I´m passionate about learning new things and meeting new people. I enjoy organizing events, especially ESADE Alumni Events, to bring people together, to exchange ideas and to inspire each other. I like reading books, watching movies , exploring restaurants and discovering new places.

Erinn Wright

Erinn is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and former BBA exchange student at ESADE Business school. As a Development Associate for international NGO, Well Aware, Erinn focuses on fundraising, communications, and developing growth for the nonprofit's clean water work. She is passionate about people and creating sustainable social impact that effectively addresses society's most pressing issues. She graduated with a BBA in marketing and plans to pursue a Master's degree within the social innovation sector.

Pedro Cesar Galvan

Versatile and highly competent senior marketing VP and professional possessing more than 20 yearsof experience in managing director, CMO, CDO, growth hacker, COMMS, directing business development initiatives and in digital strategy and social media across Europe, Latin America, USA, Middle East, Africa and Asia regions. Significantly enhanced organizational reach and market share through the application of robust digital strategies, effective pricing and excellent client relationship management; transformed struggling units into vital, streamlined and growing businesses; also produced measurable year-on-year improvement under dynamic, shifting conditions and in downturn markets. Possesses solid management skills and the ability to analyze issues, devise continuous process improvements and incorporate initiatives to increase efficiency, streamline operations and decrease overall expenses with minimal resources. Besides Pedro has a proven track record on teaching marketing, sales and advertising for many years.

José Alberto Ramírez

José Alberto es un profesional con 25 años de experiencia en el sector automoción. Tras estudiar Derecho en la Universidad de Granada y realizar el MBA en Esade, se incorporó a Ford Credit desde donde inició su carrera en Ford Motor Company en diversos puestos de gerencia en el área comercial y de marketing. Con un intervalo de 8 años como Director de RACC en Andalucía, vuelve a trabajar en Ford en el área de Vehículos Industriales como responsable nacional de Vehículos Transformados.

Fernando Díaz

Fernando Díaz es Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad Complutense y Executive Master in Public Administration por ESADE. En la actualidad, es Director de Sector Público en IMCS, donde lidera las actividades de consultoría y transformación digital para Gobiernos y Administraciones.   

Antes de su incorporación en 2016, ha desarrollado su carrera profesional a lo largo de los últimos veinte años en el ámbito de la consultoría estratégica y tecnológica en empresas como KPMG, Arthur Andersen, Telefónica o Iecisa, tanto en España como en EMEA y LATAM.  

Ha trabajado para los Ministerios de Justicia, Industria, Sanidad y Medio Ambiente, para la Agencia Tributaria, Renfe, Correos, AENA, el Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, así como para múltiples Agencias, Gobiernos Autonómicos, Diputaciones y Cabildos insulares.

Cristina Franch Arnau

CVM Senior campaign management at Vodafone.
Enthusiastic and committed. Allergic to the status quo. Eager to explore, analyse and move beyond. As a team lead, I believe all of us can make a difference with the right motivation and direction. For my future, I regard to keep learning and pushing myself out of the comfort zone.

Lorena Sánchez

Lorena Sánchez has a Law Degree from the University of Pompeu Fabra (2005), Master in International Business Law (DIN) from ESADE (2009) and Program for Management Development (PMD) from ESADE (2015); He has completed specialization courses at the Università degli Studi Roma III, Edimburgh University, ICADE and INSEAD. Currently, she is the Legal Director at MARTIDERM Group, where she coordinates legal and compliance issues. He has worked as a Legal Counsel for eight years in the URIACH pharmaceutical company, in addition to working as a Legal Counsel in other multinationals in the service sector. Since September 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Law Club.

Acisclo Pérez

Professional with more than 10 years of professional experience internationally in multinationals and technology companies. Specialist in growth, optimization and expansion of companies, has experience in the management of commercial teams, marketing (CX) and innovation and in the development of new products and services, with a strategic vision, 360º of the business and focused on the ROI of projects and corporate EBITDA. Currently, he is a director of several technology companies whose core is 4.0 technology and user experience under a customer centric perspective.

Montserrat Escoda Martínez

Tourism Professional with over 25 years of experience, Tourist Activities Technician and Diploma in Restoration from HTSI-Ramon Llull, with postgraduate studies in Tourism Management and Management DGT06 in Esade.

Specialist in Hotel Management and Events, with great experience in Operations and Commercial Strategy. Creative, analytical and methodical, although I always leave some room for improvisation ...

I like to learn and grow surrounded by passionate professionals, who inspire to progress, and at the same time, train those who want to learn from me.

Lover of life, of human relations and cultures, with the great luck of having traveled the five continents. I believe in the power of people, and music as the guiding thread of our most intimate feelings.

Quique Hernández

Con 30 años de carrera corporativa en compañías de Gran Consumo incluyendo la Dirección General de PepsiCo Snacks para el Sur de Europa, siempre ha estado interesado e involucrado en temas de Diversidad e inclusión. Durante los últimos 10 años ha sido miembro del Comité Europeo de D&I en PepsiCo y el Sponsor Ejecutivo del Comité de D&I para el Sur de Europa. 

Es miembro de Eje&Con (Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s) participante regular de LEAD Network (Leading Executives Advancing Diversity), forma parte del movimiento solidario para la equidad de género auspiciado por la ONU HeForShe y ahora miembro de la Ejecutiva de ESADE ALUMNI WE.

Elitsa Manova

After living in London and Barcelona, my studies brought me to Copenhagen. I have been living here and working as a financial accounting consultant for the past three years.

In my role, I work with corporates to address the CFO agenda and optimise their finance function. I am driven by the challenges of an ever-changing technological and regulatory landscape and enjoy working at the intersection of IT and finance.

At work or otherwise, I love taking the time to meet and get to know people as I firmly believe good team spirit and wide network are essential. When I am off, traveling and dance are my preferred ways of detaching from the daily hustle and bustle.

Celia Franch

Analista de crédito.

Graduada en ADE y en Derecho. Desde el inicio de su carrera, las finanzas despertaron su interés, y esta pasión la llevó a realizar el intercambio en la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania.  

Como analista del Departamento de Ratings, Celia participa en el análisis financiero de empresas, gobiernos y sus respectivos bonos en el mercado europeo del crédito. En los dos años en que ha trabajado en S&P Global, ha realizado rotaciones en los equipos de Finanzas Estructuradas y Gobiernos & Finanzas Públicas Internacionales. 

Jorge Monclús

Abogado del departamento de Propiedad Intelectual y Nuevas tecnologías del despacho Cuatrecasas, cuenta con amplia experiencia en el asesoramiento en los sectores de entretenimiento, life sciences y e-commerce.

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Navarra, ha cursado el Máster en Propiedad Intelectual y Sociedad de la Información (IP&IT) en Esade, además de diversos programas en Harvard Law School e IE Law School.

Es autor de numerosos artículos doctrinales y publicaciones, entre las que se incluye el libro "Aspectos legales de las redes sociales” (Ed. Bosch, 2016).

Javier Navarro

Socio director de Vinca Capital Corporate Finance.

José Francisco Rodríguez

Presidente revista Capital y colaborador de Esade en programas executive. Apasionado por la fotografía, los viajes y la innovación. 

Juan José Suárez

Su carrera profesional ha estado ligada a la consultoría estratégica y actualmente es brand manager en DIAMANTO 1881. 
Como integrante del club de marketing de Madrid, busca los mejores profesionales y temáticas para compartir conocimiento en Alumni y generar networking y oportunidades entre los asociados.

Lluis Lana

Más de 30 años de experiencia en el sector asegurador, básicamente en áreas directivas, comerciales y formación. Carrera profesional en varias aseguradoras y corredurías. Experto en previsión social complementaria. Actuario de Seguros y Economista (UB). Máster en Finanzas en Esade. 

Carlos Pérez

Soy un profesional del marketing con más de 10 años de experiencia. Tras 7 años viviendo en Barcelona y con experiencia en marketing tanto en Henkel Ibérica como en Bimbo, me mudé a Madrid donde seguí mi carrera en Johnson & Johnson. Posteriormente,  me mudé a Ciudad de México donde reingresé a Grupo Bimbo y después me destinaron a Bimbo Latin Centro (Centroamérica, con sede en Costa Rica). Desde Junio 2018 trabajo en Bimbo Donuts Canarias como Category Manager con responsabilidades.

Meritxell Hereu

Más de 15 años de experiencia en SUPPLY CHAIN, concretamente en planificación, compras, gestión de stocks, producción en terceros y logística. Estudié Ingeniera Industrial y el MBA en Esade.  

Formar parte del Club de Operaciones de Esade me ha permitido tener acceso a una red de contactos con los que intercambiar opiniones, experiencias y hacer buenas amistades, estar al día de las últimas tendencias y conocer otros entornos dentro del área de operaciones para ampliar mi conocimiento del mercado.

J. Álvaro Villanueva

Ingeniero Industrial por la Universidad de Oviedo.
Actualmente ocupa el cargo de Director General de Grupo Intermark, consultora tecnológica y de marketing que ofrece servicios en el área de la comunicación, la transformación tecnológica, la industria 4.0 y la ciberseguridad industrial, con más de 200 profesionales. A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, siempre ha estado ligado al mundo industrial y de la tecnología, ayudando a que la tecnología de soporte a los procesos tanto industriales como de gestión.

Miguel Mas

Ha cursado del Executive MBA de Esade (2005-2006); el IMP, programa internacional de ventas y marketing, en el Grupo VW (2013-2014), y el Máster en Asesoría Jurídica del Instituto de Empresa (1995-1996).

Es director de Compras y Transportes del Volkswagen Group España Distribución (empresa distribuidora de vehículo del Grupo VW en España, que engloba las marcas VW, Audi, Skoda y LCV).

Tiene 25 años de experiencia profesional, los últimos 20 en el sector de la automoción, desempeñando distintas responsabilidades directivas. Anteriormente, trabajó en Acciona, como responsable de la cuenta de Facility Management de Nissan España, DB Transfesa y Ferrovial.

Posee una visión global del negocio, es proactivo y está habituado a trabajar con equipos multidisciplinarios.

En los últimos años, ha ampliado su formación específica en temas de innovación y digitalización en el MIT y en el ISDI de Harvard.
 

Beatriz Díaz Serrano

Coaching for executives and managers in transformation processes

Coaching for first-time managers: 

• Accessing strategies for success when faced with the challenge of managing teams for the first time
• Reflecting on the differences between a leader and a manager and applying these insights on a day-to-day basis
• Understanding power, authority and respect 
• How to build a top team 
• Setting limits through assertiveness and effective delegation

Coaching high-performance teams:
I help teams identify success strategies that will help them achieve their goals and generate other forms of learning that will take them to the next level, enabling them to become high-performance teams.

Language: Spanish

Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
 

Aditya Priyadarshi

Aditya is an Esade MBA (Class of 2016) with 10+ years of professional experience in Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Management Consulting industries. Having obtained degrees in both business and technology, Aditya draws from his rich and diverse skill set to help companies leverage technology as a driver of profitable growth. He currently works at Oracle's Dublin office as a Senior Account Manager responsible for evangelizing core Oracle technologies and driving growth for the company in the UK mid-market.

Outside of work, Aditya is an avid practitioner of Krav Maga - an Israeli Mixed Martial Art. He loves reading non-fiction and curating music playlists.

Verónica Valls

Verónica es licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Málaga y Máster en Derecho de las TIC, redes sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por ESADE. Su carrera profesional la ha desarrollado en despachos y en empresas internacionales. Actualmente es abogada de Propiedad Intelectual e Industrial en Grupo Bimbo.

Laia Antonijoan

Over 15 years of international experience in the world of strategy, investment and branding in a variety of sectors. Currently living in Vancouver and enjoying the west coast beauty.

Xavier Roca

Bachelor in Business Administration ESADE (BBA '10 - '14) with exchange program at HEC Montréal.
Professional experience comes mostly from commercial roles in the Wealth Management (Banca March, UBS) and Fintech (Tink) industries. Since 2019, Xavier lives in Stockholm and works as an Account Manager at Tink, a leading open banking platform in Europe and one of Sweden's most promising scale-ups. 

Aurora Martinez Ramos

Always curious about learning new things. Passionate about innovation. Believer in making learning fun, simple and accessible to all through innovations in learning, digital products and services. VP & General Manager @Wiley. Strategic Advisor @Joint European Disruptive Initiative.

Aurora graduated with an Executive MBA in April 2018. She participates with ESADE Alumni and is a member of several clubs. Currently, she is VP & General Manager at Wiley & Sons and lives in NYC. She also devotes her time in the role of Strategic Advisor to the JEDI Foundation (Joint European Disruptive Initiative). Prior to this experience, she was the COO and Managing Director at Gamelearn--a game-based learning company. She is also the co-founder and CEO of EVERLEARNING. She spent the majority of her career in executive leadership positions for two of the world's largest education technology and services companies, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education, and for a ‘rising star’ Curriculum Associates where she learned about entrepreneurship and how to grow a start-up—skills that she was able to apply at Trinity Education as Senior Vice President. Over the years, the teams she has led has influenced the lives of millions of students, teachers and professors across the world. Lastly, she is co-leader of the Financial Forum at EjeCon (Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s).
 

Lourenço Reynolds de Sousa

I'm Lourenço from Lisbon, Portugal but I'm actually living in Barcelona where I have done the Full-Time MBA at ESADE with the 2019 class. My previous academic background was on Electrical and Computer Engineering and professionally before the MBA. I have reached the position of senior project manager at Efacec, an Energy Multinational Company. After my MBA internship in a Business Development position at Tesla, I'm now the head of Market Intelligence at Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution where I aim to shape mobility for our future generation and to come.

Outside the professional environment, I love to sail and play tennis and also travel to new places and meet different cultures. I also like to be challenged and live new experiences. I'm very interested in world history and in all topics related to transforming our planet into a big sustainable ecosystem.

The personal objective for life, I think we should always believe in ourselves and take the opportunities life gives us to learn and grow at all levels. If we have passion and the right motivation I believe everything is possible!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lourencoreynolds/

Guillermo Valles

Como Director de Procurement de Saica estoy a cargo de un equipo de profesionales con la responsabilidad de comprar y aprovisionar para las seis fábricas de papel de papel de la compañía en España, Francia y el Reino Unido.

El equipo se encarga además de liderar las compras centrales para las otras tres divisiones del grupo Saica. Participo además activamente en todas aquellas líneas de trabajo de las asociaciones sectoriales que tengan como objetivo incrementar la recogida y el reciclado del papel usado tanto en España como en Europa

Emili Sullà

After working for a year as an auditor, in 1979 he joined the ESADE department of finance management where he taught cost accounting, started the Executive Education management control course still available today, belonged to the team that started hospital management and until late 1999 was the coordinator of activities in Latin America.

2000 - 2018 managing director of Dentaid, SL
Currently involved with non-profit entities and is a board member of the Catalan Blood and Tissue Bank.

Omkar Wagh

Omkar Wagh is passionate about building water and wastewater infrastructure solutions in developing countries to fulfill needs of exponentially increasing population because of rapid urbanization. His core areas of operation are water distribution networks, water boosting pumping stations, water recycling plants and wastewater treatment. He is currently exploring how data analytics and IOT can address challenges of water shortage and energy losses.

Ying-Chih Chiu

Ying-Chih (Tiffany) Chiu, ESADE MBA Class of 2015 with exchange program in McCombs School of Business.

During the MBA, Tiffany was the vice president of Operations Club and had her summer internship in Vodafone Espana.

She now works as Product Marketing Manager in Microsoft Taiwan, in charge of Microsoft 365 Productivity Platform Go-To-Market strategy in Taiwan market. 

Lea Rogosic

Team Lead Business Development at Zalando, Lea has joined the Berlin-based leading online fashion retailer in 2014 and has covered several roles in the company since. Her previous experience include that of Buying and Merchandising manager at Edition Lingerie, a Chantelle-owned Lingerie e-commerce, and Product Mager at Barcelona-based fast-fashion retailer Mango. At ESADE Lea completed the MSc in Marketing Management after a BSc in Management at Bocconi University.

Albert Janer

Albert is passionate, innovator and maximizer who enjoys meeting new people and working effectively and strategically to make an impact on society and organizations.

Albert is Manager based out of Accenture's New York office specialized in Financial Services (Finance & Risk). Since he joined the firm in Barcelona in 2012, he has helped clients in dozens of projects related to definition of business processes and agile operating models and implementation of new technologies in Reporting, Data Management, AML, Surveillance, RPA, AI, eComm and Blockchain.

Tomas Antoni Juste

Coach y Facilitador Sistémico.

Experto en gestión de conflictos y situaciones difíciles.

Desarrollo de relaciones personales, liderazgo y equipos de trabajo. Procesos de transformación de conflictos. Intervención en situaciones complejas e inciertas; el movimiento en una o diversas partes produce una transformación positiva de su conjunto.

Ingeniero Agrónomo, máster en Dirección Pública (ESADE). Responsable de Relaciones Interpersonales i Dinámicas de Trabajo del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Anteriormente responsable de Investigación e Innovación, Jefe del Gabinete Técnico de los Departamentos de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques y d’Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca.

Andrea Roberto Bifulco

I’m an entrepreneur based in Milan and I was named in the Top 10 list of the Most Engaged Marketers in Italy issued by LinkedIn.

I'm currently advising & consulting Startups, SME & Big Corporations on the themes of Growth, Innovation, Digital & Entrepreneurship, organizing the events of Startup Grind Milano, the biggest community of entrepreneurs & startups of the country, teaching Digital Marketing & Entrepreneurship in various universities, and organizing the largest event in Europe on Growth Hacking, the "Growth Hacking Day".

I hold a Master of Science (MSC) in Marketing Management from ESADE Business School of Barcelona, a CEMS Master in International Management, and a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) from the Bocconi University of Milan.

José Quevedo

Gerente de Negocios Micro y Pequeña Empresa en Caja Prymera

I am José, MBA with more than 20 years of experience in the Peruvian, Bolivian, Colombian and Panamanian financial systems in entities oriented to the Micro and Small Business and Banking segments. I am fascinated by my work and above all improve the quality of life of people via financial inclusion, and make it sustainable.

I am very passionate about music and especially heavy metal, we have a fan page on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with a group of friends that encourages and promotes the dissemination of that musical style in Latin America.

Isla Ramos

Ramos Island born in Granada, studies course between Spain and England. Licensed by the Complutense in Business Administration and Senior Executive Program at ESADE.

Isla has developed her career in the technology sector, in companies such as IBM and Lenovo where she was the Director General. Since 2008, he developed an international career as a member of the Lenovo Steering Committee Europe Middle East and Africa. He has more than 10 years of experience in large Business Transformations, both from the digital point of view, as well as process optimization and post merger management. His areas of expertise are Technology, Transformation and International Management. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of a listed company, EZENTIS, and is currently a member of the Board of Save the Children. His great passions are education and the third sector, to which he is currently engaged.

Thomas Letko

Optimist, technology enthusiasts, life-long learner

Sara Pastor

Has over 14 years of experience in technology, big data, e-commerce and digital marketing, with a special focus in the travel industry. She is currently the Managing Director for the Destinations business in EMEA at ADARA, after having managed the media team in Europe Mainland. Before joining ADARA, Sara worked at LivingSocial, Travelzoo and Cisco Systems.

She serves as a member of the board of the Digital Club of ESADE Alumni, is the co-founder of the Women in e-travel association, and has recently won the "Revolut Everywoman Award" in the Executive Leader category.

Francesc Farnell

De 1996 a 2009, estuvo trabajando en el Grupo Danone, desempeñando diferentes cargos de responsabilidad dentro del Área de Recursos Humanos: formación, relaciones laborales, desarrollo, compensación y beneficios (comp&ben), selección, gestión del talento, proyectos internacionales, gestión operativa de las plantas de producción, etc. Entre 2019 y 2013, trabajó para el CELSA Group como Corporate HR Manager, y desde 2013 trabaja como director corporativo de Personas y Desarrollo de la Familia Torres. 

Manuel Gancedo

Dedicado desde 2001 a GANCEDO, líder referente del sector de diseño y creación de espacios por más de 75 años. Tras dedicar años a la internacionalización, soy su Director desde 2014.  

Gran defensor de la Empresa Familiar en el mundo, por los valores que representa y los beneficios que la empresa familiar aporta a la sociedad.
 

Robert Navarro

Managing Director y CFO en España de Innogy, utility alemana centrada en generación renovable, redes y negocio minorista de electricidad y gas. Es también colaborador académico de la casa como tutor de planes de negocio y otras modalidades en los diferentes programas de Esade. 

Montse Rius

Montse Rius es actualmente managing director de Finanzas y Desarrollo Corporativo de HI Partners y miembro del Consejo de Hispania.

Tiene más de quince años de experiencia en el sector, que inició en el Departamento de Corporate Finance de Ernst & Young. Posteriormente, se incorporó al Departamento de Corporate Finance del Grupo Financiero Riva y García. Durante ese período, ejecutó operaciones de M&A, ampliaciones de capital, refinanciaciones de deuda, constitución de joint ventures y salidas a bolsa, especialmente en el sector inmobiliario y de la private equity.

Además, es presidenta del Urban Land Institute en Barcelona.

Montse Rius es Licenciada en Comercio Internacional por la Escuela Superior de Comercio Internacional de la UPF. Ha realizado curso sobre Business Analysis & Valuation y Global Macroeconomic Challenges en la London School of Economics y el postgrado de Corporate Finance en Esade Business School. En 2009, realizó el curso Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions en la Harvard Business School. Además, ha impartido clases de Finanzas Corporativas durante seis años en Esade Business School.

Dr. Adriano Mones

Business Development Director Spain & LATAM en Phoenix Contact E-Mobility GmbH

Panaita García

Inició su carrera profesional en gran consumo, en la División de Cosmética de Henkel; posteriormente, ha desempeñado puestos de responsabilidad principalmente en las áreas de marketing, ventas, organización y gestión, en empresas de gran consumo y online, a escala nacional e internacional, en España, Alemania y Francia. Es especialista en marketing y ventas online y offline, y actualmente ejerce la dirección de Marketing para Iberia del Grupo De’Longhi. Es miembro del Club Marketing Esade Alumni.

Mariano Rigau

Licenciado en Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación y MBA por Esade (1988), colabora en el Challenge for Talent de Esade a título particular (programa 1000x1000) y como vicepresidente del Club de Seguros.  

Desde 2006 es CEO de Arag SE Spain, Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del Grupo y  Presidente de  Arag Services para España y Portugal.  

Durante su trayectoria profesional ha sido Director General del RACE (Real Automóvil Club de Esapaña), miembro del consejo de ARC Transsistance, Director de Operaciones del RACC ( Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya),  Director general de Universal Asistencia ( Grupo RACC), Miembro del Comité Ejecutivo del RACC, Subdirector General del Sabadell Aseguradora, Adjunto al Consejero Delegado del Banco de Europa y director general para Europa de Inversiones y Leasing  ( Grupo Banco de Europa) 

Xavier Llobera

Ingeniero en Informática y MBA por Esade. Xavier tiene 20 años de experiencia en el sector de la tecnología, en roles de consultoría y ventas a nivel internacional, ayudando a las empresas a alcanzar sus objetivos de negocio. Xavier ha trabajado en multinacionales como Telefónica y Microsoft, y también en startups como Rakuten y Beabloo. Actualmente trabaja en HP, en la división de Digital Manufacturing, como responsable global de Go-To-Market.

Silvia Manent

Silvia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Manent Capital, a Boston-based wealth management firm that focuses on helping young clients understand their personal and business finances so that they can feel accomplished, confident and excited about investing in their future dream goals. She has been featured on Forbes, CNN, Investor’s Business Daily. Market Watch & more. She has over six years of investment and wealth management experience, including individual investment management, comprehensive financial planning and high net worth advisory.

Prior to founding Manent Capital, Silvia worked as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley where she was responsible for providing clients with personalized plans to help them better manage their investments, cash flow and achieve their financial goals. Prior to this, Silvia worked with international ultra-high net worth clients at Credit Suisse in Zürich, Switzerland as well as J.P. Morgan in Boston, MA. Silvia began her career in Palo Alto, CA at Cepheid, a leader in molecular diagnostics and Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), a leader in critical care, hemostasis and point-of-care diagnostics.

​Silvia received her undergraduate and master's degree in Finance and International Management from ESADE, a Top-Ranked European Business School. Silvia is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®), the highest distinction in the investment management profession as well as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), the standard of excellence in financial planning. In addition to understanding the complexities of the changing financial climate, Silvia is held to the most rigorous ethical standards by both designations.
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Silvia speaks English, Spanish, French and Catalan.

José Andrés Serrera

Analista de riesgos de negocio, experto en implantación y control de procedimientos internos, mentor a tiempo parcial, conocimientos en estrategias empresariales, desarrollo corporativo, innovación, geopolítica e inversiones.

10 años de experiencia en departamentos corporativos de empresas cotizadas.

Jaime Castello

Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universitat de València, MBA por Esade y Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) por la Universidad de Kingston (Londres).

Antes de su incorporación a Esade en 2005, desempeñó cargos de responsabilidad en las áreas de Marketing y Ventas en empresas multinacionales, tanto en el mercado español como en el exterior. En la actualidad, es profesor asociado del Departamento de Dirección de Marketing de Esade, donde coordina el área de Sales and Key Account Management, y es director del Executive Master en Marketing y Ventas (EMMV) de Esade en Madrid.

Además, es uno de los profesores de referencia en Esade en innovación pedagógica y aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías a la formación de directivos.

María Porta Ferrer

Specialities: Executive coaching, which consists of establishing an ongoing professional relationship to enable the coachee to:

• Develop further learning and discovery
• Commit to new actions
• Achieve extraordinary results in the professional sphere

My commitment to coachees is to provide them with a tool for developing their talent and potential starting in the present and moving towards the future. Over the course of the process, coachees learn to identify empowering or limiting beliefs, modify specific behaviours and develop skills to achieve their objectives. The process promotes a deeper understanding of how we relate to others and to ourselves. 

Language: English, Catalan and Spanish
Certification: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation 

 

Carmen Ansotegui

Profesora ordinaria del Departamento de Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad en Esade.

Es Licenciada en Administración de Empresas, Máster en Teoría Económica y Doctora en Economía, lo que le ha proporcionado una amplia visión del mundo de las finanzas. Es profesora del Departamento de Control y Dirección Financiera de ESADE, donde ha compaginado las tareas docentes e investigadoras. Su investigación se ha centrado en mercados de capitales y valoración de activos.

Sus actividades de investigación se centran actualmente en la financiación alternativa y Banca en la sombra

Sagar Gwalani

After my Master's at Esade, I returned to Mumbai to startup my Education venture. A couple years down the line, I lead Marketing & Communications for a Fintech venture in the Alternative Financing space. In my role, I build marketing and content strategy and drive ecosystem partnerships for the brand.

When I'm not working, I dabble with some stand-up comedy and a few other forms of content. 

Always excited to meet new people and hear more stories :)

Esade Program: MSc Marketing management, 2016-17

Luciana Victorio

Ejecutiva con 10 años de experiencia profesional en el sector de consumo masivo e industrial de Perú y España. Administradora de profesión por la Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Perú). 

Apasionada por el desarrollo de personas y equipos, por el trabajo bien hecho y el buen balance vida laboral-personal. Cantante aficionada, amante de la cultura mediterránea, disfruta mucho de hacer deporte por las mañanas y viajar con la familia al menos 1 vez al año.

Adriena Badal Chamaki

Adriena began her marketing career in the mobile gaming industry and has since worked across multiple industries for tech companies in Silicon Valley. Her passion for understanding consumer behavior has led her to her current role as Sr. Product Marketing Manager of an international communications app, where she leverages her knowledge to influence user behaviors in order to drive adoption and retention. 

In her spare time, she is an avid soccer player and enjoys the hustle of city life in San Francisco. 

Anthony Vallance-Owen

I am in the middle of my Full Time MBA (graduate 2022) and I am the current MBASA President.  Prior to the MBA I had a 14 year career with PwC spending approximately the first half in audit/ assurance and the last in M&A and capital markets. I had the opportunity to live and work in the UK and Vancouver as well as extensive travel around the world.  Although, as you have probably worked out, this “experience” puts me firmly at the older end of the MBA class!  

I am using the MBA to facilitate a move into the Healthcare sector, preferably in Barcelona, and with that in mind will be starting my internship with Werfen this summer.  

Outside of the MBA I enjoy spending time with my new born first child Guillermo and my wife Anna (originally from Barcelona) as well as being a passionate ultra runner.
 

Kelvin Collado

Ingeniero de Proyectos Senior en Portafolio Inmobiliario 

Isabel Najera

Isa has over 18 years of international experience across the the functions of business development, commercial operations strategy, marketing and pricing. Her current field of work is innovative technology in the sports media industry. Isa is an experienced, self-motivated professional, having helped clients worldwide in a diverse range of sectors to successfully scale businesses on a global basis. As a result, she has a unique ability to succeed in managing multidisciplinary projects that involve a variety of complex challenges and require maximum flexibility and multi-tasking. Isa has a background in International Relations, and speaks Spanish, English and German.

Follow me on instagram: @Isa.najerar

Luis Fernández de la Vega

Country Manager y Director Comercial, con más de 20 años de experiencia en gestión de equipos en diferentes sectores. Desde 2015, Director Comercial de Gomà-Camps Consumer, empresa del sector del papel y uno de los líderes en fabricación de MDD para la gran distribución. PMD 08. Miembro de la junta de Esade Alumni Aragón desde 2010. Aficionado al golf y a un buen vino, sobre todo si es compartido.

Periklis Tsoulos

Passionate about exploring and intrigued by challenge, after I studied in the business schools of 4 European countries I started building experience in management consulting and financial analysis of international projects.

I like crunching numbers and building business plans and financial reports. So far, I am working for corporates but partnering with start-ups and small businesses to explore growth opportunities would be extra inspiring. On the side, I love traveling and releasing all my energy left on my new hobby, squash.

Priyanka Gelli

Priyanka Gelli is I am a Full-time MBA (2011 batch) graduate. After the MBA, she went back to my roots of continuing to pursue a career in Finance. She has worked in Equity Research with a special focus on the Banking Sector in India. However, her keen interest in the people development field eventually led her to become a qualified Life Coach. Today, she has her own practice in Mumbai and Coach Individuals from different lifestyles.

InHwa Jeon

I am an expert in financial evaluation, credit review of corporations, credit rating adjustment for companies, and credit rating system development with over 15 years experiences in the guarantee insurance industry and now I am invlolved in underwriting of surety line and Bond XoL in the reinsurance department"

Bart Laboga

Risk Policy Manager, Deutsche Bank AG

In his more than 15 years with financial industry, Bart has gained extensive experience with Risk Management, Group Finance, Global Technology and Project Management having worked in different roles in Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. Since graduating from his FT MBA in 2013 he is located in Frankfurt being active member of local ESADE Alumni Chapter. Between 2013 and 2016 Bart coordinated MBA Summer Internship Program in Deutsche Bank’ Group Finance Global Technology, allowing number of ESADE MBA students get their practical experience in banking in Frankfurt. Like most of the ESADE community, he is passionate about travelling, learning about new cultures as well as embracing and promoting diversity.

Miquel Colet

Miquel has spent the last 14 years (split between California and New Jersey) as the CEO for the USA and Canada of VIBIA, a leading high-end decorative lighting brand. Previously he worked as CFO or Financial Controller in several companies from different industries in Barcelona. Always eager to lead, learn and to proactively get involved, he has been part of the Board of the ESADE Alumni NY Chapter as a Vice President or President for the past 6 years.

Joan Miquel Malagelada

With more than 25 years of experience in the automotive sector, both in Spain and Germany, I have worked as Marketing and Commercial Director of the Volkswagen, SEAT, Audi and Hyundai brands.

I am currently an independent consultant (automotivemarketing.es), in addition to collaborating with ESADE Alumni as a mentor and president of the Automotive and Mobility Club.

MY PERSONAL BLOG: http://www.foroautomocion.com/

WEB AS CONSULTANT: https://www.automotivemarketing.es/

Ignacio Bravo

Managing Partner in Commercial Consulting

Thanks to extensive experience as a Business Unit Director in a leading company in the automotive and industrial sectors, he has created ByJ Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in commercial and sales. We specialize in making a deep diagnosis of the Commercial Area of a company, and propose an action plan, getting involved in the implementation. He is an MBA Esade and with extensive experience as Chairman of the Administration Council in a multinational company.

Irakli Rogava

Hi, my name is Irakli and I am ESADE MBA graduate from Co2017. After finishing my MBA studies I have joined IKEA supply chain team in Älmhult where IKEA was born 70 years ago. I am privileged to represent ESADE Alumni in Sweden and to help build a strong collaboration between ESADE and IKEA. Looking forward to supporting ESADE community in connecting with Swedish talent as well as with the business represented in Sweden.

Aleyois Haro Peralta

Experiencia en políticas públicas relacionadas con la investigación y la innovación, particularmente en Estrategias para la Especialización Inteligente (RIS3). Acostumbrada a trabajar en la interfaz ciencia, empresa y política con el objetivo de fortalecer las dinámicas de innovación y competitividad Regional.
Mi pasión es generar el mayor impacto posible para mejorar nuestra sociedad. Me encanta conversar y si es con un buen vino, mejor.

Thomas Gehard Pfenning

My current main focus is the management of new venture developments in Israel on behalf of a German investment group. My responsibilities range from identifying new business opportunities to their actual implementation. Besides, I am representing the investment group in renewable energy endeavors in Eastern Europe.

I am passionate about the Israeli high-tech scene as well as in general about innovation and sustainability. Through the experiences and the network, which I have gained here while setting up a new business, I am always happy to be the first point of contact not only for new Alumni in Israel but also for international corporations that seek to harness the potential of the start-up nation.

In my free time, I enjoy challenging myself during races, gaining new insights into the Israeli mindset by studying Hebrew and exploring new places around the globe.

Lucía Lagunas Reyes

My name is Lucia Lagunas, I am 28 years old and I have a Law Degree from the Public University of Navarra. Subsequently, I completed an optional Master's Degree in Access to Law, completing it with the postgraduate course in International Business Law, at the Esade Law School.

Simultaneously to my specialization in international business law, I took the course of Skills and Management for lawyers, in Esade. This new training has allowed me to acquire more international knowledge applied at all times to Spanish and European Law, as well as to develop new essential skills in the practice of the 21st century, such as leadership, negotiation, work. as a team, motivation and empathy, among others.

I consider myself a proactive, disciplined person, with initiative and eager for improvement every day.

Regarding my professional aspect, I started doing internships in Pamplona, ​​in the area of ​​Corporate Law at ARPA Abogados Consultores and subsequently, I undertook an international career in the legal department of a German company, VR. LEASING, Aktiengesellschaft, located in Frankfurt (Germany).

Once in Spain again, I have worked for two and a half years as a lawyer in the area of ​​Real Estate & Foreign Investment in an office in Barcelona and currently, I continue to train and work as a lawyer in the area of ​​Corporate & New Technologies in the office of Miliners SLP lawyers

Núria Agell

Director of the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences and professor of the ESADE Busines School. Degree in Mathematical Sciences. University of Barcelona (UB) and PhD in Mathematics Applied by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). His research areas focus on Artificial Intelligence, in particular in ways of reasoning and his relationship with multi-criteria decision making. He has been president of the Catalan Association of Artificial Intelligence (2006-2010). He has led several research projects with both public and private funding. He has more than 50 publications in international magazines of recognized impact. He is currently participating in the editorial board of the international Journal "Information Fusion Journal".

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nuria_Agell 

Pilar Baltar

Asociada Sénior del área de Derecho Laboral en Roca Junyent. Durante los últimos 15 años se ha hecho cargo del asesoramiento jurídico recurrente y continuo a empresas del sector privado y público, tanto nacionales como especialmente internacionales, atendiendo a las necesidades diarias y dando soporte a los Responsables de Recursos Humanos en la gestión de personal. Asimismo, se encarga del asesoramiento en operaciones transnacionales a empresas internacionales, dando apoyo a los responsables de las mismas en su gestión y también respecto a sucursales y filiales extranjeras en España, así como del desplazamiento de trabajadores a nivel internacional. Miembro de la comisión de derecho laboral de AIJA. Especialista en materia de compliance laboral, asesorando a las empresas en los procedimientos de investigación y auditoria respecto a los modelos de prevención de delitos, colaborando en el Máster de Compliance en la Universidad Abat Oliba CEU.

Carles Altés

“M’apassionen les persones, el seu desenvolupament, i generar entorns estables des del punt de vista psicosocial i innovadors des del punt de vista del negoci.”

En Carles és coach executiu i facilitador del canvi organitzacional i del desenvolupament del lideratge. Té més de 20 anys d’experiència professional en les àrees de l’estratègia, la negociació, el disseny organitzacional, la gestió del canvi, la formació i el coaching. És un professional sènior que integra l’experiència en desenvolupament del negoci amb el desenvolupament personal. Treballa com a coach per al desenvolupament directiu en diferents programes de les Nacions Unides i en empreses de l’IBEX 35. Una altra àrea d’especialització és el coaching de negocis, en què col·labora amb l’Agència Europea per a la Petita i Mitjana Empresa en el desenvolupament de start-ups i de projectes altament innovadors.

En Carles és llicenciat en Ciències Polítiques i Relacions Internacionals. A Esade, ha fet el Programme for Management Development l’any 2006 i el programa Coaching i Consultoria pel Canvi el 2009. És coach certificat per la ICF. Ha fet estudis i ha obtingut certificacions amb rellevants referents del món del desenvolupament organitzacional, com el Barrett Values Centre de Richard Barrett, el Presencing Institute d’Otto Scharmer i l’Institut Relacional de Joan Quintana. És un apasionat de la mindfulness i del ioga, que integra en les seves intervencions.”

Daniel Sánchez

Licenciado y MBA por Esade y MBA por la Universidad de Chicago. 

Cofundador y general partner de Nauta Capital, una empresa de capital riesgo tecnológico, nacida en Barcelona y que actualmente tiene oficinas en Londres y Múnich. Adquirió experiencia como consultor de M&A en Deloitte y como director general adjunto de Taurus. Ha sido miembro de la Junta Directiva de la asociación europea de capital privado Invest Europe y de ASCRI-Asociación Española de Capital, Crecimiento en Inversión.  

Ha sido colaborador y profesor ayudante de Esade en diversas etapas, impartiendo asignaturas de Finanzas, Estrategia y Expansión Internacional de la Empresa.  

Said Sawaf

Following an undergraduate degree in the United States, Said joined his family business group with a view of evolving it into the next generation. Having experienced the golden years of Dubai’s evolution between 2002 and 2007, he elected to join ESADE’s accelerated year-long MBA program. Since graduating, Said subsequently established two additional subsidiaries within his family’s Middle East, European and Latin American architectural lighting conglomerate.  Said is an entrepreneur who operates at the nexus of negotiating strategic partnerships, accessing new markets and propelling value creation by leveraging opportunities within the realms of lighting, architecture, construction and IoT.

Andrea Oriol

“I’m the daughter of a diplomat, born in Brussels where I spent the first two years of my life, before moving every few years. I’ve lived in Spain, Vietnam, Australia and Bulgaria, I studied in Spain at Esade, then did my Master CEMS in Canada, an internship in Nicaragua and worked for five years in a consultancy company that allowed me to live between Africa and Latin America. I’ve been in Brussels since 2017. I’m the local representative of La Liga, the Spanish professional football league. I support its work in the institutional field: collaboration with Spanish authorities and European institutions in matters such as integrity and security, the fight against piracy, the regulatory framework that e-sports are taking, the impact of Brexit on player transfers, CSR projects, and even the fight against gender inequality in the sports industry. I love sports, so try to go to the gym every day and, should the weather allow, workout outdoors. I really enjoy the cultural scene of Brussels, so will head to any new art exhibition or launch. Brussels is ideal for networking and it’s perfect for weekend getaways. To me it’s a very cosy and easy city and it’s at the heart of everything that involves and impacts Europe; I think it’s
fascinating!”

Luis Rico

Luis Rico trained as a Civil Engineer in Spain and has extensive experience working in Water and Highway Sectors. He has worked in Spain, UK, Turkey and Algeria. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member if the Institution of Civi Engineers. Currently he works for Turner & Townsend, a Programme and Project Management company, where he is seconded to the Environment Agency supporting their flood defence capital programme as a Senior Project Manager. He carried out a Programme for Leadership Development at Esade in 2013. He’s been living in London for the last three years and personal development is one of his passions.

Josep M. Costa

Diversos puestos de Dirección Técnica, Operativa y de Desarrollo de Nogocio en servicios para la industria, especialmente del sector del automóvil local e internacional, prestados en grandes Compañías multinacionales.

Xavier Lavall

Al acabar la carrera de Administración y Dirección de Empresas en Esade, me incorporé a la empresa familiar de Artes Gráficas ocupándome de la dirección.

Actualmente, compagino la Dirección de Proyectos de Creación y Producción Gráfica con la Dirección de WHERIS: empresa de la que soy cofundador y que se dedica a la Accesibilidad Universal (Discapacidad Visual, Auditiva y dificultad lectora) de la información, tanto impresa como digital.

Susana Sebastiá

Licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Zaragoza. PMD ESADE 2008. PDG IESE Business School 2019.

Cuenta con una experiencia de 20 años ocupando posiciones directivas en importantes compañías del sector sociosanitario.

Especializada en Gestión, ha desempeñado puestos de Dirección de Operaciones y Dirección de División, contribuyendo al crecimiento y transformación este sector, que hoy en día es un referente a nivel económico y de generación de empleo.

A lo largo de su trayectoria ha trabajado conjuntamente con la Administración Pública en la puesta en marcha y desarrollo de diferentes servicios, por lo que es una firme defensora de la colaboración público-privada.

Desde 2019 es Asset Management Director en Healthcare Activos, plataforma de inversión especializada en activos inmobiliarios del sector salud y atención a la dependencia.

Ana Puig Palomar

I guide individuals and teams in personal and group development processes and help organisations with a genuine desire to improve. I develop their leadership capacity and personal and interpersonal skills to enable them to achieve the best results as a team sustainably over time. I have more than 25 years of experience in management, having held business-management positions at various national and international companies.

Session languages: Spanish, Catalan and English

Main certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Coaches Training Institute
• Leadership Certification, The Leadership Circle
• Relational Styles – Bridge
   

Berta Santos Rouco

I provide guidance to people who are undergoing professional transition processes; people in the legal and engineering sectors who are facing new challenges that require management and team-leading skills; and women who wish to strengthen their female leadership. 

Languages: Spanish 

Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation
 

Clàudia Cornella Durany

My specialty is guiding leaders through their personal and professional development in changing times and environments. The goal of this process is to help them develop influential and motivational leadership so that they can achieve their goals, increase their performance, improve their team’s results and, at the same time, help them live fuller and happier personal and professional lives. 
I do all this through change management, development of executive skills (soft skills), emotional intelligence, self-leadership and team leadership.

Coaching Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Certifications: Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation; Associate Certified Coach (CAC), Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)

Igor Nishimura’s Ikigai

Mr. Igor Nishimura’s Ikigai is to democratize access to learning, creation and self-development through entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, helping people to understand how business, investment and culture/essence work, interconnect and impact our lives, so that everyone can make better decisions and accomplish their objectives/purposes.

Igor holds a Bachelor’s degree from EAESP-FGV with major in Corporate Finance & International Management, a CEMS Master of Science in International Management @ ESADE Barcelona and @ HEC Paris, an Executive Education @ Harvard Business School with focus in Private Equity and Venture Capital and an Executive Education @ Singularity University. He was also a Board Member of CEMS Alumni Association and its Treasurer, being awarded as the CEMS Alumnus of the Year in 2013. He was Board Member of exGV (EAESP-FGV Alumni Association), President of ESADE Alumni Association (Chapter Brazil) and a member at Harvard Angels of Brazil and HEC Paris Alumni Association.

Igor has lived abroad for more than 12 years, accumulating a broad international and diversified industry experience. He held positions in blue-chip companies such as Fininvest-Unibanco (BR), Unilever Bestfoods (BR), ECS Elitegroup (ES), L'Oréal Madrid (ES), Ferrari-Maserati West Europe (FR), BNP Paribas (FR), SAP (DE) and UBS Wealth Management and Investment Bank (CH, BS, UK and US).

Currently he is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ MAGNET Venture Capital (Proprietary Impact Investment Fund), Board Member @ InTaxi Media (MediaTech), Co-Founder & Board Member @ Kodo Interactive (EdTech), Co-Founder & Board Member @ Academy FW|10 (Venture Builder), Financial Advisory Board @ AUDEN Educacional (EdTech) and Co-Founder & Board Member @ CBKK (Socio-environmental Impact Investment with initial focus in the Amazon Rainforest).

In terms of Philanthropy, Mr. Nishimura was a Latin America Philanthropy Circle Member @ Synergos and was a Founder Member @ NEB (Nikkey Empreendedores do Brasil).

SPECIALTIES:
Venture Capital / Impact Investments / Entrepreneurship, Capital Raise (Club Deals, Private Placements, Secondary Sale), Wealth Management (UHNW Clients & Global Family Offices), Investment Bank (Concentrated Equity Stake - Origination & Structuring), Margin
Loans, Fund Structuring.

Kelly Pettersen

Kelly Pettersen is Global Head of Business Development, Sales and Marketing at Lendingblock, an institutionally focused cryptocurrency lending firm based in London, UK. Prior to joining Lendingblock, Kelly oversaw European Marketing for BNY Mellon’s largest revenue generating business, Asset Servicing. Earlier, Kelly held various strategic marketing roles at Macquarie in New York and London. Kelly started her career at BMO Capital Markets. 

Kelly is an executive with over 10 years of international experience helping companies of all sizes achieve growth. She has a track record building innovative tech start-ups with a focus on fintech and has led multi-million-dollar strategic projects and transformational marketing and sales-driven initiatives in the finance and banking sector. Kelly is a valued and sought-after advisor to start-ups, on topics across the entire business lifecycle ranging from fundraising and product market fit through to go-to-market strategy and scaling operations. Kelly is an endlessly curious person, with an open mind and passion for diversity and for how technology can positively shape the future of the financial industry.

Kelly is a former US collegiate student athlete completing her undergraduate degree at Providence College. She is currently living in London, UK and earned her Executive MBA from Esade Business & Law School in Spain. 
 

Cristina Bergua Llena

She is Spanish, now for 19 years in Switzerland. Currently based in Geneva, she previously spent several years in Lugano. Married with 2 kids.

Tax Advisor and Senior Wealth Manager with a large clientele based in several countries. 
Engaged and passionate about human beings.
She is positive, energetic, persistent and solving problems.
Convinced about the importance of the team spirit, cultural exchanges and regular brainstormings. 
We do not lead alone. A team is a plus.
 

Javier Bécares Barbosa

Ayudo a personas que quieren dar un nuevo impulso a su carrera profesional para desarrollar su potencial y conseguir objetivos retadores mediante herramientas de coaching ejecutivo

Trabajo con empresarios, directivos y familiares de Empresas Familiares en procesos de cambio generacional o en situaciones de conflicto familia/empresa. 

Colaboro con equipos que quieren alcanzar un nivel superior de rendimiento trabajando su cohesión, compromiso, comunicación y productividad. 

Mi formación y experiencia como Ingeniero de Caminos y MBA hacen que desarrolle un estilo de coaching aterrizado, con objetivos y resultados concretos y medibles.  

Idiomas: castellano, inglés. 

Certificación ACC de ICF 

Patricia Fernández

Patricia Fernandez, originally from Barcelona,  after 6+ years in London is now working for Moet Hennessy (LVMH group)  in London. She is passionate about the world of Wine & Spirits as well as Global Travel Retail. She is responsible for driving sales & delivering best in class marketing activities in Airports, Cruises and Ferries across the UK & Spain.  

Patricia holds BBA and Master’s degree from Esade Business School, where she is now the President of the Chapter UK. She truly enjoys working with team creating content for our talents to connect and keep inspiring futures in the UK.

Andrea Sala

Business Process Consultant Part of the Zurich chapter board and loving to see how we grow and mature y con mucha illusion de ayudar a mis companeros a desarrollar el chapter y de seguir formando parte de la "Esade community"!

Madre de 2 "pre-teens" y disfrutando de la vida en Suiza, el chocolate y las montanas :)

As a Business Process Consultant based in Zurich, and having developed my career in several multinationals, leading the delivery of complex business transformation programs across departments, industries and geographies, I am now enjoying a new career path as an consultant helping companies redesigning their processes with the aim of gaining efficiencies and effectiveness, riding the wave and enjoying meeting new people, continue to learn and stepping out of my comfort zone!

Sara Llerins

TBD

José Manuel Casasnovas Casasnovas

José Manuel spent most of his career in the paint division of AkzoNobel (1976-2012), apart from a short period as export manager at Merquinsa (1987-1990). Since 2012, CEO at Roldós Media, an advertising media company founded by his great grandfather in 1872.

Patron of several Jesuit foundations.
 

Vanessa Asenjo

Events responsible

Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration ESADE  I started my professional career in Smartmission, a German start-up introduced in Spain by United Surgical Partners. It provided an integral supply management platform for medical assets through Internet. Then I joined USP Hospitales, where I was involved in all functional areas and departments, from Finance, Procurement and Strategy areas, to leading the definition and implementation of the Quality and Patient Care Department in all USP hospitals. I performed a management role, taking care of budget, forecast, business plans, operations and processes, leading the respective teams.

In 2012, I joined Antares Consulting, a consultancy firm specialized in strategy, management and technology in health, life sciences and social services, as a Sales and Quality Manager. Two years later, I co-founded Dubitat, the first global mobile platform for healthcare professionals intended to solve the doubts of their own patients, while maintaining their privacy and information confidentiality, charging for this service.

Sebastian Sandler

Sebastian Sandler is a Senior Business Analyst at Raiffeisenbank International AG (RBI) in Vienna where is working on overarching Business and IT projects. The projects relate to Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting and also impact the CEE Network Banks of RBI. In addition, he is responsible for the Bank Steering of the Austrian subsidiaries.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) regards Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment bank, as well as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market. 13 markets of the region are covered by subsidiary banks. Additionally, the Group comprises numerous other financial service providers, for instance in the fields of leasing, asset management, as well as M&A.
 
Prior to RBI Mr. Sandler was heading the Controlling, Accounts Payable and Regulatory Reporting section at BayernLB New York. During that time, he also joined the Board of the ESADE International Chapter New York.
 
Mr. Sandler earned an MBA in International Business Administration from ESADE Business School  and Georgetown University in the GEMBA program. He graduated from Dual University Heidenheim with a Diploma in Business and IT.

Clara Maoqing Lin

Hola! I’m Clara Lin, from Chengdu, China. I’ve worked and studied in Singapore, Mexico, Spain and of course, China. After my MBA , I settled in Shanghai and worked with several startups in SaaS, Banking and Online Media industry. Currently, I’m running my own consulting company - Starluz, which provides business strategic consulting and marketing management services for Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and SMEs.

I´m passionate about learning new things and meeting new people. I enjoy organizing events, especially ESADE Alumni Events, to bring people together, to exchange ideas and to inspire each other. I like reading books, watching movies , exploring restaurants and discovering new places.

Erinn Wright

Erinn is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and former BBA exchange student at ESADE Business school. As a Development Associate for international NGO, Well Aware, Erinn focuses on fundraising, communications, and developing growth for the nonprofit's clean water work. She is passionate about people and creating sustainable social impact that effectively addresses society's most pressing issues. She graduated with a BBA in marketing and plans to pursue a Master's degree within the social innovation sector.

Stefan Hoester

Orchestrating agile transformation and building lean startups at HRS, a global player in the corporate travel arena: Experienced consultant and manager with professional experience in e-commerce and the corporate travel arena. Believes that purpose creates value for our employees and customers. Builds lean business models, startups and organizations that focus on creating value and learnings for the Chief Operating Officer. Skilled in building and leading winning teams through effective recruiting, coaching and mentoring. Strong customer and partner management with an empathetic communication, the skillset of an MBA from ESADE Business School and the mindset of a digital native.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/stephan.weisser

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/3.blanco/

José Alberto Ramírez

José Alberto es un profesional con 25 años de experiencia en el sector automoción. Tras estudiar Derecho en la Universidad de Granada y realizar el MBA en Esade, se incorporó a Ford Credit desde donde inició su carrera en Ford Motor Company en diversos puestos de gerencia en el área comercial y de marketing. Con un intervalo de 8 años como Director de RACC en Andalucía, vuelve a trabajar en Ford en el área de Vehículos Industriales como responsable nacional de Vehículos Transformados.

Joan Colom

Llicenciat en Medicina per la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, diplomat en Salut Pública per la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad, màster en Gestió Directiva d’ESADE i màster de Drogodependències per la Universitat de Barcelona.  

És sub-director general de Drogodependències i Director del Programa de Prevenció, Control i Atenció al VIH, les Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual i les Hepatitis Víriques del Departament de Salut de Catalunya (GENCAT). És membre de la Comisión Interautonómica del Plan Nacional sobre Drogues i coordinador autonòmic del Plan Nacional sobre el Sida. Ha estat assessor de l’Organització Mundial de la Salut i coordinador de diversos projectes de la Unió Europea.  

Autor de més de 50 articles i publicacions nacionals i internacionals en l’àmbit de les drogodependències i coautor de tots els plans estratègics sobre drogues a Catalunya. Ha estat membre de més de 25 comitès científics.  

És professor del Màster de Drogodependències de la Universitat de Barcelona i participa en múltiples conferències i seminaris tant a Catalunya i a l’Estat espanyol com a l’estranger. 

Ha rebut diversos premis i reconeixements com el Premi Reina Sofia de prevenció de les drogodependències, el Premi a la millor iniciativa de recerca del Diario Médico, el Reconeixement per part de l’Assemblea Europea de Regions com a millor política europea en relació amb l’alcohol, el Premi Ignasi Fina de Salut Laboral, el Reconeixement com a bones practiques sobre violència de gènere i drogues del Ministerio de Salud o el Paolo Pertica Award, concedit per Knowledge•Action•Change a la millor política de Reducció de Danys en l’àmbit de les drogodependències, entre d’altres.  

Actualment és el president del Club de Direcció Pública d’ESADE.

Cristina Franch Arnau

CVM Senior campaign management at Vodafone.
Enthusiastic and committed. Allergic to the status quo. Eager to explore, analyse and move beyond. As a team lead, I believe all of us can make a difference with the right motivation and direction. For my future, I regard to keep learning and pushing myself out of the comfort zone.

Lorena Sánchez

Lorena Sánchez has a Law Degree from the University of Pompeu Fabra (2005), Master in International Business Law (DIN) from ESADE (2009) and Program for Management Development (PMD) from ESADE (2015); He has completed specialization courses at the Università degli Studi Roma III, Edimburgh University, ICADE and INSEAD. Currently, she is the Legal Director at MARTIDERM Group, where she coordinates legal and compliance issues. He has worked as a Legal Counsel for eight years in the URIACH pharmaceutical company, in addition to working as a Legal Counsel in other multinationals in the service sector. Since September 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Law Club.

Antonio Alés

I was born in the 60s and I consider myself a "Perennial", the ageless generation! . In 2013 I celebrated the fiftieth anniversary. Being surplus quota allowed me to get rid of the Military Service, finish my academic training and enter the labor market without interruptions.

I consider myself the fruit of multinationals. I accumulate more than 30 years of experience in 3 technology companies. During these 6 years I have had the luxury of leading strategic and operational areas. Having a permanent, avant-garde and real-time training is priceless! 7 years ago I focused on promoting intrapreneurship and managing change processes.

Since April 2019 I have a new challenge in Schneider Electric: direct the strategy and implement the new Client Software platforms to improve your user experience in the journey towards the Digital Transformation of the complex B2B environment.

All this multicultural and multidisciplinary baggage gives me a broad business vision and an enormous capacity for adaptation, as well as the virtue of promoting transformation projects, or business development, in highly volatile and uncertain VUCA scenarios.

On a personal level, I have a passion to undertake, innovate and motivate teams. I love technology and simplicity, I like intrigues, dilemmas and the art of magic, as well as reinventing day to day. My experience in intrapreneurship encourages me to advise startups and, my motivation for innovation and technology, lead me to support ESADE Alumni within the Board of Directors of the Business Innovation & Technologies Club and the ESADE Business Angels network BAN, as "collaborative startup advisor".

I have learned that companies are "living beings", with the obligation to evolve. If they don't, they disappear. As I would say @Darwin, it is a simple matter of adaptation!
 

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Montserrat Escoda Martínez

Tourism Professional with over 25 years of experience, Tourist Activities Technician and Diploma in Restoration from HTSI-Ramon Llull, with postgraduate studies in Tourism Management and Management DGT06 in Esade.

Specialist in Hotel Management and Events, with great experience in Operations and Commercial Strategy. Creative, analytical and methodical, although I always leave some room for improvisation ...

I like to learn and grow surrounded by passionate professionals, who inspire to progress, and at the same time, train those who want to learn from me.

Lover of life, of human relations and cultures, with the great luck of having traveled the five continents. I believe in the power of people, and music as the guiding thread of our most intimate feelings.

Quique Hernández

Con 30 años de carrera corporativa en compañías de Gran Consumo incluyendo la Dirección General de PepsiCo Snacks para el Sur de Europa, siempre ha estado interesado e involucrado en temas de Diversidad e inclusión. Durante los últimos 10 años ha sido miembro del Comité Europeo de D&I en PepsiCo y el Sponsor Ejecutivo del Comité de D&I para el Sur de Europa. 

Es miembro de Eje&Con (Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s) participante regular de LEAD Network (Leading Executives Advancing Diversity), forma parte del movimiento solidario para la equidad de género auspiciado por la ONU HeForShe y ahora miembro de la Ejecutiva de ESADE ALUMNI WE.

Sonia Madurga

Passionate about technology, especially the ones changing how we operate on a daily basis and help businesses to be customer centric.
Currently leading EMEA business development for Google Cloud Platform in SMB segment at Google and actively collaborating with start-ups.
In my personal life, I love to spend time with friends and family, travel to discover new cultures and dance latin music.

Pedro Arellano

Dirige procesos de cambio organizativo e implantación estratégica. Experiencia de gobierno y gestión general en ámbito público y privado, así como en empresa familiar, starups, pymes y corporaciones en sectores logístico, inmobiliario, educativo, salud, tecnología, industria y gran consumo. Actualmente es Adjunto Dirección General del Port de Barcelona, Consejero de empresas y Patrono de Fundació Cares. Es Licenciado en Ciencias del Trabajo, MBA por ESADE, PDG por IESE y diploma en consultoría de Empresa Familiar por el Family Firm Institute.

Francesc Gibert

Socio responsable de KPMG para Cataluña, Baleares y Andorra, que tiene bajo su responsabilidad cuatro oficinas y 850 profesionales que trabajan en los ámbitos de la auditoría, los servicios fiscales y legales y el asesoramiento.

Tiene más de 25 años de experiencia en auditoría y asesoramiento, en ámbitos como el desarrollo corporativo, las transacciones, la regulación bancaria, el gobierno corporativo y el control interno. Entre sus clientes figuran las principales entidades financieras españolas e internacionales con presencia en España. Asimismo, ha colaborado con entidades no financieras y del sector público. Además, participa habitualmente como ponente de cursos sobre sus ámbitos de especialización, en que destacan los destinados a los consejos de administración de las entidades cotizadas.

Anteriormente, fue responsable del sector financiero y de mercados en Cataluña, y de los Risk Advisory Services para toda España de KPMG.

Javier Navarro

Socio director de Vinca Capital Corporate Finance.

Juan José Suárez

Su carrera profesional ha estado ligada a la consultoría estratégica y actualmente es brand manager en DIAMANTO 1881. 
Como integrante del club de marketing de Madrid, busca los mejores profesionales y temáticas para compartir conocimiento en Alumni y generar networking y oportunidades entre los asociados.

Marta Pedrerol

Licenciada en medicina y cirugía por la Universidad de Barcelona. Especialidad en medicina de familia y comunitaria; con una  trayectoria profesional desarrollada en el sector público de la salud con  diferentes responsabilidades directivas en el ámbito hospitalario y de atención primaria; así como en  la Gerencia de la Región sanitaria de Girona ( Catsalut ).  

• 2014 Máster en Dirección y  Administración Pública en Esade
• 2008 Máster en Gestión y Metodología de la Calidad Asistencial en la UAB  
• 2000 Postgrado en Dirección  Servicio  Integrados de Salud en Esade
• 1997 Postgrado en Gestión empresarial y Atención Primaria en la Universidad Barcelona

Lluis Lana

Más de 30 años de experiencia en el sector asegurador, básicamente en áreas directivas, comerciales y formación. Carrera profesional en varias aseguradoras y corredurías. Experto en previsión social complementaria. Actuario de Seguros y Economista (UB). Máster en Finanzas en Esade. 

Jaime Tarrazon

Después de hacer las practicas del BBA en París, decidí volver a esta ciudad tan cultural a principios de 2017. Desde entonces trabajo en Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont, en el departamento de Marketing y me encargo de las animaciones comerciales y el pricing de las salas de cine.

El Chapter de Esade Alumni París es una buena oportunidad para evadirse del día a día y encontrarse con otros Alumnis con diferentes backgrounds. Te esperamos en cualquier de nuestros eventos: charlas sobre la actualidad, cenas o simplemente un afterwork para brindar todos juntos.

Meritxell Hereu

Más de 15 años de experiencia en SUPPLY CHAIN, concretamente en planificación, compras, gestión de stocks, producción en terceros y logística. Estudié Ingeniera Industrial y el MBA en Esade.  

Formar parte del Club de Operaciones de Esade me ha permitido tener acceso a una red de contactos con los que intercambiar opiniones, experiencias y hacer buenas amistades, estar al día de las últimas tendencias y conocer otros entornos dentro del área de operaciones para ampliar mi conocimiento del mercado.

J. Álvaro Villanueva

Ingeniero Industrial por la Universidad de Oviedo.
Actualmente ocupa el cargo de Director General de Grupo Intermark, consultora tecnológica y de marketing que ofrece servicios en el área de la comunicación, la transformación tecnológica, la industria 4.0 y la ciberseguridad industrial, con más de 200 profesionales. A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional, siempre ha estado ligado al mundo industrial y de la tecnología, ayudando a que la tecnología de soporte a los procesos tanto industriales como de gestión.

Miguel Mas

Ha cursado del Executive MBA de Esade (2005-2006); el IMP, programa internacional de ventas y marketing, en el Grupo VW (2013-2014), y el Máster en Asesoría Jurídica del Instituto de Empresa (1995-1996).

Es director de Compras y Transportes del Volkswagen Group España Distribución (empresa distribuidora de vehículo del Grupo VW en España, que engloba las marcas VW, Audi, Skoda y LCV).

Tiene 25 años de experiencia profesional, los últimos 20 en el sector de la automoción, desempeñando distintas responsabilidades directivas. Anteriormente, trabajó en Acciona, como responsable de la cuenta de Facility Management de Nissan España, DB Transfesa y Ferrovial.

Posee una visión global del negocio, es proactivo y está habituado a trabajar con equipos multidisciplinarios.

En los últimos años, ha ampliado su formación específica en temas de innovación y digitalización en el MIT y en el ISDI de Harvard.
 

Beatriz Díaz Serrano

Coaching for executives and managers in transformation processes

Coaching for first-time managers: 

• Accessing strategies for success when faced with the challenge of managing teams for the first time
• Reflecting on the differences between a leader and a manager and applying these insights on a day-to-day basis
• Understanding power, authority and respect 
• How to build a top team 
• Setting limits through assertiveness and effective delegation

Coaching high-performance teams:
I help teams identify success strategies that will help them achieve their goals and generate other forms of learning that will take them to the next level, enabling them to become high-performance teams.

Language: Spanish

Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
 

Maggie Robb

Maggie Robb is an innovative operations professional.
She loves expanding her horizons and pushing her limits through travel and outdoor adventures. Passionate about empowering women in her community, equity and social impact, she has experience at multinational corporations and entrepreneurial ventures in multiple countries. She currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

Verónica Valls

Verónica es licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Málaga y Máster en Derecho de las TIC, redes sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por ESADE. Su carrera profesional la ha desarrollado en despachos y en empresas internacionales. Actualmente es abogada de Propiedad Intelectual e Industrial en Grupo Bimbo.

Rolando Carrazco

Ejecutivo con más de 15 años de experiencia. Actualmente me especializo en la adaptación de los negocios analógicos a un entorno digital, desde la definición de la estrategia y la automatización de procesos, hasta el acompañamiento comercial en la estrategia go-to-market. He implementado proyectos estratégicos en diversas industrias: automotriz, banca, microfinanzas, consultoría, seguros, medios, tecnología y educación en Latinoamérica.

Como ejecutivo corporativo, he trabajado en todos los niveles de la estrategia comercial, planificación, desarrollo y crecimiento en empresas como HSBC, Interbank, La Positiva y Pacífico Business School.

Me apasiona la docencia, colaboro como profesor y speaker de postgrado en diversas escuelas de negocio en Perú, Colombia y Centroamérica.
 

Xavier Roca

Bachelor in Business Administration ESADE (BBA '10 - '14) with exchange program at HEC Montréal.
Professional experience comes mostly from commercial roles in the Wealth Management (Banca March, UBS) and Fintech (Tink) industries. Since 2019, Xavier lives in Stockholm and works as an Account Manager at Tink, a leading open banking platform in Europe and one of Sweden's most promising scale-ups. 

Aurora Martinez Ramos

Always curious about learning new things. Passionate about innovation. Believer in making learning fun, simple and accessible to all through innovations in learning, digital products and services. VP & General Manager @Wiley. Strategic Advisor @Joint European Disruptive Initiative.

Aurora graduated with an Executive MBA in April 2018. She participates with ESADE Alumni and is a member of several clubs. Currently, she is VP & General Manager at Wiley & Sons and lives in NYC. She also devotes her time in the role of Strategic Advisor to the JEDI Foundation (Joint European Disruptive Initiative). Prior to this experience, she was the COO and Managing Director at Gamelearn--a game-based learning company. She is also the co-founder and CEO of EVERLEARNING. She spent the majority of her career in executive leadership positions for two of the world's largest education technology and services companies, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education, and for a ‘rising star’ Curriculum Associates where she learned about entrepreneurship and how to grow a start-up—skills that she was able to apply at Trinity Education as Senior Vice President. Over the years, the teams she has led has influenced the lives of millions of students, teachers and professors across the world. Lastly, she is co-leader of the Financial Forum at EjeCon (Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s).
 

Lourenço Reynolds de Sousa

I'm Lourenço from Lisbon, Portugal but I'm actually living in Barcelona where I have done the Full-Time MBA at ESADE with the 2019 class. My previous academic background was on Electrical and Computer Engineering and professionally before the MBA. I have reached the position of senior project manager at Efacec, an Energy Multinational Company. After my MBA internship in a Business Development position at Tesla, I'm now the head of Market Intelligence at Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution where I aim to shape mobility for our future generation and to come.

Outside the professional environment, I love to sail and play tennis and also travel to new places and meet different cultures. I also like to be challenged and live new experiences. I'm very interested in world history and in all topics related to transforming our planet into a big sustainable ecosystem.

The personal objective for life, I think we should always believe in ourselves and take the opportunities life gives us to learn and grow at all levels. If we have passion and the right motivation I believe everything is possible!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lourencoreynolds/

Guillermo Valles

Como Director de Procurement de Saica estoy a cargo de un equipo de profesionales con la responsabilidad de comprar y aprovisionar para las seis fábricas de papel de papel de la compañía en España, Francia y el Reino Unido.

El equipo se encarga además de liderar las compras centrales para las otras tres divisiones del grupo Saica. Participo además activamente en todas aquellas líneas de trabajo de las asociaciones sectoriales que tengan como objetivo incrementar la recogida y el reciclado del papel usado tanto en España como en Europa

Emili Sullà

After working for a year as an auditor, in 1979 he joined the ESADE department of finance management where he taught cost accounting, started the Executive Education management control course still available today, belonged to the team that started hospital management and until late 1999 was the coordinator of activities in Latin America.

2000 - 2018 managing director of Dentaid, SL
Currently involved with non-profit entities and is a board member of the Catalan Blood and Tissue Bank.

Omkar Wagh

Omkar Wagh is passionate about building water and wastewater infrastructure solutions in developing countries to fulfill needs of exponentially increasing population because of rapid urbanization. His core areas of operation are water distribution networks, water boosting pumping stations, water recycling plants and wastewater treatment. He is currently exploring how data analytics and IOT can address challenges of water shortage and energy losses.

Ying-Chih Chiu

Ying-Chih (Tiffany) Chiu, ESADE MBA Class of 2015 with exchange program in McCombs School of Business.

During the MBA, Tiffany was the vice president of Operations Club and had her summer internship in Vodafone Espana.

She now works as Product Marketing Manager in Microsoft Taiwan, in charge of Microsoft 365 Productivity Platform Go-To-Market strategy in Taiwan market. 

Marc Castañé

Passionate about digital, fast paced, innovative, disruptive and multicultural environments. After 7 years working as financial consultant in Barcelona, I started my Digital career in one of the fastest growing German Start-Ups in Europe, mainly in Marketing Operations, Business Analytics and Processes functions. I hold a Business Administration degree and a Tax and Management Master from ESADE, Spain. Based in Munich, Germany, I am part of the ESADE Alumni Chapter Board in the Bavarian region.

Albert Janer

Albert is passionate, innovator and maximizer who enjoys meeting new people and working effectively and strategically to make an impact on society and organizations.

Albert is Manager based out of Accenture's New York office specialized in Financial Services (Finance & Risk). Since he joined the firm in Barcelona in 2012, he has helped clients in dozens of projects related to definition of business processes and agile operating models and implementation of new technologies in Reporting, Data Management, AML, Surveillance, RPA, AI, eComm and Blockchain.

Tomas Antoni Juste

Coach y Facilitador Sistémico.

Experto en gestión de conflictos y situaciones difíciles.

Desarrollo de relaciones personales, liderazgo y equipos de trabajo. Procesos de transformación de conflictos. Intervención en situaciones complejas e inciertas; el movimiento en una o diversas partes produce una transformación positiva de su conjunto.

Ingeniero Agrónomo, máster en Dirección Pública (ESADE). Responsable de Relaciones Interpersonales i Dinámicas de Trabajo del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Anteriormente responsable de Investigación e Innovación, Jefe del Gabinete Técnico de los Departamentos de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques y d’Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca.

Andrea Roberto Bifulco

I’m an entrepreneur based in Milan and I was named in the Top 10 list of the Most Engaged Marketers in Italy issued by LinkedIn.

I'm currently advising & consulting Startups, SME & Big Corporations on the themes of Growth, Innovation, Digital & Entrepreneurship, organizing the events of Startup Grind Milano, the biggest community of entrepreneurs & startups of the country, teaching Digital Marketing & Entrepreneurship in various universities, and organizing the largest event in Europe on Growth Hacking, the "Growth Hacking Day".

I hold a Master of Science (MSC) in Marketing Management from ESADE Business School of Barcelona, a CEMS Master in International Management, and a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) from the Bocconi University of Milan.

Giuliana Robles

MArketing Consultant

As a marketing expert I have held management and regional positions, serving the markets of the US, South America and Europe and in multinationals in Peru as IBM, Avianca, Subaru and in Spain at Random House Mondadori, L'Oreal and Louis Vuitton and Sara Lee Europe. Today I dedicate myself to consulting independent in marketing and teaching in postgraduate programs.

I write on the Business Week Economic portal with my blog “MarTech Lover ”because I am passionate about the impact of technology on marketing today and of the future I'm very curious and I love to learn, that's why I'm studying a Master in Coaching and Leadership at the University of Barcelona - OBS.

I enjoy being in nature and going on outdoor excursions. I enjoy A lot of a good book and gardening.

Isla Ramos

Ramos Island born in Granada, studies course between Spain and England. Licensed by the Complutense in Business Administration and Senior Executive Program at ESADE.

Isla has developed her career in the technology sector, in companies such as IBM and Lenovo where she was the Director General. Since 2008, he developed an international career as a member of the Lenovo Steering Committee Europe Middle East and Africa. He has more than 10 years of experience in large Business Transformations, both from the digital point of view, as well as process optimization and post merger management. His areas of expertise are Technology, Transformation and International Management. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of a listed company, EZENTIS, and is currently a member of the Board of Save the Children. His great passions are education and the third sector, to which he is currently engaged.

Thomas Letko

Optimist, technology enthusiasts, life-long learner

Gemma Sisó

Directora de Marketing, miembro del Comité de Dirección de Aramark, con 25 años de experiencia en el sector de la Alimentación (Gran Consumo, Retail y Servicios) trabajando en empresas nacionales y multinacionales líderes en su sector. Sólida experiencia en Marketing, Retail, Comercial y Compras. Con visión global del negocio, capacidad de análisis para la toma de decisiones, proactiva, acostumbrada a liderar equipos multidisciplinares y a trabajar en proyectos internacionales. Interesada en la innovación y la transformación digital de las empresas. Embajadora clave de EJECON Barcelona y actualmente coordinadora del programa EngageMEN.

Miembro del equipo fundador de WERock Capital, Women Business Angels que invierte en start-ups en fase pre-seed/seed con al menos una mujer en el equipo fundador. Beca concedida para realizar el programa SantanderW50 Women on Boards en UCLA en 2019. Se conceden 42 becas en todo el mundo.

Francesc Farnell

De 1996 a 2009, estuvo trabajando en el Grupo Danone, desempeñando diferentes cargos de responsabilidad dentro del Área de Recursos Humanos: formación, relaciones laborales, desarrollo, compensación y beneficios (comp&ben), selección, gestión del talento, proyectos internacionales, gestión operativa de las plantas de producción, etc. Entre 2019 y 2013, trabajó para el CELSA Group como Corporate HR Manager, y desde 2013 trabaja como director corporativo de Personas y Desarrollo de la Familia Torres. 

Manuel Gancedo

Dedicado desde 2001 a GANCEDO, líder referente del sector de diseño y creación de espacios por más de 75 años. Tras dedicar años a la internacionalización, soy su Director desde 2014.  

Gran defensor de la Empresa Familiar en el mundo, por los valores que representa y los beneficios que la empresa familiar aporta a la sociedad.
 

Robert Navarro

Managing Director y CFO en España de Innogy, utility alemana centrada en generación renovable, redes y negocio minorista de electricidad y gas. Es también colaborador académico de la casa como tutor de planes de negocio y otras modalidades en los diferentes programas de Esade. 

Marc Camarasa

Experienced Chief Financial Officer with a demonstrated track record in the digital, tech, e-commerce, FMCG and automotive industry. Skilled in Financial Strategic Planning, Fundraising and fast growing Start-ups. Strong finance professional graduated from Esade Business School. Companies: Pans&Company, Gallina Blanca, Agrolimen, Groupalia, Silence Urban Ecomobility...

Montse Rius

Montse Rius es actualmente managing director de Finanzas y Desarrollo Corporativo de HI Partners y miembro del Consejo de Hispania.

Tiene más de quince años de experiencia en el sector, que inició en el Departamento de Corporate Finance de Ernst & Young. Posteriormente, se incorporó al Departamento de Corporate Finance del Grupo Financiero Riva y García. Durante ese período, ejecutó operaciones de M&A, ampliaciones de capital, refinanciaciones de deuda, constitución de joint ventures y salidas a bolsa, especialmente en el sector inmobiliario y de la private equity.

Además, es presidenta del Urban Land Institute en Barcelona.

Montse Rius es Licenciada en Comercio Internacional por la Escuela Superior de Comercio Internacional de la UPF. Ha realizado curso sobre Business Analysis & Valuation y Global Macroeconomic Challenges en la London School of Economics y el postgrado de Corporate Finance en Esade Business School. En 2009, realizó el curso Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions en la Harvard Business School. Además, ha impartido clases de Finanzas Corporativas durante seis años en Esade Business School.

Roberto Ballester

Actualmente Socio Fundador de Felidarity, consultora B Corp que ayuda a sus clientes a desarrollar, integrar y visibilizar sus valores, compromisos éticos y estrategias de sostenibilidad y responsabilidad social.

Presidente de Fairtrade Ibérica y Miembro del Comité de Nombramientos de Fairtrade Internacional, con sede en Bonn (Alemania).
Profesor de ética empresarial, responsabilidad social, gestión de fundaciones y empresas sociales, etc.

Líder local de la iniciativa GivingTuesday en la Comunidad Valenciana y Mentor de start ups de impacto social.

Panaita García

Inició su carrera profesional en gran consumo, en la División de Cosmética de Henkel; posteriormente, ha desempeñado puestos de responsabilidad principalmente en las áreas de marketing, ventas, organización y gestión, en empresas de gran consumo y online, a escala nacional e internacional, en España, Alemania y Francia. Es especialista en marketing y ventas online y offline, y actualmente ejerce la dirección de Marketing para Iberia del Grupo De’Longhi. Es miembro del Club Marketing Esade Alumni.

Xavier Llobera

Ingeniero en Informática y MBA por Esade. Xavier tiene 20 años de experiencia en el sector de la tecnología, en roles de consultoría y ventas a nivel internacional, ayudando a las empresas a alcanzar sus objetivos de negocio. Xavier ha trabajado en multinacionales como Telefónica y Microsoft, y también en startups como Rakuten y Beabloo. Actualmente trabaja en HP, en la división de Digital Manufacturing, como responsable global de Go-To-Market.

Andreia Camichel

Andreia has a portfolio career, built around the topics of Strategy, Leadership and Marketing. She founded her own company SEABRAND International in 2015 and since has consulted and coached numerous clients from various areas. She also embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by founding the sustainable fashion label Sexy Little Bag – “while it did bring a real financial reward it provided me with a priceless bag of experience and learning” she says about it.
Today she is advisory board member, active investor in start-ups, lecturer at 2 business schools, regularly invited to speak at events around her work in leadership and strategy as well as her core work as workshop facilitator, consultant and coach.
Born in Portugal, she grew up in Switzerland and while having both nationalities she feels more like a global citizen, having lived and worked in 4 countries and visited more than 67. She lives in Winterthur with her daughter, cats and husband.

José Andrés Serrera

Analista de riesgos de negocio, experto en implantación y control de procedimientos internos, mentor a tiempo parcial, conocimientos en estrategias empresariales, desarrollo corporativo, innovación, geopolítica e inversiones.

10 años de experiencia en departamentos corporativos de empresas cotizadas.

Jaime Castello

Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universitat de València, MBA por Esade y Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) por la Universidad de Kingston (Londres).

Antes de su incorporación a Esade en 2005, desempeñó cargos de responsabilidad en las áreas de Marketing y Ventas en empresas multinacionales, tanto en el mercado español como en el exterior. En la actualidad, es profesor asociado del Departamento de Dirección de Marketing de Esade, donde coordina el área de Sales and Key Account Management, y es director del Executive Master en Marketing y Ventas (EMMV) de Esade en Madrid.

Además, es uno de los profesores de referencia en Esade en innovación pedagógica y aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías a la formación de directivos.

Mercedes Sancho Jaime

I assist in processes of professional change when people find it difficult to achieve a goal or decide how to move towards it. My proposal is a practical, structured framework that enables coachees to make decisions confidently and enthusiastically and develop a plan for putting their decisions into practice. I use a mobilising method and proven tools, while also drawing on my own experience of personal and professional transformation. 

If you want to improve your leadership and strengthen your communication and relationship skills, we will make the most of your abilities through action-oriented conversations, developing an awareness of your strengths to provide you with support and levers for overcoming barriers and obstacles to your development. With this objective in mind, I combine various methodologies focused on improving personal effectiveness. 

Specialities: Career coaching, executive and leadership coaching, relational coaching, networking and personal branding 
Language: Spanish
Certification: Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation; Licensed Firework Career Coach; MGSCC Certified Coach for Leadership; ORSC Relational Coaching
 

Carmen Ansotegui

Profesora ordinaria del Departamento de Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad en Esade.

Es Licenciada en Administración de Empresas, Máster en Teoría Económica y Doctora en Economía, lo que le ha proporcionado una amplia visión del mundo de las finanzas. Es profesora del Departamento de Control y Dirección Financiera de ESADE, donde ha compaginado las tareas docentes e investigadoras. Su investigación se ha centrado en mercados de capitales y valoración de activos.

Sus actividades de investigación se centran actualmente en la financiación alternativa y Banca en la sombra

Luciana Victorio

Ejecutiva con 10 años de experiencia profesional en el sector de consumo masivo e industrial de Perú y España. Administradora de profesión por la Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Perú). 

Apasionada por el desarrollo de personas y equipos, por el trabajo bien hecho y el buen balance vida laboral-personal. Cantante aficionada, amante de la cultura mediterránea, disfruta mucho de hacer deporte por las mañanas y viajar con la familia al menos 1 vez al año.

Adriena Badal Chamaki

Adriena began her marketing career in the mobile gaming industry and has since worked across multiple industries for tech companies in Silicon Valley. Her passion for understanding consumer behavior has led her to her current role as Sr. Product Marketing Manager of an international communications app, where she leverages her knowledge to influence user behaviors in order to drive adoption and retention. 

In her spare time, she is an avid soccer player and enjoys the hustle of city life in San Francisco. 

Juliana Ferrassa

I am currently studying the ESADE Full-Time MBA and I am MBASA Vice-President of Student & Alumni Connections

I am a senior executive with more than a year of experience as a Regional Internal Audit at DuPont and Corteva, and 7 years as a Consultant in EY. This experience provided me with an extensive global experience across Risk Assessment, Process improvements, Strategy, Business Development and Client Relations among different industries such as Agriculture, Oil & Gas, Food & Consumer Goods, and Pharmaceutical. A widely exhaustive experience in the field of Risk Advisory has equipped me with a specialized skill set spanning the following areas: Finance, Strategy, Operations, Marketing and HR.

Kelvin Collado

Ingeniero de Proyectos Senior en Portafolio Inmobiliario 

Isabel Najera

Isa has over 18 years of international experience across the the functions of business development, commercial operations strategy, marketing and pricing. Her current field of work is innovative technology in the sports media industry. Isa is an experienced, self-motivated professional, having helped clients worldwide in a diverse range of sectors to successfully scale businesses on a global basis. As a result, she has a unique ability to succeed in managing multidisciplinary projects that involve a variety of complex challenges and require maximum flexibility and multi-tasking. Isa has a background in International Relations, and speaks Spanish, English and German.

Follow me on instagram: @Isa.najerar

Miguel Ángel Sanz

Miguel Ángel Sanz organizó la primera cena de alumni de ESADE en el País Vasco a finales de 2008, lo que sería el embrión del Club ESADE en la zona.

Tras formar parte de su primera junta directiva, vuelve a estar en ella. Además de haber realizado en ESADE el programa de Dirección Estratégica en Márketing y Comercialización, es Doctor Ingeniero Industrial, tiene un postgrado en Teatro y Artes Escénicas por la UPV, un MBA por INSEAD, y ha estudiado el grado de Teología en la Universidad de Deusto. Reside en Bilbao y ha vivido también en Alemania, Reino Unido, Francia, Suiza y Singapur.

Es Partner en Madavi, donde se dedica a cambiar la forma en que las organizaciones cambian, proporcionando propósito y velocidad a miles de personas.

Periklis Tsoulos

Passionate about exploring and intrigued by challenge, after I studied in the business schools of 4 European countries I started building experience in management consulting and financial analysis of international projects.

I like crunching numbers and building business plans and financial reports. So far, I am working for corporates but partnering with start-ups and small businesses to explore growth opportunities would be extra inspiring. On the side, I love traveling and releasing all my energy left on my new hobby, squash.

Maansa Garmella

Manasa Garemella has over 7 years of experience in marketing and business strategy. She is based in Mumbai and works at Sharrp Ventures, Harsh Mariwala family office. 

Previously, Manasa has held a senior marketing role at a leading e-commerce unicorn in India. She started her career at Madison, where she worked on Mondelez India’s media business.

She holds a Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Economics from the University of Delhi and a M.Sc. in Marketing from ESADE Business School, where her master thesis focussed on a new product line at Kraft Foods. She graduated from ESADE in 2010. She is an avid traveller and is learning Indian classical music.

InHwa Jeon

I am an expert in financial evaluation, credit review of corporations, credit rating adjustment for companies, and credit rating system development with over 15 years experiences in the guarantee insurance industry and now I am invlolved in underwriting of surety line and Bond XoL in the reinsurance department"

Christian Rodrigo Muro

Christian Rodrigo es productor, actor y  acting coach residente en Los Angeles , California, desde el 2011. Fundador y Presidente de la productora Full Emotions, es licenciado en Administración de Empresas y tiene un MBA de ESADE & EMORY (1998). Tiene una amplia experiencia gestionando empresas y produciendo cine y televisión. Des de el 2017 es el Director del Festival de teatro en corto de Hollywood y desde el 2013 es miembro de la compañía de teatro norteamericana The Actors’ Gang (de la que el oscarizado Tim Robbins es su director artístico).  Además de su experiencia en la industria del entretenimiento, también tiene una gran experiencia en otros sectores habiendo trabajado en multinacionales como Danone, Michael Page o Aalberts Industries.

Miquel Colet

Miquel has spent the last 14 years (split between California and New Jersey) as the CEO for the USA and Canada of VIBIA, a leading high-end decorative lighting brand. Previously he worked as CFO or Financial Controller in several companies from different industries in Barcelona. Always eager to lead, learn and to proactively get involved, he has been part of the Board of the ESADE Alumni NY Chapter as a Vice President or President for the past 6 years.

Joan Miquel Malagelada

With more than 25 years of experience in the automotive sector, both in Spain and Germany, I have worked as Marketing and Commercial Director of the Volkswagen, SEAT, Audi and Hyundai brands.

I am currently an independent consultant (automotivemarketing.es), in addition to collaborating with ESADE Alumni as a mentor and president of the Automotive and Mobility Club.

MY PERSONAL BLOG: http://www.foroautomocion.com/

WEB AS CONSULTANT: https://www.automotivemarketing.es/

Irakli Rogava

Hi, my name is Irakli and I am ESADE MBA graduate from Co2017. After finishing my MBA studies I have joined IKEA supply chain team in Älmhult where IKEA was born 70 years ago. I am privileged to represent ESADE Alumni in Sweden and to help build a strong collaboration between ESADE and IKEA. Looking forward to supporting ESADE community in connecting with Swedish talent as well as with the business represented in Sweden.

Aleyois Haro Peralta

Experiencia en políticas públicas relacionadas con la investigación y la innovación, particularmente en Estrategias para la Especialización Inteligente (RIS3). Acostumbrada a trabajar en la interfaz ciencia, empresa y política con el objetivo de fortalecer las dinámicas de innovación y competitividad Regional.
Mi pasión es generar el mayor impacto posible para mejorar nuestra sociedad. Me encanta conversar y si es con un buen vino, mejor.

Yulia Mukhacheva

Yulia Mukhacheva is a Spanish corporate lawyer working in Barcelona.

Yulia is an active member in the Alumni network of ESADE Business School. She holds a  Master in International Business and Commercial  Law by ESADE Law School. Currently, she is preparing a  Master in International Taxation Law.  Her specialization is in the field of international private law, corporate and business investments as well as tax structuring. She participated in post graduate programs at the renowned Hague Academy of International Law in The Netherlands.

As an engaged volunteer in the “ESADE Alumni Giving Back project” she uses her professional skills to support family companies in developing countries in Latin America 
Yulia’s spare time is dedicated to sports. Running is part of her daily routine and a perfect way to organize her working life. Her jogging shoes are always close at hand!  In summer time rafting and mountaineering in the Pyrenees are an excellent way to recharge her energy levels. She is fond of cutting-edge technological innovations and the latest computer gadgets.

Yulia works fluently in Spanish, Catalan, English and Russian.

Lucía Lagunas Reyes

My name is Lucia Lagunas, I am 28 years old and I have a Law Degree from the Public University of Navarra. Subsequently, I completed an optional Master's Degree in Access to Law, completing it with the postgraduate course in International Business Law, at the Esade Law School.

Simultaneously to my specialization in international business law, I took the course of Skills and Management for lawyers, in Esade. This new training has allowed me to acquire more international knowledge applied at all times to Spanish and European Law, as well as to develop new essential skills in the practice of the 21st century, such as leadership, negotiation, work. as a team, motivation and empathy, among others.

I consider myself a proactive, disciplined person, with initiative and eager for improvement every day.

Regarding my professional aspect, I started doing internships in Pamplona, ​​in the area of ​​Corporate Law at ARPA Abogados Consultores and subsequently, I undertook an international career in the legal department of a German company, VR. LEASING, Aktiengesellschaft, located in Frankfurt (Germany).

Once in Spain again, I have worked for two and a half years as a lawyer in the area of ​​Real Estate & Foreign Investment in an office in Barcelona and currently, I continue to train and work as a lawyer in the area of ​​Corporate & New Technologies in the office of Miliners SLP lawyers

Núria Agell

Director of the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences and professor of the ESADE Busines School. Degree in Mathematical Sciences. University of Barcelona (UB) and PhD in Mathematics Applied by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). His research areas focus on Artificial Intelligence, in particular in ways of reasoning and his relationship with multi-criteria decision making. He has been president of the Catalan Association of Artificial Intelligence (2006-2010). He has led several research projects with both public and private funding. He has more than 50 publications in international magazines of recognized impact. He is currently participating in the editorial board of the international Journal "Information Fusion Journal".

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nuria_Agell 

Eugenia Bieto

Ha sido directora general de ESADE durante 8 años (2010-2018). Actualmente es profesora titular del Departamento de Dirección General y Estrategia. Doctora por la Universidad Ramon Llull, Licenciada en Ciencias Empresariales y Máster en Dirección de Empresas por ESADE y la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.

Pilar Baltar

Asociada Sénior del área de Derecho Laboral en Roca Junyent. Durante los últimos 15 años se ha hecho cargo del asesoramiento jurídico recurrente y continuo a empresas del sector privado y público, tanto nacionales como especialmente internacionales, atendiendo a las necesidades diarias y dando soporte a los Responsables de Recursos Humanos en la gestión de personal. Asimismo, se encarga del asesoramiento en operaciones transnacionales a empresas internacionales, dando apoyo a los responsables de las mismas en su gestión y también respecto a sucursales y filiales extranjeras en España, así como del desplazamiento de trabajadores a nivel internacional. Miembro de la comisión de derecho laboral de AIJA. Especialista en materia de compliance laboral, asesorando a las empresas en los procedimientos de investigación y auditoria respecto a los modelos de prevención de delitos, colaborando en el Máster de Compliance en la Universidad Abat Oliba CEU.

Carles Altés

“M’apassionen les persones, el seu desenvolupament, i generar entorns estables des del punt de vista psicosocial i innovadors des del punt de vista del negoci.”

En Carles és coach executiu i facilitador del canvi organitzacional i del desenvolupament del lideratge. Té més de 20 anys d’experiència professional en les àrees de l’estratègia, la negociació, el disseny organitzacional, la gestió del canvi, la formació i el coaching. És un professional sènior que integra l’experiència en desenvolupament del negoci amb el desenvolupament personal. Treballa com a coach per al desenvolupament directiu en diferents programes de les Nacions Unides i en empreses de l’IBEX 35. Una altra àrea d’especialització és el coaching de negocis, en què col·labora amb l’Agència Europea per a la Petita i Mitjana Empresa en el desenvolupament de start-ups i de projectes altament innovadors.

En Carles és llicenciat en Ciències Polítiques i Relacions Internacionals. A Esade, ha fet el Programme for Management Development l’any 2006 i el programa Coaching i Consultoria pel Canvi el 2009. És coach certificat per la ICF. Ha fet estudis i ha obtingut certificacions amb rellevants referents del món del desenvolupament organitzacional, com el Barrett Values Centre de Richard Barrett, el Presencing Institute d’Otto Scharmer i l’Institut Relacional de Joan Quintana. És un apasionat de la mindfulness i del ioga, que integra en les seves intervencions.”

Josep Miquel Torregrosa

Josep-Miquel Torregrosa és enginyer industrial. Té un Master in Project Management per La Salle i un Executive MBA per Esade. Ha dedicat la seva vida professional a la direcció de projectes i al desenvolupament de negocis en el camp de les energies renovables, com també a invertir en innovació i en start-ups en el camp de la transició energètica. Des del 2011, és director d'inversions d'InnoEnergy per a Espanya i Portugal, i membre del comitè d'inversions corporatiu a escala global. Forma part de la xarxa d'inversors Esade BAN, és col·laborador acadèmic del Departament de Direcció General i Estratègia d’Esade i mentor i col·laborador en diversos programes de transferència tecnològica i desenvolupament de noves empreses de base tecnològica.

Daniel Sánchez

Licenciado y MBA por Esade y MBA por la Universidad de Chicago. 

Cofundador y general partner de Nauta Capital, una empresa de capital riesgo tecnológico, nacida en Barcelona y que actualmente tiene oficinas en Londres y Múnich. Adquirió experiencia como consultor de M&A en Deloitte y como director general adjunto de Taurus. Ha sido miembro de la Junta Directiva de la asociación europea de capital privado Invest Europe y de ASCRI-Asociación Española de Capital, Crecimiento en Inversión.  

Ha sido colaborador y profesor ayudante de Esade en diversas etapas, impartiendo asignaturas de Finanzas, Estrategia y Expansión Internacional de la Empresa.  

Birkás-Kováts Szabolcs

Szabolcs is a marketing and sales professional with an original background in retail. While at Esade he was an active member of both the retail and the sports business club, he interned at the DFS HQ (LVMH group) in Hong Kong. A year after the completion of his full time MBA studies (class of 2014) he returned to Budapest and made a successful career transition. He became member of the organizing committee of the biggest (sport)event ever organized in Hungary. Szabolcs was in charge of the sponsor/fan village and the merchandising program of the FINA World Championships after which he was invited to join the Hungarian Swimming Federation. Currently he oversees the marking & commercial aspects of several international swimming meets, including the LEN European Aquatics Championships and FINA Swimming World Cups organized by the leading sport Federation of the country. Szabolcs has been acting as the President of the ESADE Alumni Budapest Chapter, his passion towards Barcelona and his alma mater has remained strong ever since.

Andrea Oriol

“I’m the daughter of a diplomat, born in Brussels where I spent the first two years of my life, before moving every few years. I’ve lived in Spain, Vietnam, Australia and Bulgaria, I studied in Spain at Esade, then did my Master CEMS in Canada, an internship in Nicaragua and worked for five years in a consultancy company that allowed me to live between Africa and Latin America. I’ve been in Brussels since 2017. I’m the local representative of La Liga, the Spanish professional football league. I support its work in the institutional field: collaboration with Spanish authorities and European institutions in matters such as integrity and security, the fight against piracy, the regulatory framework that e-sports are taking, the impact of Brexit on player transfers, CSR projects, and even the fight against gender inequality in the sports industry. I love sports, so try to go to the gym every day and, should the weather allow, workout outdoors. I really enjoy the cultural scene of Brussels, so will head to any new art exhibition or launch. Brussels is ideal for networking and it’s perfect for weekend getaways. To me it’s a very cosy and easy city and it’s at the heart of everything that involves and impacts Europe; I think it’s
fascinating!”

Fernando A. Rivero

Ayudo principalmente a entidades financieras y aseguradoras en la dirección y gestión de proyectos de estrategia digital, marketing digital, inbound marketing, venta digital y tendencias, con algunos clientes recientes como American Express, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, MetLife, MMT Seguros o Northgate entre otros.

Además de ser un orgulloso miembro de la Junta Directiva del Club de Marketing de ESADE Alumni, soy CEO de la consultora de estrategia digital Ditrendia; Director del Observatorio de la Blogosfera de Marketing; Consejero de la Asociación de Marketing de España; Director de la Comisión de Marketing para el sector Financiero y Asegurador y Miembro del Comité de Estudios en la Mobile Marketing Association.

Me gusta compartir lo que aprendo, así que también soy profesor en diferentes Universidades y Escuelas de negocio; formador in-company; ponente habitual en diferentes foros; autor de varios artículos, informes y publicaciones; y coautor de varios libros, siendo el último de ellos “El futuro de la banca, los seguros y los clientes tras la crisis de 2020” (Editorial Exit, 2020).

Luis Rico

Luis Rico trained as a Civil Engineer in Spain and has extensive experience working in Water and Highway Sectors. He has worked in Spain, UK, Turkey and Algeria. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member if the Institution of Civi Engineers. Currently he works for Turner & Townsend, a Programme and Project Management company, where he is seconded to the Environment Agency supporting their flood defence capital programme as a Senior Project Manager. He carried out a Programme for Leadership Development at Esade in 2013. He’s been living in London for the last three years and personal development is one of his passions.

Josep M. Costa

Diversos puestos de Dirección Técnica, Operativa y de Desarrollo de Nogocio en servicios para la industria, especialmente del sector del automóvil local e internacional, prestados en grandes Compañías multinacionales.

Xavier Lavall