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Daniel Romero

Daniel completed the Lic&MBA programme at Esade in 1992.

He has financial experience as CFO of various business groups, both in Spain (Barcelona and Palma) and abroad (France, Italy, Germany and the United States).

He built his career at Spanish companies such as Agrolimen (JoyCo Group, Eat Out and Gallina Blanca divisions), Ferrer Internacional and the Werfen Group, as well as at American corporations (Wrigley’s) and German multinationals (TUI AG) in the consumer-goods, pharmaceutical, medical-devices and tourism sectors. He currently serves as Finance Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Zimmer Biomet Dental.

He has a broad view of business, having served as an executive not only in finance but also in other corporate areas, including human resources, IT, internal auditing and legal.

Over the years, he has been a member and secretary of the boards of several holding companies. In this capacity, he developed skills in shareholder relationship management at wholly owned enterprises as well as at joint ventures and private-equity-owned companies.

Daniel Romero

Daniel completed the Lic&MBA programme at Esade in 1992.

He has financial experience as CFO of various business groups, both in Spain (Barcelona and Palma) and abroad (France, Italy, Germany and the United States).

He built his career at Spanish companies such as Agrolimen (JoyCo Group, Eat Out and Gallina Blanca divisions), Ferrer Internacional and the Werfen Group, as well as at American corporations (Wrigley’s) and German multinationals (TUI AG) in the consumer-goods, pharmaceutical, medical-devices and tourism sectors. He currently serves as Finance Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Zimmer Biomet Dental.

He has a broad view of business, having served as an executive not only in finance but also in other corporate areas, including human resources, IT, internal auditing and legal.

Over the years, he has been a member and secretary of the boards of several holding companies. In this capacity, he developed skills in shareholder relationship management at wholly owned enterprises as well as at joint ventures and private-equity-owned companies.

Daniel Romero

Daniel completed the Lic&MBA programme at Esade in 1992.

He has financial experience as CFO of various business groups, both in Spain (Barcelona and Palma) and abroad (France, Italy, Germany and the United States).

He built his career at Spanish companies such as Agrolimen (JoyCo Group, Eat Out and Gallina Blanca divisions), Ferrer Internacional and the Werfen Group, as well as at American corporations (Wrigley’s) and German multinationals (TUI AG) in the consumer-goods, pharmaceutical, medical-devices and tourism sectors. He currently serves as Finance Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Zimmer Biomet Dental.

He has a broad view of business, having served as an executive not only in finance but also in other corporate areas, including human resources, IT, internal auditing and legal.

Over the years, he has been a member and secretary of the boards of several holding companies. In this capacity, he developed skills in shareholder relationship management at wholly owned enterprises as well as at joint ventures and private-equity-owned companies.

Francisco Calvo

Francisco works as Head of Investments and Business Opportunities at BCC Grupo Cajamar Banca Privada.

He has more than 20 years of experience in finance and asset management. He has held various positions, including Director of Investee Companies and Joint Ventures, General Manager of SGIIC, CFO, Investment Fund Manager and Auditor of Financial Institutions at companies such as Cajamar, March Asset Management and EY.

His areas of expertise are asset management, business management and development, mergers and acquisitions, and team leadership.

Francisco Calvo

Francisco works as Head of Investments and Business Opportunities at BCC Grupo Cajamar Banca Privada.

He has more than 20 years of experience in finance and asset management. He has held various positions, including Director of Investee Companies and Joint Ventures, General Manager of SGIIC, CFO, Investment Fund Manager and Auditor of Financial Institutions at companies such as Cajamar, March Asset Management and EY.

His areas of expertise are asset management, business management and development, mergers and acquisitions, and team leadership.

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Francisco Calvo

Francisco works as Head of Investments and Business Opportunities at BCC Grupo Cajamar Banca Privada.

He has more than 20 years of experience in finance and asset management. He has held various positions, including Director of Investee Companies and Joint Ventures, General Manager of SGIIC, CFO, Investment Fund Manager and Auditor of Financial Institutions at companies such as Cajamar, March Asset Management and EY.

His areas of expertise are asset management, business management and development, mergers and acquisitions, and team leadership.

Rocío Reol Olano

Activa, versátil, multilingüe, orientada a resultados y con visión holística de empresa. Mentalidad abierta y bien estructurada, organizada y planificadora. Alta capacidad de comunicación y de adaptación a los entornos empresariales y sociales cambiantes. Visión del negocio, rigurosa, con capacidad para la gestión de personas y acostumbrada a la toma de decisiones. Experiencia demostrable en empresas de distintos sectores en todas las áreas económico-financieras.

Rocío Reol Olano

Activa, versátil, multilingüe, orientada a resultados y con visión holística de empresa. Mentalidad abierta y bien estructurada, organizada y planificadora. Alta capacidad de comunicación y de adaptación a los entornos empresariales y sociales cambiantes. Visión del negocio, rigurosa, con capacidad para la gestión de personas y acostumbrada a la toma de decisiones. Experiencia demostrable en empresas de distintos sectores en todas las áreas económico-financieras.

Rocío Reol Olano

Activa, versátil, multilingüe, orientada a resultados y con visión holística de empresa. Mentalidad abierta y bien estructurada, organizada y planificadora. Alta capacidad de comunicación y de adaptación a los entornos empresariales y sociales cambiantes. Visión del negocio, rigurosa, con capacidad para la gestión de personas y acostumbrada a la toma de decisiones. Experiencia demostrable en empresas de distintos sectores en todas las áreas económico-financieras.

Juan Maria Massons

Joan Maria holds a Bachelor in Business Studies and an MBA from Esade, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Córdoba and a PhD in Business Administration from Ramon Llull University. He won the 2012 ACCID Award for Academic Excellence. He is a member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. He has taught finance at Esade since 1966 and has been a guest lecturer at several universities in Spain and abroad. He has published six books on financial analysis and strategy. His seventh book is set to be published shortly. He works as a consultant on finance and business strategy. He provides advice to management teams. He sits on several boards and is a consultant to various general assembles.

Juan Maria Massons

Joan Maria holds a Bachelor in Business Studies and an MBA from Esade, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Córdoba and a PhD in Business Administration from Ramon Llull University. He won the 2012 ACCID Award for Academic Excellence. He is a member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. He has taught finance at Esade since 1966 and has been a guest lecturer at several universities in Spain and abroad. He has published six books on financial analysis and strategy. His seventh book is set to be published shortly. He works as a consultant on finance and business strategy. He provides advice to management teams. He sits on several boards and is a consultant to various general assembles.

Jaime Calatayud

Extensive experience in the financial sector, passionate about planning and financial advice and everything that involves innovation in the financial sector.

Jaime Calatayud

Extensive experience in the financial sector, passionate about planning and financial advice and everything that involves innovation in the financial sector.

Jaime Calatayud

Extensive experience in the financial sector, passionate about planning and financial advice and everything that involves innovation in the financial sector.

Juan Maria Massons

Joan Maria holds a Bachelor in Business Studies and an MBA from Esade, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Córdoba and a PhD in Business Administration from Ramon Llull University. He won the 2012 ACCID Award for Academic Excellence. He is a member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. He has taught finance at Esade since 1966 and has been a guest lecturer at several universities in Spain and abroad. He has published six books on financial analysis and strategy. His seventh book is set to be published shortly. He works as a consultant on finance and business strategy. He provides advice to management teams. He sits on several boards and is a consultant to various general assembles.

Maria Pedrals

Partner and consultant at Cluster Development. Lic&MBA 2005. More than 15 years of experience as a strategic consultant specialised in cluster development and business value chains. She has worked on projects to improve competitiveness in a wide range of industries, including food, fashion, pharmaceuticals and cybersecurity, with a focus on aspects of business analysis and management of the strategic change process.

Alberto Baños

Deputy director at Ebroacero

Chetan Anand

Chetan Anand is an experienced operator and management consultant with deep expertise in Telecom and Digital space. After leading CXO agenda at Sub-saharan Africa and Far East Asian telecom operators, Chetan relocated to Dubai in 2012 to focus on GCC and larger Middle Eastern market.

In his current role as Chief of Staff of Huawei Middle East President’s office, Chetan is driving the strategic, partnership and investment initiatives in High Tech., IT and Network space in Middle East. Chetan brings a wealth of experience in advising companies (e.g. Telcos, Banks, PSU entities etc.) looking to grow revenues beyond core by either launching new business units and/or investing/acquiring digital ventures. Additionally, he has a proven track record of supporting public and private sector companies during their digital transformation and enabling them to thrive in a highly competitive new digital economy.

Chetan is passionate about (1) businesses (and ideas) that not only create economic value but also promote social well being (2) venture funding (active angel investor) and (3) collaborating with early stage start-ups (as mentor and/or as a tech. partner offering ‘sandbox’ environment for testing their proof of concepts)

Zuzana Krbilova

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Daniel Coloma Agné

Born in La Ribera d’Ebre (Tarragona) in 1971.

Master in Economic-Financial Management at Esade (2006).

General Management Programme (PDG) at IESE (2010).

Bachelor in Business Administration at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) (2020).

Daniel has worked in the world of finance, administration and governance for more than 25 years. He has worked in general management, sales management and digitalisation, holding positions such as manager, general manager and financial manager in a wide range of sectors (pharmaceuticals, construction, industry, real estate, etc.). He also has overseas experience, having worked in Venezuela in 1998. He has experience in family businesses, startups, SMEs and large companies.

Daniel participated for two years as a teacher with the Catalan Social Volunteering Federation. He was also a volunteer for six years at Telèfon de l’Esperança in Barcelona.

He has been a Catalan language volunteer since 2007 and has participated in Esade Alumni Pro Bono Consultants since 2020.

He is a native of Tarragona, a casteller and a member of the local football club, Nàstic.

He lives with his wife and son in Barberà del Vallès.

Sofia Vega de Seoane

Managing Director Medinvest Asset Management.

Más de 20 años de experiencia profesional en Sector Financiero, en áreas como Financiación (financiación estructurada, Originación), Tesorería y Mercado de Capitales, Banca de Particulares y Desarrollo de Negocio, así como en gestión de activos.

Sofía es Licenciada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por CUNEF. Posee un postgrado de Corporate Finance por el Instituto de Empresa y pertenece al Programa Promociona de ESADE, siendo actualmente miembro del Club de Finanzas.

Desde el inicio de su carrera Sofía ha estado vinculada al sector financiero, trabajando en entidades como, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, La Caixa, Caja Madrid – Bankia y en Beka Finance. La mayor parte de su carrera ha estado en el área de Mercado de Capitales, Corporate Finance, desempeñando diversos puestos de responsabilidad. Participó en la creación de Beka Finance como Directora de Desarrollo de Negocio y miembro del Comité de Dirección de la entidad. En 2017 saltó al mundo de recursos humanos y talento, lo que le aportó otra perspectiva del sector financiero. Actualmente es Managing Director de Medinvest Asset Management, gestora de fondos de real estate, desde donde crean y desarrollan fondos relacionados con el sector "living". 

Alba Rubio Rodriguez

Former President of the ESADE Alumni Chapter in the UAE, Alba graduated from ESADE undergrad with an exchange in Singapore Management University in 2012. Since then, she has gained 10+ of professional experience in the areas of investments, strategy consulting, and consumer tech in different industries and companies such as BCG, Careem and KKR Capstone. She is a multidisciplinary go-getter with a very global perspective currently studying for her MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Kim Faura

I am a senior business leader with a passion for growing and developing high performing teams. Marketing, Product, Experience, Commerce and Digital expert. Listed in MarketingWeek Top 50 CX professionals. Regular speaker at business schools and industry events.

Proud to be one of the founders of giffgaff, a unique business that runs in collaboration with its members. Which? Recommended provider from 2013 to 2019 and 2016 to 2019 uSwitch Award for Network of the year.

Originally from Barcelona, studied at Esade business school. I was a Brand Manager at PepsiCo before joining giffgaff.

Igor Abendaño

Soy el interlocutor de varias empresas alemanas en el ámbito industrial del mercado nacional. Principalmente orientado al sector de la Fundición y en concreto al sector automoción.

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.

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.

Daniel Schlager

Daniel Schlager is alumnus of ESADE’s International Executive MBA class of 2018. He is a senior
management professional specialized on start-up and family-owned companies in MEDIA,
SOFTWARE & PUBLISHING.

Having been raised in Vienna, Austria and having lived in multiple European cities, Daniel Schlager is
an enthusiastic Pro-European believing in the overriding importance of ESADE’s international alumni
network and has been an active member of the Vienna chapter since he graduated.

Daniel Schlager has profound experience in client-facing consulting and executive management
positions in corporate strategy, content monetization, digital transformation, business development
and B2B sales. He has a proven track record in sales, growing key accounts, business units and
SMEs within a short period of time. Currently, he is vividly working on making lifelong learning easy,
as co-founder of EVERLEARNING.

Daniel Schlager attended and graduated from top-tier global business schools in Europe and the US
including study visits at universities in the UK, the US, Brazil and China. 
Daniel Schlager’s objective
for the ESADE Vienna chapter:

“Creating shared value by bringing people together.”

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. 

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.

Miguel Rovira

Degree in English Philology (2009) and Law (2011) from the University of Valencia. Master in International Business Law at ESADE (2018). Practicing lawyer specializing in Corporate and M&A. Regular collaborator in non-profit institutions.

Sara Pastor Pastor

" over 14 years of experience in technology, e-commerce and digital advertising with a special focus in the travel industry. She is leading the Destinations business in Europe at ADARA, after having managed the Commercial 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 University, and is co-founder of the organisation "Women in e-travel." 

Lluís Farràs

Economista con más de 35 años de experiencia como Director Financiero y Controller (en multinacionales y medianas empresas de diferentes sectores, en áreas industriales y servicios). Los últimos cinco años los ha pasado como socio en una consultora prestando asesoramiento a Pymes.

Paralelamente ha colaborado con entidades sin ánimo de lucro, sociales y deportivos ofreciendo planes de viabilidad.

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. 

Cristina Barcons

As general manager of the family office of a leading European business group, Cristina is privileged to work with a team of great professionals. She previously worked at Banco Sabadell, where she gained 19 years of professional experience and which she will always consider to be her home. Her goal in joining the Esade Alumni Finance Club is to contribute new ideas and give something back to Esade.

Gustavo-Pedro Jean-Mairet

Gustavo is a Financial Services Manager at KPMG. He is a board member of the Esade Alumni Young Finance Club and is passionate about finance and the banking industry.

After completing his studies at Esade, he joined KPMG and specialised in the financial sector. There, he gained extensive experience in audits of international banking groups such as Deutsche Bank. He has also carried out other specialised work in the financial industry, having participated in the asset quality review led by the Bank of Spain and the European Central Bank. Over the course of his career at KPMG, he has gained experience in the implementation of new regulations in the industry and has worked on various projects related to the restructuring of the Spanish financial sector, in addition to consulting work and transaction services for banks.

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.

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.

Eduard Monera

Eduard is a Business Development Manager for Iberia at Klöckner Pentaplast, where he manages and supports the sales network in project development and in the sale of plastic materials for food packaging.

His educational background is in industrial engineering and he specialises in packaging, a sector in which he has more than 15 years of experience.

For most of his career, he has been focused on the commercial area, working as a sales and export manager at various industrial and service companies. He earned an Executive MBA from Esade in 2006.

Ivo Güell Torné

I can help you go from #noicant to #yesican. I provide guidance and tools that will enable you to recognise your strengths and communicate them vigorously. I can also assist with competency development to help you achieve mental empowerment and personal growth that transfers strength, self-confidence and ease and enables you to advance towards your goals.

Specialities:

• Career coaching
• Brand coaching
• Ontological coaching and NLP 
• Executive coaching

Languages: Spanish/Catalan

Certifications:

• Spanish Association of Mentors and Consultants (AMCES)
• European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

Josep Lluís Cano

Josep Lluís is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade.

He holds a PhD in Business Administration with a European mention from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a Bachelor and Master in Business Administration from Esade. He has long been involved in consulting on information systems projects, combining his teaching responsibilities with his professional pursuits. He specialises in projects involving management information systems and strategic plans for information systems. He has written and published several case studies in the field of information systems, including Aventis, RACC, Aguirre Newman, Government Intelligence in Catalan Public Universities, SAP (A): from Value to Volume, SAP (B): The DG Barcelona Hub, Raventos i Blanc, MIS América Grupo Santander, Bodegas Torres and Sociedad Española de Patologías Digestivas. His work has appeared in scientific journals such as Organization Science. He is also the author of the book Business intelligence: competir con información. He is a visiting lecturer at Católica Porto Business School, a member of the advisory group to BigData CoE and track chair for case studies in Spanish at the North American Case Research Association (NACRA). He has served as Director of E-learning at Esade and has taught at the school since 1989.

Juan Fernandez Laporta

Juan has spent much of his career in the automotive industry, specifically at the Nissan Group, where he held various positions of responsibility in different European countries and eventually became Finance Project Director for Nissan Europe. In parallel with his activity at Nissan, he also spent more than 15 years working as a customs broker at a family business. He currently serves as Finance Senior Advisor to several companies. He also advises startups and is a business angel.

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.

Risa Yamamori

Risa is an Esade MBA (Class of 2018) and has +10 years experiences in sales & marketing in various industries such as Oil industry, FMCG industry, Sports marketing agency and Online services industry. 

She is currently working in the global branding department in Rakuten HQ in Tokyo. Sports marketing is also her passionate area and experienced in the global sports partnerships in Rakuten as well as worked in Red Bull. 

Outside of work, Risa likes to travel and is a certified travel guide in Japan (Japanese and English). Also sports and dog lover :)

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.

Alex Pérez

Attorney at law specialized in corporate law, startups, data protection, compliance and non-profit organizations. A constantly updated lawyer, with great capacity to adapt to new environments; always flexible, motivated and committed, making the company’s values and vision his own. 

Roberto Boasso

Con una formación entre business y tecnología, MSc en ESADE y formación continua en Agile, Roberto se ha especializado en el lanzamiento y dirección de productos digitales. Desde 2015 ha liderado proyectos web, software y aplicaciones mobile de alto tráfico en MotoGP™, WorldSBK, JobCloud y Wall Street English entre otros.  

Ha fundado la startup FriendZone (thefriendzone.app), que dirige como CEO. Vive y trabaja entre España, Suiza e Italia. Su principal inquietud profesional es el continuo diálogo entre la innovación tecnológica y los modelos de negocio sostenibles y que tengan un carácter ético. 

Shalini Lakhwani

I am Shalini, a second generation Indian born in Casablanca, Morocco and brought up in Barcelona, Spain. I graduated from ESADE in 2005 - Undergraduate & Master’s in Business Administration degree. 

I am a health & beauty passionate, with working experience multinationals and start-up companies. I work in global sales and business development roles across EMEA, APAC and Russia markets, and lived in France and Singapore. I have a keen interest in purpose-driven companies that are generating a positive economic, social and environmental impact.

I love travelling, enjoy yoga and walks in nature, and recently took on a new interest – cooking and especially baking!
 

Eduard Mendiluce (MBA 97)

Miembro del Patronato de Esade. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la UAB, MBA por Esade y AMP por el IESE.

Consejero delegado de Anticipa Real Estate y Aliseda Inmobiliaria, encargado de gestionar los portfolios de los inmuebles adquiridos por Blackstone y por otros clientes en España.

Es vicepresidente de ASVAL, miembro del Patronato de la Fundación Esade, vicepresidente del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva del Chapter Barcelona de ULI.

Floris Ruys

I am currently doing a Full Time MBA at Esade and have joined our MBASA student board as the VP of Events and Student & Alumni Affairs. Through this opportunity, I am excited to contribute towards Esade’s fun, collaborative and multicultural environment, to bring together students, alumni and others that want to become part of our wonderful network.

I am from the UK, but originally Dutch. I spent 6 years working at Samsung Electronics UK, over half of which were as a Marketing Manager, where I worked with retail partners to grow Samsung’s UK market share for Home Appliances. My inspiration to do an MBA came from my desire to make the ‘triple jump’: to change job function, industry and location.

In my spare time, I enjoy exploring cities, socialising, meeting new people and playing sports. I am a huge football fan, and follow the emotional rollercoaster of a club that is Aston Villa.

If you want to reach out about anything, I would be very happy to chat!

Manuel Fernandez Fernandez

Fernando Moraga

• DIRECTOR GENERAL DEL GRUPO HIERROS ALFONSO
• Soy vicepresidente de la Unión de Almacenistas de Hierros de España, vocal de la Cámara de Comercio de Zaragoza y miembro de la Junta Directiva de Esade Alumni en Aragón. En 2017 obtuve el Premio ADEA al directivo del año 2017 en Aragón al desarrollo logístico.
• Comprometido con la mejora continua, saber gestionar la adaptabilidad, flexibilidad y el cambio en una organización preocupada por sus trabajadores es clave para conseguir la excelencia. En 2017 el Gobierno de Aragón reconoció a Hierros Alfonso con el premio Pilot. Ahora, buscamos nuevos éxitos en un entorno altamente competitivo.
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• Gestiono equipos multidisciplinares y propongo técnicas innovadoras de trabajo y bechmarking para intercambiar conocimiento. Convencido del aprendizaje permanente a lo largo de la vida, defiendo la creatividad y el diálogo para enfrentarnos a los desafíos del día a día empresarial. Soy especialista en gestión de crisis, reordenación del mercado y reposicionamiento de negocios.

Natalia Rigueiro

Graduada en Derecho, Doble Máster de Acceso a la Abogacía y Derecho Internacional de los Negocios, y del Máster de Especialización en Derecho de las TIC, Redes Sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por Esade Business & Law School. 

Inició su trayectoria en Clifford Chance, en el departamento de litigación. Posteriormente trabajó en H&A en el departamento de marcas durante dos años. Después de estar en el departamento de propiedad intelectual en Baker McKenzie se unió al equipo legal de Wallbox Chargers encargándose de la parte de propiedad intelectual e industrial de la compañía.
 

Nicole Sopko

As the current ESADE MBASA President, I am excited to join this network and represent the 2023 Cohort. Prior to beginning my MBA, I had a 11 year career with Marriott International and a Hotel Franchise company in progressive leadership roles in Marketing, Sales, and Event Management. My roles afforded me to work in a sector that drives nearly 11% of the global GDP. A desire to move internationally and gain knowledge of other cultures and working styles led me to ESADE.

The MBA is a space for me to explore other sectors and my insatiable passion for travel as I am quite flexible to where I land after the MBA. My focus is to move into a CEO or GM training program in late 2022 or early 2023.

Outside of my studies, I love spending time with my dog, cycling (a new hobby thanks to COVID), exploring the restaurant scene in Barcelona and of course as mentioned, my love for travel is never-ending. If I can be of any assistance, please reach out!

Patrick Amengual

CEO & Founder en We Are Yellow

Vicent Diego

CEO en Novacasa Valencia

Anna Buixó

Licenciada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas & MBA por ESADE con un posgrado en International Management en la London School of Economics.

Su pasión por la tecnología la llevó a trabajar en consultoría digital desde el inicio de su trayectoria, en la que ha acompañado a muchas empresas en el proceso de adopción de nuevos modelos de relación con clientes, proveedores y empleados a través de soluciones digitales, desde distintas consultoras, tanto multinacionales como locales.

Actualmente es socia fundadora de Jelliby, una consultora especializada en la definición e implementación de estrategias digitales, y colaboradora académica en varias universidades.

Albert Enguix

Senior Investment Advisor at Crèdit Andorrà

Rocío Moreno Ruiz de Mier

More than 25 years of experience teaching transformation, leadership and motivation at Esade, plus my career as a sales director and my training as a coach, have equipped me to guide people in their personal growth and professional development process.

At Esade Executive Education, I currently direct a programme for executives called “Transformation of the Sales Model: Leadership and Change Management”, which focuses on the simultaneous growth of people, organisations and customers.

Specialities:

• Results-oriented changes and people
• Leadership and personal and team motivation
• Transformational learning: developing tools for confidently dealing with personal evolution and any necessary changes

Languages: Spanish, English

Certifications: EEC Executive Coaching (ICF)

Fernando Rodríguez Ferrer

Business Development Director

Fernando is the Business Development Director at Bizum, where he has nearly six years of experience leading the company’s growth and commercial expansion. He has participated in European initiatives in the payments field and currently forms part of the external advisory team supporting the European Central Bank in the research phase of the digital euro.

Before joining Bizum, he worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture. He previously worked at BBVA and at the innovation consultancy Opinno.

He holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and a Bachelor in Spanish Language and Literature from the National Distance Education University (UNED). He completed the Programme for Management Development at Esade and holds a Master in Industrial Technology from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Alvaro Carcel https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvarocarcel/ 

Bachelor and Master in Law from Esade. More than 10 years of experience in the field of executive talent, both in Spain and abroad. He currently serves as Director of Executive Search at Saltor Talent.

Jordi Cardona Blasco

Paula Navajas Ergüín

Con más de 20 años de experiencia tanto en el sector privado (KPMG) como en el de organizaciones internacionales (Naciones Unidas, Comité Olímpico Internacional), estoy encantada de apoyar a líderes y empresas en su camino hacia la mejora y la transformación.
Especializada en ayudar a los emprendedores y ejecutivos a crecer y ser más resilientes, encontrar la alineación y el propósito de su negocio, tomar decisiones, ir más allá del Síndrome del Impostor y a abrir un liderazgo y una mentalidad renovada y más ágil.

Acompaño a las empresas en la identificación de sus fortalezas (procesos, frameworks, estrategias...) así como su potencial. Les ayudo en el realineamiento con sus valores corporativos y en el logro de sus objetivos con un enfoque de innovación y mejora.

• Idioma sesiones: Francés, Inglés, Castellano y Catalán
• Certificaciones:
  • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Co-Active Training Institute (CTI)
  • Certified Leadership Circle Coach, The Leadership Circle (TLC)

Samuel Pimentel

Samuel is the Executive Chairman of Ackermann International. He has more than 25 years of professional experience managing executive search companies. He is a recognised expert on technology and telecommunications and has been assisting companies in this market for more than 20 years. He oversees the Spanish and Latin American operations of Ackermann International.

Marc Gelabert Castillo

Marc Gelabert is an Executive MBA graduate @esade (class 2021) and his professional career consists of more than 20 years working in business development, sales management and marketing. He is a results-driven professional with business development experience, dedicated to reaching sales targets and maximizing profits, providing brand awareness and creating synergies with colleagues and clients.

He has been working at ESADE from 2014 to 2019 as an International Associate Director for Admissions in charge of the recruitment of MBA’s & MSc in Management in Italy, the Middle East and Russia. Since 2020 is in charge of Admissions for all the MBA’s programs for candidates with residency in Spain and also working as a B2B Business  Development Manager for the Executive MBA.

Originally from Barcelona, he lived 1 year in San Francisco, 3 years in London and 2 years in Salzburg and he operated professionally in more than 25 different countries around the world (such UK, USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Israel, UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan & all over Spain…).
 

Oriol Molins

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Jordí Vila

My work involves providing guidance to professionals who are seeking a career objective, from the design phase to the “landing” phase and ultimately the achievement of the goal. My process involves introspection and an exploration of the job market and your personal strengths – something I have experienced personally throughout my career, with all the successes and mistakes that this entails.

Having worked as a manager in the field of executive search and selection consultancy for more than 12 years, as a senior manager for seven years and as an independent professional for the last 12 years, I have a clear vision of the best way to design strategies and the best tools to use in this process, while also identifying personal obstacles and facilitators that will enable you to achieve success.

Each person is unique. Therefore, I adapt the pace and style of my work to your reality.

Núria Ribé Fusté

Chief Marketing Officer Laundry&HomeCare– Head of Sustainability Henkel Consumer Brands (HCB) & Member of HCB Executive Committee.

25years of successful experience in Global & local business steering, General Management (P&L), Global Marketing role, Local Sales & Marketing, Digital Marketing transformation, M&A & divestures. Turn-around multiple troubled business (country – categories) through design game-changing / agile business & organizational strategies and executing with excellence with strong teams.

Crafting Sustainability Vision, Strategy and Action Plan of L&HC / HCB.

Culturally adaptable, passionate, inspiring. Strategic & hands on leader and innovative developer of business, brands and people. Willing to make a positive impact, Do Good.

Kelvin Collado

Ingeniero de Proyectos Senior en Portafolio Inmobiliario 

Christina Steimler

Co-founder and CEO of Indem Advokatfirma AS.

Master in Business Administration (MBA) from ESADE Business School, Barcelona. The MBA specialisation was in finance and entrepreneurship. Participated in different projects in the fields of private equity and venture capital during the MBA. 

Board experience from family shipping business and the financial industry. 
 

• Co-founder and CEO, Indem Advokatfirma AS (2015-)
• Lawyer / Business Developer, Gram, Hambro & Garman (2015)
• Master in Business Administration (MBA), ESADE Business School, Barcelona (2013-2015)
• Associate, later Lawyer, Gram, Hambro & Garman (2010-2013)
• Master in Law, University of Bergen, Norway (2010)
• Exchange Semester, University of Sydney (2009)

José Manuel 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.

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.

Patryk Rudnicki

While working in strategy consulting is quite time consuming, I always try to visit some new places in my free time, even on a short weekend trip. Barcelona is special to me, each year after graduation I come back at least once in the summer months. Being a ski lover, I'm used to spend a couple of weeks a year in mountains over the winter period. Professionally I advise clients mainly from retail and consumer products industries on the issues of strategic importance, focusing on customer experience and operations excellence.

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.

Luis Bajo

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Diego Molero

Diego is a professional with 30 years of experience and a broad, diverse base of knowledge of the public sector (administration and business). He has 20 years of experience in various high-profile positions at all levels of government (national, regional and local). He now serves as chief of staff for the Chairman of Renfe. He is an advocate for public-private collaboration in all areas – not only in service management – on the grounds that it is the best win-win arrangement for society. He is known for his capacity for personal relationships and team management, generating trust and responsibility. He is quick to adapt to complex, multiple-stakeholder environments where it is necessary to be involved, demanding, tenacious and perseverant in order to fulfil the organisation’s objectives and projects. He also has links to academia, holding a PhD in Constitutional Law and lecturing at the Complutense University of Madrid. At Esade–Ramón Llull University, he earned an Executive Master in Public Administration and collaborates on the organisation of executive programmes in Madrid.

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.

Eloi Noya

Entrepreneur, financial advisor and professor at Esade. After 20 years in senior management positions in banking, in 2013 he co-founded the Fintech LoanBook Capital and currently combines teaching with financial consulting at Altria Corpo and WordstoNumbers. He is also an expert lecturer in alternative financing, fintech and blockchain. He is a professor at Esade at Capital Markets & Fintech, as well as coordinator of digital projects at the Executive Master in Digital Business. He has a degree in ADE and a Master by Esade (Lic & MBA 93), a degree in Law from the UOC and an Executive Master in Digital Business from Esade (EMDB 2012).

Mireia Oranias

Mireia is an Audit Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Barcelona, specialising in the tourism and real estate sectors. She has been a member of the Spanish Official Register of Account Auditors (ROAC) since 2006.

She has 20 years of experience auditing and advising businesses in Spain, especially groups that apply IFRS Standards. She specialises in working with tourism and real estate clients. She has international experience, having worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers USA in Washington DC from 2006 to 2007. She is the partner responsible for the auditing business in the tourism sector at PwC Spain.

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

Since 2001, Manuel has worked at Gancedo, a leading design and space-creation company with a track record stretching back more than 75 years. After working on internationalisation projects for several years, he became the company’s director in 2014.

He is a great advocate of family businesses, the values they represent and the benefits they generate for society.

Robert Navarro

Robert is the Managing Director and CFO of Innogy Spain, a German-owned utility focused on renewable energy generation, networks, and the retail electricity and gas business. He is also an academic assistant at Esade, where he provides tutoring on business plans, among other topics, for various programmes.

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...

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!”

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

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.

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.

David Garzón

■ Ayudo a las personas que sufren enfermedades raras a tener una mejor calidad de vida a través de proyectos con los profesionales médicos que ayudan a mejorar el conocimiento de estas patologías, mejorando los procesos de diagnóstico y facilitando el acceso al mercado de los medicamentos huérfanos.
■ Cuento con más de 16 años de experiencia profesional en el sector farmacéutico y desde el mes de marzo de 2020 soy el responsable de la unidad de negocio de enfermedades raras en España y Portugal para la multinacional Chiesi.
■ Me apasiona aprender y compartir mis conocimientos y experiencia, conociendo a gente de diferentes sectores y perfiles, creo que es una forma muy enriquecedora de crecer personal y profesionalmente. Soy una persona con mucha iniciativa y me ilusiona poner en marcha proyectos o actividades donde podamos compartir conocimientos e inquietudes.
■ En todo lo que hago, intento poner mucha pasión y esfuerzo, ¡es mi mejor manera de disfrutar del camino!

César Fernández Llano

I work with professionals in challenging environments (large multinationals and IBEX 35 companies) who need to develop new resources or skills. My approach is very practical and results-oriented. 

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certification: International Coaching Federation. I have served as president of ICF Spain and have more than 15 years of experience. 

Javier Campos

Javier is a professional with 20 years of experience in transformation, business development and leading sales teams at insurance companies. He currently works as Director of Digital Business, Direct and Alliances at Seguros Santalucía. Before that, he was the company’s Director of Business Development. Previously, he worked for 12 years at the “la Caixa” insurance group (both VidaCaixa and SegurCaixa), where he was responsible for various businesses, and also as a senior consultant at Accenture, where he developed global programmes for the operational and technological transformation of insurance companies in Spain and the United Kingdom. He holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Esade, a PDG from IESE and a Master in Savings and Provisioning from Pompeu Fabra University.

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. 

Raúl Izquierdo Cabezudo

I am a co-active coach, in that I try to help the person, management team or company to find their best strategy and capacity to solve whatever professional-development and business challenges may arise. From an existential point of view, it is about guiding the person or company in their pursuit of a goal to achieve transformation.

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese

Certification: EC Coach (EISMEA)

Arnau Ferrer

Estudiante del BBA de ESADE de la promoción 2022, Arnau es uno de los 3 estudiantes miembro permanente de la ESADE Alumni Young Commission. Además de la Young Commission, Arnau es miembro de 3 de las 26 asociaciones de estudiantes de la universidad: EsTalent, The E3 Initiative y EMotor. En ellas ha ocupado distintas posiciones, desde Board Assistant de EsTalent hasta Director del Departamento de Proyectos en EMotor pasando por ser miembro del equipo organizador de las Company Visits de E3. Su elevado contacto e involucración en la comunidad estudiantil, aporta a la comisión una visión amplia y profunda de los intereses y necesidades de los estudiantes hecho que permite a la subcomisión de “Engagement” atraer-los mejor haciendo a la comisión más eficaz y eficiente. 

Claudia Muñoz Fresquet

Miembro de la Junta del Club de Finanzas desde 2021 y Presidente de la Comisión Young desde septiembre de 2020. Ha dedicado la mayor parte de su carrera profesional a las finanzas y a la consultoría.

A parte de su título en ESADE, tiene un Máster en Finanzas Corporativas y diversos títulos en innovación social y medioambiental (lleva a cabo diversos proyectos pro-bono para diversas organizaciones nacionales e internacionales). 

Con una amplia experiencia internacional (1 año en Colombia y 2 años en Chile),  actualmente trabaja en BNP Paribas CIB - Group Finance, especializada en Guarantees & Facilities de EMEA, localizada en Madrid.

José Ramon Serra

Estudió ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos donde obtuvo el premio Miguen Sandalio a su proyecto final de carrera sobre la optimización de gestión y mantenimiento de pavimentos urbanos. En el ámbito de la ingeniería es donde desarrollo los primeros años de su carrera profesional centrado la movilidad, los transportes y la logística en la empresa CPS ingenieros.

Posteriormente trabajó como consultor en Panificadora Estellés, donde descubrió el interés por la gestión de personas y decidió conocer más sobre la misma que culminaría con el EMBA. Aquí, trabajó en un proceso de automatización, mejora y eficiencia de la compañía junto con la dirección general, así como con las áreas de RRHH y Finanzas para la automatización y mejora del clima en la empresa. 

Posteriormente se mudó a Madrid y empezó a trabajar en Aliseda Inmobiliaria como analista en el departamento de estrategia para el fondo Blackstone y banco Santander. Actualmente trabaja en la generación de valor a la compañía y colaborar con las distintas áreas de la compañía en cualquier poryecto estratégico y el reporting a los accionistas de la misma.  
 

Laura Sala

Directora de Desarrollo del Talento (aprendizaje y desarrollo) de P&G para Europa, responsable de la Práctica de Talento global para FBNL, SE y Suiza (sede central).

Colabora con los responsables de línea y los directores de recursos humanos diseñando estrategias y facilitando la ejecución de soluciones según la capacidad de la empresa para incidir en su desempeño en la región (+50 mercados, +30.000 empleados, 15.000 millones de dólares de negocio). Supervisa los programas internacionales de Práctica del Talento (de adquisición y gestión del talento) en siete países. Ha desarrollado casi toda su carrera profesional en P&G, desempeñando distintos roles a escala local y regional en los departamentos de Recursos Humanos y Marca, al principio de su carrera.

Como líder en Talento, fue patrocinadora del programa Future Female Leaders, que busca fomentar el acceso de las mujeres a carreras de Ventas en P&G. Este programa se ha desarrollado en los últimos cuatro años, ha sido reconocido por P&G a escala global y se ha impartido en varios países.

Amalia Saavedra

Socia de Olivo Consulting, especializada en Finanzas e Inversiones. Me encanta mi trabajo y trabajar con emprendedores. Apoyo varias causas sociales principalmente vinculadas a la infancia.

Shireen Husain

I am a graduate of the Esade MBA, Class of 2017, a native New Yorker with a background in the retail, fashion and e-commerce industry. Started a career at Amazon within a new business focused on fashion, then attended Esade to focus on marketing and expand my business foundation. Since then I have continued with my interests in e-commerce and fashion, working at Wayfair and American express. Currently living in New York City with husband and former Esade classmate Curro and puppy Rio, where we enjoy exploring the city on long walks, trying new restaurants and traveling as much as possible.

Fernando 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).

Elena Garrigues

TBD

Inés Pons

Portfolio Catalogue & Support - Petcare at Mars

Luis Vazquez Hernández

CEO Podium Strategy&Marketing

Ricardo San Marcos de la Torre

Ricardo San Marcos es Socio Director de Vaciero ademas de liderar el Área Concursal e Insolvencias de la firma. Dirige los proyectos de solicitud y tramitación de concursos de acreedores y acuerdos de refinanciación regulados por la Ley Concursal. Como experto en reestructuraciones e insolvencias complejas, ha coordinado transacciones para adquisición de unidades de negocio parciales de empresas en procesos de cierre o liquidación. También ha sido designado en múltiples ocasiones administrador concursal y administrador judicial de compañías en dificultades.

Abogado y Economista especialista en crisis empresarial, es también diplomado en Management Development por ESADE, complementado la formación en dirección de empresas con programas en Marketing estratégico por ESADE y Marketing Digital por ESIC. Cuenta con una dilatada experiencia en el asesoramiento continuado en consolidación y reestructuración de empresas, desarrollo de negocio y asesoramiento a la dirección. Ha participado en procesos y negociaciones para adquisición de empresa y negocios, en el ámbito nacional e internacional. Es también Auditor oficial de Cuentas y Mediador Concursal, Civil y Mercantil.

Ponente habitual en foros, cursos y seminarios y profesor colaborador de la Universidad de Oviedo, es también autor de numerosos artículos y tribunas de opinión. Además es Vicepresidente del Instituto de Mediación del Principado de Asturias.

Anna Aguiar

Currently in her last year of the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law. Anna is passionate about startups and technology. She has been the co-President of E3 (Esade’s Entrepreneurship Association) and has done internships at Gartner, Accenture and Caixabank, among others.

Anna took part in Summer Schools and International Programs at Bocconi University, NYU, Georgetown University, WU Vienna and King’s College London.
Her international background has allowed her to participate in many international projects including the European Youth Parliament and creating a Startup idea as well.

Anna has been involved in the organization of many events at ESADE and has also been a TA of the Esade Full-Time MBA.

Always open to help others and to be part of new projects!

Vanesa Estorach

Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA from Esade, with a postgraduate degree in International Management from HEC Paris.

Her entire career has been related to innovation and technology, both at startups and at large corporations. After having worked as a product manager at other digital companies, she now leads the digital transformation of the Digital IA area at Sanofi.

In 2008, she co-founded Women in Mobile (WiM), an organisation that works to promote and raise the profile of women in the technology sector.

Tim-Frederik Kohler

Tim grew up in Germany, and found his destination in Singapore. 
Since childhood his passion has been connecting different worlds and different cultures. 
He lived, worked and built up businesses in North America, Europe, Middle East and Central & East Asia. 

He was part of the first cohort of the joint Aalto-ESADE MBA for Executives in 2018. 
The program focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and design thinking, to understand the intrinsic need for digital transformation in a new business setting, around the world.
As regional CEO of APMEA and Global CSO (Chief Sales Officer) he is actively working on strategy design and implementation to built a better future within his realm of influence. 

Tim loves all kind of sports, he is an active age group Triathlete, PADI rescue scuba diver, and enjoys spending time in the gym.

Whilst the Singapore alumni is relatively small, he is very happy in welcoming new arrivals and engage with the existing alumni in Singapore. 
Tim is open to try out new concepts and forms of engagement to generate more value for all members.

Laura Cespedosa Cañada

Labor coaching: Psychologist, coach and head hunter, I help you to know the reality of the labor market with the real point of view of the current market. I have accompanied more than 4,500 people in their professional transition.

Executive Coaching: I accompany CEOs and middle managers in their continuous improvement process. My vision as Human Resources director and my participation in steering committees will help you define your challenges and achieve them, empowering yourself and leading teams to achieve their engagement and that of clients. Specialized in team and sales coaching, as well as agile leadership.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Certification: ICF, with more than 4,500 hours

Ana Ramírez Torres

Ana Ramírez Torres graduated from the University of Seville with a Bachelor in Geography in 2002. She earned a Master in Geographic Information Systems: Planning, Land Management and Environment at the University of Seville in 2005. She went on to earn a Master in Valuation, Cadastre and Territorial Information Systems from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2017. She completed the Esade-Loyola Executive MBA in 2018-2019.

Since 2013, she has been a founding partner and manager of the consulting firm GEOMALANDAR S.L., which specialises in the management, analysis and publication of spatial information, spatial data infrastructure, and cadastral procedures and formalities.

She has participated in several projects of the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia, including the Unified Digital Street Map of Andalusia and the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Andalusia. She is currently working on a project called Characterisation and Distribution of Built Space in Andalusia.

Ernest Morales

Ernest is an associate at MGC Arbitration, where his main area of practice is international commercial and investment arbitration. He is a member of the Paris and Barcelona Bar Associations. He has acted as a lawyer and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional, under a wide range of jurisdictions and applicable laws. He has experience in the banking, construction and energy sectors, among others.

He teaches in the Master in International Business Law at Esade and has served as the school’s coach for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot since 2017. He has written several articles, served as a panellist at international conferences and organised several events in the field of arbitration, while also serving as co-chair of the Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (PVYAP) organisation.

Ernest holds a Bachelor in Law, a Master in International Business Law and a Master in Legal Practice from Esade Law School, as well as a Bachelor in International Arbitration from Sciences Po. He is a native speaker of Spanish and Catalan and he is fluent in English, French and Portuguese.

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.

David Rico Pousada

Abogado. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidade da Coruña en 2009, ha cursado parte del plan de estudios en la Università Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna (ITALIA). Con posterioridad completó su formación cursando el Máster en Derecho Internacional de los Negocios por ESADE en 2010, universidad donde adquirió una formación práctica y especializada en materia mercantil e internacional.

Con despacho profesional en A Coruña, miembro del Club Territorial ESADE Alumni Galicia y miembro del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de A Coruña, David ha venido desarrollando su actividad en la especialización del Derecho Mercantil, adquiriendo una gran experiencia en el asesoramiento de las PYMES, (creación de pactos para-sociales, contratación de transferencia de tecnología, joint venture, intervención en procedimientos de concurso de acreedores, propiedad intelectual, etc.).

“La especialización y la actualización de conocimientos son fundamentales en todo ejerciente, máxime en una materia como el Derecho Mercantil, donde las relaciones comerciales cambian cada vez más a pasos agigantados, y donde un conocimiento transfronterizo de estas relaciones se antoja más necesario”.

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.

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.

Vicente Vento

Vicente Vento is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DTCP, an investment management group with c. $1.6 billion assets under management and advisory from Deutsche Telekom and other institutional investors, and a portfolio of over 60 companies. The group provides venture and growth capital, special situation investments, and advisory services to the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. It operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel.

Mr. Vento is a member of Deutsche Telekom’s top leadership team, a Board Director at Stroeer Media and smarkets, and a Board Observer at Swiss Towers, Cloudreach and keepler. In the past, he served as a Board Director at Scout24, Strato, InteractiveMedia and Nexmo.

Prior to founding DTCP, Mr. Vento had been the Head of M&A and a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom after having held various advisory and asset management positions at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone and Royal Capital Management.

Mr. Vento earned an MSc and an MBA in Business Administration from ESADE Business School.

Óscar Cortés

Óscar is a professional with 20 years of experience leading institutional strategies and strengthening the administration’s relationships with companies, associations, lobbies and institutions. Through his work in a ministerial office and in various positions as a public employee, he developed expertise in the management of political environments and high-level institutional relations, as well as in building and developing narratives around strategies. He shares his experience by teaching in management programmes at various business schools and universities. His educational background is in industrial engineering and he received his management training at Esade and IESE.

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.

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.

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.

Marta Moreta

Industrial Engineer and Executive MBA. Professional in the area of sub-chain management amb antecedents in the prevention of Occupational Hazards. Experience in the large consumer and chemical sector. Remarkable connection in export management, Demand planning and Requirements materials planning. Currently, it is focused on the implementation of projects for the management and execution of transport to Europe, Orient Mitjà and Nord d’Àfrica.

Anna Ventosa

Anna’s career is focused on cocoa powder. She started out managing the R&D department and she is now responsible for developing Marketing and Sales at the same company. Anna holds a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering. Her passion for marketing led her to pursue an Executive Master in Marketing and Sales at Esade, which helped her pivot towards those areas of the company.

She is a creative, optimistic and insatiably curious person. She believes that society needs to shift towards gender equality in order to make the world a fairer place.

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.”

Enrique Martínez

Vice president MBA ‘93

Enrique is the Executive Managing Director of CBRE Spain. He is also a member of CBRE’s executive committee and board of directors for Spain and a member of the firm’s retail and asset management executive committees for EMEA. An expert on the retail asset class, Enrique has extensive experience in investment and asset management for leading institutional investors.

He oversees CBRE’s digital transformation in Spain and has a solid understanding of new real estate trends. He holds a Lic&MBA from Esade and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at IESE. He is the president of the Esade Alumni Real Estate Club and is a member of the executive committees of the Urban Land Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Javier Navarro

Socio director de Vinca Capital Corporate Finance.

Panaita García

Panaita began her career in the consumer-goods industry in the Cosmetics Division of Henkel. She has subsequently held executive positions in marketing, sales, organisation and management in consumer-goods and online companies, at both the national and international levels, in Spain, Germany and France. Specialising in online and offline marketing and sales, she currently holds the position of Marketing Director for Iberia at the De’Longhi Group. She is a member of the Esade Alumni Marketing Club.

Xavier Lavall

After earning a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade, Xavier became an executive at a family business in the graphic arts industry, where he now serves as Director of Graphic Creation and Production Projects. He also manages Wheris, a company he co-founded, which is dedicated to the universal accessibility of information – both printed and digital – for people with visual and hearing disabilities or reading difficulties.

Cristina Ortega

Third-Party Equipment Operations Manager for EMEA in the Personalisation and Industrial Division of HP. With experience in services, retail, supply chain and marketing at Desigual and Inoxcrom, Cristina holds an MSc in Marketing Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. She is currently in her last year of a law degree at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She also holds a black belt in judo from the Spanish Federation of Judo and Associated Disciplines and is a founding member and president of the Association for Women’s Self-Defence (ADPM). She sits on the board of the Esade Alumni Operations Club.

Pilar Feliz Barrio

Over the course of our lives, we all encounter critical moments – periods of uncertainty and change that force us to modify our way of doing things. As an executive and personal coach, I guide people in their comprehensive development, with the aim of identifying and understanding the exponential resources they already possess within themselves so that they can use their strengths and capacities to feel, think and act in ways that enable them to achieve their goals.

Languages: Spanish and French 

Specialities: I am an ontological coach trained at Escuela Europea de Coaching (EEC) in 2014. I offer the following processes: 

• Executive coaching, with extensive experience in leadership development for women and career-transition processes
• Personal coaching 

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

Maryam Luzárraga

Experta en estrategia e internacionalización empresarial, desarrollo corporativo e impacto ESG, competitividad y emprendimiento.

Es Miembro del ICA, instituto de Consejeros y Administradores y participa en consejos y órganos consultivos de varias organizaciones. Actividad que compagina, por un lado, con la docencia, como profesora en el master de relaciones internacionales y diplomacia corporativa de la Universidad de Deusto y por otro, como business ángel participando y apoyando a varias start ups.

Tiene 27 de años de experiencia profesional y 10 años en el extranjero asesorando a Organismos Internacionales, Corporaciones, Gobiernos, PYMEs y emprendedores. En su última etapa profesional como Socia de consultoría de PwC ha sido responsable de la solución de competitividad para el desarrollo empresarial en España y miembro Comité ejecutivo Internacional de PwC para Comisión Europea y Banco Mundial. 

Anteriormente desarrolló su carrera profesional en Bruselas asesorando a gobiernos y corporaciones en el desarrollo de proyectos internacionales financiados con Fondos Europeos, BEI y Organismos de financiación Multilateral en Europa, América Latina y Africa.

Maryam, es Licenciada en Derecho con especialidad jurídico-económica por la Universidad de Deusto con Diploma en Derecho Internacional por la Universidad Robert Schumann de Estrasburgo, Máster en Derecho Comunitario y Europeo por la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, Máster en Comercio Internacional por la Escuela Solvay, Universidad Libre de Bruselas. Postgrado en gestión Executive Programe por ESADE y Programa Consejeros ESADE-PwC.

Jose Antonio González Moreno

More than 25 years of experience as a human resources executive with international responsibilities at market-leading American and Spanish multinational IT companies. Extensive in-company training in coaching, mentoring, leadership, careers, competency development, emotional and relational intelligence, and conflict management, among other areas. 

Expert in positive intelligence, career development and redesign, leadership skill development, emotional and relational management, and conflict management. 

Current member of the coach community for Esade's Lead Programme.

Languages: Spanish and English

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 manages the $3 million Partnership Development Fund 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.

Núria Prat Clarós

Certified in Wingwave®, a method of performance and emotion coaching that helps coachees reduce their stress, increase their creativity, and improve their mental well-being and resilience, all in just a few sessions.

This method is based on three techniques:

1. Bilateral hemisphere stimulation

2. Neurolinguistic programming (NLP)

3. Myostatic test

SPECIALITIES IN THE WINGWAVE METHOD

Stress regulation: managing stressful situations at work or in your personal life and rediscovering positive emotional resources.

Achieving goals and reaching maximum potential: mental and emotional preparation for maximum performance and heightened creativity.

Changing limiting beliefs

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certifications:

• Coach certified by the International Coaching Federation
• Practitioner and Master Practitioner of NLP – Gestalt Institute of Barcelona and International Coaching Federation
• Wingwave® Coaching – Besser-Siegmund Institute of Hamburg (Germany)
• Systemic Coaching with the Wingwave® Method – Gestalt Institute of Barcelona
• Wingwave® Training for Trainers – Symbiotik Institut of Mallorca

Moisés Barceló

Actualmente cursando el grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en ESADE, Moisès es Co-Presidente de la asociación estudiantil EsTalent (ESADE Students for Talent), desde la que impulsa el talento mediante la organización de eventos y partnerships que tienen como finalidad el fundraising para el Programa de Becas de la Fundación ESADE. Además, ha colaborado como consultor externo en proyectos para SINGA Barcelona, Laboratorios ORDESA o Fundació Migra Studium. Su área de interés profesional es el Marketing de gran consumo y cursará su international exchange en la Università Bocconi, en Milán. 

Vishesh Dalal

Part of the Esade MBA Batch of 2018, Vishesh is currently working as an Investment Professional with the Clermont Group and has experience across the investment lifecycle in emerging markets as well as the US.

While at Esade, he was the President of the Finance Club and did an exchange with the Haas School of Business, University of Berkeley. He is trained as an accountant and is a CFA Charterholder. His past experience includes a stint at Ernst & Young and an entrepreneurial experience of setting up an e-commerce start-up in India.

Vishesh has had the opportunity to live, study and work across Singapore, India, US, Norway, Spain and Colombia. Being an adventure-sports enthusiast, he has participated in several time-speed-distance (TSD) car rallies across India, holds a PADI scuba diving license and has bungee jumped at 2 of the top 5 highest bungee jumping locations in the world.

Joaquín Acha

Joaquín has spent his entire professional career in the field of logistics and passenger mobility, at companies such as Arthur Andersen and RACC. He is currently the CEO of La Unión S.A., the leading intercity passenger transport company in the Basque Country and Navarre. He is the president of the Mobility and Logistics Cluster of the Basque Country. He has served as president of the Esade Alumni Operations Club and been a guest lecturer in the Department of Operations.

Pedro Ivan Rullán

Xavier Torres

​​​​​​Experiencia en Analítica de Negocio y Ciencia de Datos, identificando y desarrollando proyectos que transforman datos en conocimiento, facilitando la toma de decisiones y favoreciendo el crecimiento de ingresos, la reducción de costes y la minimización de riesgos. ¿Cómo? Utilizando herramientas de analítica avanzada (como el Business Intelligence, Data Science y Machine Learning) para ofrecer soluciones a medida. Siempre con una mentalidad ROI. Curioso, orientado a resultados y entendiendo que las personas son la base de cualquier proyecto.

Cristina Bote

Cristina holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. She is a consultant and data scientist at Accenture Barcelona with more than three years of experience in digital transformation projects. She leads international projects in business as well as in big data and analytics. Although her background is in business, she decided to complement her knowledge with training in data science in order to give her clients a 360° vision aligned with the digital world. She is a proactive person with a great capacity to adapt to any situation. She is motivated to ensure that men and women enjoy the same opportunities and can compete freely according to their abilities.

Eulalia Planes

Se inició profesionalmente en el área financiera en Fluidra, y ha ocupado y ejercido funciones de dirección y de consejera en las diferentes participadas del grupo familiar. Des de febrero del 2016 hasta julio 2019 Consejera Dominical de Fluidra.

Desde 1998 es Consejera Delegada de Dispur, S.L., brazo inversor del Family Office de la familia Planes, desarrollando actividades en los sectores Inmobiliario, Inversión Financiera y Private Equity.

Julio 2020 fundadora de  Fundació Vinne, donde ejerce de Presidenta del Patronato.

Miembro de FOMM (Family Office Managers Meetings) asociación vinculada a la FOX (Family Office Exchange) de EEUU.  

Jaume Roig

Jaume is the Director of Real Estate at Mimeisa Asset Management. He has extensive experience in investment and asset management with private and institutional investors. He holds a PhD in Finance and Real Estate, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade Business School and a Bachelor of Technical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He has also participated in postgraduate courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the London School of Economics (LSE).

Gerard Prat

C.E.O GasMercan Europa, internacionalización, exportación, introducción y distribución, de productos en Centro América.

Silvia Parera Fontana

Silvia is the Director of Alliances and Commercial Relations at Agència.

She has more than 20 years of experience in tourism and belongs to a third-generation family in the hotel industry. She began her career at two consulting firms specialised in tourism, where she developed strategic plans for destinations and economic feasibility and expansion plans for hotels. She later became the Corporate Brand Manager at PortAventura World, where she designed the company’s brand positioning, among other functions. Her dynamic and entrepreneurial nature has prompted her to create several companies, one of which, a communication venture, is still in business. She currently works for the Catalan Government, where she develops strategic alliances with large companies in the tourism industry and implements new models of commercial relations with the public and private sectors.

Colja Christian Smely

Colja Christian Smely is a board member of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Frankfurt. He grew up in Darmstadt and Frankfurt and studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ESADE Barcelona in the Master in International Management program. Since he graduated in 2012, Colja is working as a consultant for transformation and restructuring cases and advises Private Equity clients and other financial investors. He loves traveling, music, cooking and sports, especially CrossFit and tennis. After a short stopover in Hamburg, Colja returned to Frankfurt in 2020.

Maria Pedrals

Partner and consultant at Cluster Development. Lic&MBA 2005. More than 15 years of experience as a strategic consultant specialised in cluster development and business value chains. She has worked on projects to improve competitiveness in a wide range of industries, including food, fashion, pharmaceuticals and cybersecurity, with a focus on aspects of business analysis and management of the strategic change process.

Joaquín Roca

Bachelor and Master of Business Administration from Esade (‘09).

He currently holds the role of Innovation Beyond the Core Manager for Europe at Nestlé, within the Dairy and Nutrition categories, in which capacity he is responsible for creating and developing an ecosystem of digital solutions that includes new business models in order to generate further growth for the company.

He previously, worked at ISDIN Pharmaceuticals, where he developed a global community for beauty consultants, among other B2B projects.

He has more than 10 years of international experience in business consulting – strategy and operations – at Minsait (formerly Europraxis Consulting) and BeRepublic with a high-level strategic and business focus on different areas: economic-financial, technological, innovation and digital transformation.

He also teaches “Finance for Entrepreneurs” in the Master of Strategic Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IED.

Chetan Anand

Chetan Anand is an experienced operator and management consultant with deep expertise in Telecom and Digital space. After leading CXO agenda at Sub-saharan Africa and Far East Asian telecom operators, Chetan relocated to Dubai in 2012 to focus on GCC and larger Middle Eastern market.

In his current role as Chief of Staff of Huawei Middle East President’s office, Chetan is driving the strategic, partnership and investment initiatives in High Tech., IT and Network space in Middle East. Chetan brings a wealth of experience in advising companies (e.g. Telcos, Banks, PSU entities etc.) looking to grow revenues beyond core by either launching new business units and/or investing/acquiring digital ventures. Additionally, he has a proven track record of supporting public and private sector companies during their digital transformation and enabling them to thrive in a highly competitive new digital economy.

Chetan is passionate about (1) businesses (and ideas) that not only create economic value but also promote social well being (2) venture funding (active angel investor) and (3) collaborating with early stage start-ups (as mentor and/or as a tech. partner offering ‘sandbox’ environment for testing their proof of concepts)

Zuzana Krbilova

TBD

Anna Casas

I accompany people and teams in the development of their leadership to generate the necessary changes that add value and well-being to people and organizations and for the good of the planet.

My way of working is holistic, includes all stakeholders and is based on the "why" of your decisions. Ethics is a pillar of my work. Teamwork is focused on rethinking, renewing and redesigning the balance between leadership, business strategy and company culture to transform what is not useful.

Today I combine business experience with coaching tools and knowledge of the human being to develop conscious leadership.

Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan and French

Certifications:

Accredited as a Coaching Supervisor by The Coaching Supervision

Academy.(Accredited by ICF and EMCC) 2016-2017

The Coaching Academy: Diploma in Personal and Performance Coaching. 2012

ACC by ICF. 2013

NLP Practitioner. 2012

MBSR Practitioner Instructor. 2018

Sofia Vega de Seoane

Managing Director Medinvest Asset Management.

Más de 20 años de experiencia profesional en Sector Financiero, en áreas como Financiación (financiación estructurada, Originación), Tesorería y Mercado de Capitales, Banca de Particulares y Desarrollo de Negocio, así como en gestión de activos.

Sofía es Licenciada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por CUNEF. Posee un postgrado de Corporate Finance por el Instituto de Empresa y pertenece al Programa Promociona de ESADE, siendo actualmente miembro del Club de Finanzas.

Desde el inicio de su carrera Sofía ha estado vinculada al sector financiero, trabajando en entidades como, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, La Caixa, Caja Madrid – Bankia y en Beka Finance. La mayor parte de su carrera ha estado en el área de Mercado de Capitales, Corporate Finance, desempeñando diversos puestos de responsabilidad. Participó en la creación de Beka Finance como Directora de Desarrollo de Negocio y miembro del Comité de Dirección de la entidad. En 2017 saltó al mundo de recursos humanos y talento, lo que le aportó otra perspectiva del sector financiero. Actualmente es Managing Director de Medinvest Asset Management, gestora de fondos de real estate, desde donde crean y desarrollan fondos relacionados con el sector "living". 

Pedro pablo Merino

Vice principal of Public Affairs in Adif.

Kim Faura

I am a senior business leader with a passion for growing and developing high performing teams. Marketing, Product, Experience, Commerce and Digital expert. Listed in MarketingWeek Top 50 CX professionals. Regular speaker at business schools and industry events.

Proud to be one of the founders of giffgaff, a unique business that runs in collaboration with its members. Which? Recommended provider from 2013 to 2019 and 2016 to 2019 uSwitch Award for Network of the year.

Originally from Barcelona, studied at Esade business school. I was a Brand Manager at PepsiCo before joining giffgaff.

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

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.

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.

Daniel Schlager

Daniel Schlager is alumnus of ESADE’s International Executive MBA class of 2018. He is a senior
management professional specialized on start-up and family-owned companies in MEDIA,
SOFTWARE & PUBLISHING.

Having been raised in Vienna, Austria and having lived in multiple European cities, Daniel Schlager is
an enthusiastic Pro-European believing in the overriding importance of ESADE’s international alumni
network and has been an active member of the Vienna chapter since he graduated.

Daniel Schlager has profound experience in client-facing consulting and executive management
positions in corporate strategy, content monetization, digital transformation, business development
and B2B sales. He has a proven track record in sales, growing key accounts, business units and
SMEs within a short period of time. Currently, he is vividly working on making lifelong learning easy,
as co-founder of EVERLEARNING.

Daniel Schlager attended and graduated from top-tier global business schools in Europe and the US
including study visits at universities in the UK, the US, Brazil and China. 
Daniel Schlager’s objective
for the ESADE Vienna chapter:

“Creating shared value by bringing people together.”

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. 

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.

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.

Sara Pastor Pastor

" over 14 years of experience in technology, e-commerce and digital advertising with a special focus in the travel industry. She is leading the Destinations business in Europe at ADARA, after having managed the Commercial 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 University, and is co-founder of the organisation "Women in e-travel." 

Lluís Farràs

Economista con más de 35 años de experiencia como Director Financiero y Controller (en multinacionales y medianas empresas de diferentes sectores, en áreas industriales y servicios). Los últimos cinco años los ha pasado como socio en una consultora prestando asesoramiento a Pymes.

Paralelamente ha colaborado con entidades sin ánimo de lucro, sociales y deportivos ofreciendo planes de viabilidad.

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.

Pedro Arellano

Pedro leads processes of organisational change and strategic implementation. He has experience in governance and general management in both the public and private sectors, as well as at family businesses, startups, SMEs and corporations in a variety of industries, including logistics, real estate, education, health, technology, industry and consumer goods. He currently serves as Deputy General Manager at the Port of Barcelona. He sits on the board at various companies and is a trustee of the CARES Foundation. He holds a Bachelor in Labour Sciences, an MBA from Esade, a PDG from IESE and a Diploma in Family Business Consulting from the Family Firm Institute.

Cristina Barcons

As general manager of the family office of a leading European business group, Cristina is privileged to work with a team of great professionals. She previously worked at Banco Sabadell, where she gained 19 years of professional experience and which she will always consider to be her home. Her goal in joining the Esade Alumni Finance Club is to contribute new ideas and give something back to 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.

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.

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

Meritxell has more than 15 years of experience in supply-chain management, specifically planning, purchasing, stock management, third-party manufacturing and logistics. She holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering as well as an MBA from Esade.

Being a member of the Esade Alumni Operations Club has allowed her to gain access to a network of contacts with whom she can discuss opinions, share experiences and make good friends, all while staying up to date on the latest trends and getting to know other environments within the operations field in order to broaden her knowledge of the market.

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.

Carlos Cuatrecasas

Carlos has a Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and an MBA from Esade Business School.

He has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and business consulting in the financial, insurance, wealth and asset management, and fintech sectors. In 2009, he joined KPMG’s Financial Sector Strategy Group, where he leads strategic-thinking projects, market and commercial due diligence, and complex transformations for senior management.

He previously worked at the boutique strategic consulting firm Roland Berger and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ivo Güell Torné

I can help you go from #noicant to #yesican. I provide guidance and tools that will enable you to recognise your strengths and communicate them vigorously. I can also assist with competency development to help you achieve mental empowerment and personal growth that transfers strength, self-confidence and ease and enables you to advance towards your goals.

Specialities:

• Career coaching
• Brand coaching
• Ontological coaching and NLP 
• Executive coaching

Languages: Spanish/Catalan

Certifications:

• Spanish Association of Mentors and Consultants (AMCES)
• European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)

Josep Lluís Cano

Josep Lluís is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade.

He holds a PhD in Business Administration with a European mention from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a Bachelor and Master in Business Administration from Esade. He has long been involved in consulting on information systems projects, combining his teaching responsibilities with his professional pursuits. He specialises in projects involving management information systems and strategic plans for information systems. He has written and published several case studies in the field of information systems, including Aventis, RACC, Aguirre Newman, Government Intelligence in Catalan Public Universities, SAP (A): from Value to Volume, SAP (B): The DG Barcelona Hub, Raventos i Blanc, MIS América Grupo Santander, Bodegas Torres and Sociedad Española de Patologías Digestivas. His work has appeared in scientific journals such as Organization Science. He is also the author of the book Business intelligence: competir con información. He is a visiting lecturer at Católica Porto Business School, a member of the advisory group to BigData CoE and track chair for case studies in Spanish at the North American Case Research Association (NACRA). He has served as Director of E-learning at Esade and has taught at the school since 1989.

Juan Fernandez Laporta

Juan has spent much of his career in the automotive industry, specifically at the Nissan Group, where he held various positions of responsibility in different European countries and eventually became Finance Project Director for Nissan Europe. In parallel with his activity at Nissan, he also spent more than 15 years working as a customs broker at a family business. He currently serves as Finance Senior Advisor to several companies. He also advises startups and is a business angel.

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

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.

Alex Pérez

Attorney at law specialized in corporate law, startups, data protection, compliance and non-profit organizations. A constantly updated lawyer, with great capacity to adapt to new environments; always flexible, motivated and committed, making the company’s values and vision his own. 

Roberto Boasso

Con una formación entre business y tecnología, MSc en ESADE y formación continua en Agile, Roberto se ha especializado en el lanzamiento y dirección de productos digitales. Desde 2015 ha liderado proyectos web, software y aplicaciones mobile de alto tráfico en MotoGP™, WorldSBK, JobCloud y Wall Street English entre otros.  

Ha fundado la startup FriendZone (thefriendzone.app), que dirige como CEO. Vive y trabaja entre España, Suiza e Italia. Su principal inquietud profesional es el continuo diálogo entre la innovación tecnológica y los modelos de negocio sostenibles y que tengan un carácter ético. 

Shalini Lakhwani

I am Shalini, a second generation Indian born in Casablanca, Morocco and brought up in Barcelona, Spain. I graduated from ESADE in 2005 - Undergraduate & Master’s in Business Administration degree. 

I am a health & beauty passionate, with working experience multinationals and start-up companies. I work in global sales and business development roles across EMEA, APAC and Russia markets, and lived in France and Singapore. I have a keen interest in purpose-driven companies that are generating a positive economic, social and environmental impact.

I love travelling, enjoy yoga and walks in nature, and recently took on a new interest – cooking and especially baking!
 

Eduard Mendiluce (MBA 97)

Miembro del Patronato de Esade. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la UAB, MBA por Esade y AMP por el IESE.

Consejero delegado de Anticipa Real Estate y Aliseda Inmobiliaria, encargado de gestionar los portfolios de los inmuebles adquiridos por Blackstone y por otros clientes en España.

Es vicepresidente de ASVAL, miembro del Patronato de la Fundación Esade, vicepresidente del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva del Chapter Barcelona de ULI.

David Berruezo

Àmplia experiència en l’assessorament i auditoria d’empreses del sector de consum, turisme, gestió patrimonial, telecomunicacions i sector públic, gràcies als més de 13 anys de carrera professional tan a Deloitte com anteriorment a Arthur Andersen. Addicionalment, també vaig ocupar els càrrecs de responsable d’Administració del Grup i Director d’Auditoria Interna i Compliment Normatiu al Grup Pyrénées.

Sóc Lic&MBA per ESADE, i disposo de titulació específica sobre les Normes Internacionals de Comptabilitat del Sector Públic (NICSP) i àmplia experiència tan en NIIF com en normativa comptable andorrana i espanyola.

Entre les meves aficions, sóc un apassionat de la muntanya i del es activitats que s’hi poden practicar, però principalment de les curses i de l’esquí de muntanya. 

Manuel Fernandez Fernandez

Fernando Moraga

• DIRECTOR GENERAL DEL GRUPO HIERROS ALFONSO
• Soy vicepresidente de la Unión de Almacenistas de Hierros de España, vocal de la Cámara de Comercio de Zaragoza y miembro de la Junta Directiva de Esade Alumni en Aragón. En 2017 obtuve el Premio ADEA al directivo del año 2017 en Aragón al desarrollo logístico.
• Comprometido con la mejora continua, saber gestionar la adaptabilidad, flexibilidad y el cambio en una organización preocupada por sus trabajadores es clave para conseguir la excelencia. En 2017 el Gobierno de Aragón reconoció a Hierros Alfonso con el premio Pilot. Ahora, buscamos nuevos éxitos en un entorno altamente competitivo.
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• Gestiono equipos multidisciplinares y propongo técnicas innovadoras de trabajo y bechmarking para intercambiar conocimiento. Convencido del aprendizaje permanente a lo largo de la vida, defiendo la creatividad y el diálogo para enfrentarnos a los desafíos del día a día empresarial. Soy especialista en gestión de crisis, reordenación del mercado y reposicionamiento de negocios.

Natalia Rigueiro

Graduada en Derecho, Doble Máster de Acceso a la Abogacía y Derecho Internacional de los Negocios, y del Máster de Especialización en Derecho de las TIC, Redes Sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por Esade Business & Law School. 

Inició su trayectoria en Clifford Chance, en el departamento de litigación. Posteriormente trabajó en H&A en el departamento de marcas durante dos años. Después de estar en el departamento de propiedad intelectual en Baker McKenzie se unió al equipo legal de Wallbox Chargers encargándose de la parte de propiedad intelectual e industrial de la compañía.
 

Jaime Blanco

TBD

Patrick Amengual

CEO & Founder en We Are Yellow

Eduard Torregrosa Sanchis

Desarrollo de Negocio, Estrategia, Digitalización, Venture Capital, Start Ups, Innovación

Anna Buixó

Licenciada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas & MBA por ESADE con un posgrado en International Management en la London School of Economics.

Su pasión por la tecnología la llevó a trabajar en consultoría digital desde el inicio de su trayectoria, en la que ha acompañado a muchas empresas en el proceso de adopción de nuevos modelos de relación con clientes, proveedores y empleados a través de soluciones digitales, desde distintas consultoras, tanto multinacionales como locales.

Actualmente es socia fundadora de Jelliby, una consultora especializada en la definición e implementación de estrategias digitales, y colaboradora académica en varias universidades.

Joan Prat

Manager en Via Moda Andorra

Rocío Moreno Ruiz de Mier

More than 25 years of experience teaching transformation, leadership and motivation at Esade, plus my career as a sales director and my training as a coach, have equipped me to guide people in their personal growth and professional development process.

At Esade Executive Education, I currently direct a programme for executives called “Transformation of the Sales Model: Leadership and Change Management”, which focuses on the simultaneous growth of people, organisations and customers.

Specialities:

• Results-oriented changes and people
• Leadership and personal and team motivation
• Transformational learning: developing tools for confidently dealing with personal evolution and any necessary changes

Languages: Spanish, English

Certifications: EEC Executive Coaching (ICF)

Fernando Rodríguez Ferrer

Business Development Director

Fernando is the Business Development Director at Bizum, where he has nearly six years of experience leading the company’s growth and commercial expansion. He has participated in European initiatives in the payments field and currently forms part of the external advisory team supporting the European Central Bank in the research phase of the digital euro.

Before joining Bizum, he worked as a strategy consultant at Accenture. He previously worked at BBVA and at the innovation consultancy Opinno.

He holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and a Bachelor in Spanish Language and Literature from the National Distance Education University (UNED). He completed the Programme for Management Development at Esade and holds a Master in Industrial Technology from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Alfredo Saenger

Alfredo is the COO of VLaunch, a blockchain unicorn startup. Before joining the VLaunch leadership team, he worked as a consultant in the Middle East office of BCG. He has previous experience in investment banking and private equity, where he participated in projects in TMT, oil and gas, and real estate, covering the EMEA region. Pro-bono, Alfredo also holds office as Secretary of the Spanish Resident Council in the UAE, having been elected for a four-year term ending in May 2025.

Alba Collado Forcadell

Teresa Galofré Borés-Leonori

Teresa holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. Shortly after graduating, she discovered that she wanted to focus her career on projects with a purpose. She currently works as a Project Manager at Esade Alumni Social. She collaborates on several social projects, including Nasco Feeding Minds. She is especially interested in projects that use art as a tool for social transformation.

Samuel Pimentel

Samuel is the Executive Chairman of Ackermann International. He has more than 25 years of professional experience managing executive search companies. He is a recognised expert on technology and telecommunications and has been assisting companies in this market for more than 20 years. He oversees the Spanish and Latin American operations of Ackermann International.

Marc Gelabert Castillo

Marc Gelabert is an Executive MBA graduate @esade (class 2021) and his professional career consists of more than 20 years working in business development, sales management and marketing. He is a results-driven professional with business development experience, dedicated to reaching sales targets and maximizing profits, providing brand awareness and creating synergies with colleagues and clients.

He has been working at ESADE from 2014 to 2019 as an International Associate Director for Admissions in charge of the recruitment of MBA’s & MSc in Management in Italy, the Middle East and Russia. Since 2020 is in charge of Admissions for all the MBA’s programs for candidates with residency in Spain and also working as a B2B Business  Development Manager for the Executive MBA.

Originally from Barcelona, he lived 1 year in San Francisco, 3 years in London and 2 years in Salzburg and he operated professionally in more than 25 different countries around the world (such UK, USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Israel, UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan & all over Spain…).
 

José Carlos Ordás

TBD

Jordí Vila

My work involves providing guidance to professionals who are seeking a career objective, from the design phase to the “landing” phase and ultimately the achievement of the goal. My process involves introspection and an exploration of the job market and your personal strengths – something I have experienced personally throughout my career, with all the successes and mistakes that this entails.

Having worked as a manager in the field of executive search and selection consultancy for more than 12 years, as a senior manager for seven years and as an independent professional for the last 12 years, I have a clear vision of the best way to design strategies and the best tools to use in this process, while also identifying personal obstacles and facilitators that will enable you to achieve success.

Each person is unique. Therefore, I adapt the pace and style of my work to your reality.

Núria Ribé Fusté

Chief Marketing Officer Laundry&HomeCare– Head of Sustainability Henkel Consumer Brands (HCB) & Member of HCB Executive Committee.

25years of successful experience in Global & local business steering, General Management (P&L), Global Marketing role, Local Sales & Marketing, Digital Marketing transformation, M&A & divestures. Turn-around multiple troubled business (country – categories) through design game-changing / agile business & organizational strategies and executing with excellence with strong teams.

Crafting Sustainability Vision, Strategy and Action Plan of L&HC / HCB.

Culturally adaptable, passionate, inspiring. Strategic & hands on leader and innovative developer of business, brands and people. Willing to make a positive impact, Do Good.

Ece Taşkınçay

I work at Koc Holding as a Strategy & Investments Manager, covering investments in startups from seed to growth stage, as well as VCs both in Turkiye and globally. Before that, I worked at early-stage VC funds; 500 Emerging Europe in Istanbul and Aldea Ventures in Barcelona. I received my Master's degree in Finance at ESADE Business School and my bachelor degree from Economics at Middle East Technical University.

Melissa Nebot

Ingeniera Comercial. Master en Digital Business. Life Coach. Business Development Manager de Girls in Tech Ecuador (organización que nació en Silicon Valley y está en 60 ciudades del mundo educando a niñas y mujeres en tecnología), Co- founder de Revista Awake, coordinadora general de Empower Ecuador (un evento con conferencistas internacionales de educación en temas digitales avalado por IBM, Microsoft y Girls in Tech Global). 10 años de experiencia trabajando en proyectos de innovación social y educación.

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.

José Manuel 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.
 

Sandro Ferraro

Corporate Finance and Supply Chain Management

ESADE MBA, EU Supply Chain Manager at Amazon Luxembourg. Broad 13-year career path with two years at Amazon MBA Pathways Program in EU Customer Service operations, and nine years as CFO & Supply Chain Manager in the steel industry. Completed the FT International MBA in Class 2016, and holds an MSc in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi. Experience in Corporate Finance, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Mgmnt, Leadership, Business Development, Negotiation, and Change Management. Passionate about golf, action sports, social activities, and travelling. Member of the Board of the ESADE Alumni Luxembourg Chapter since 2017.

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.

Patryk Rudnicki

While working in strategy consulting is quite time consuming, I always try to visit some new places in my free time, even on a short weekend trip. Barcelona is special to me, each year after graduation I come back at least once in the summer months. Being a ski lover, I'm used to spend a couple of weeks a year in mountains over the winter period. Professionally I advise clients mainly from retail and consumer products industries on the issues of strategic importance, focusing on customer experience and operations excellence.

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

Diego is a professional with 30 years of experience and a broad, diverse base of knowledge of the public sector (administration and business). He has 20 years of experience in various high-profile positions at all levels of government (national, regional and local). He now serves as chief of staff for the Chairman of Renfe. He is an advocate for public-private collaboration in all areas – not only in service management – on the grounds that it is the best win-win arrangement for society. He is known for his capacity for personal relationships and team management, generating trust and responsibility. He is quick to adapt to complex, multiple-stakeholder environments where it is necessary to be involved, demanding, tenacious and perseverant in order to fulfil the organisation’s objectives and projects. He also has links to academia, holding a PhD in Constitutional Law and lecturing at the Complutense University of Madrid. At Esade–Ramón Llull University, he earned an Executive Master in Public Administration and collaborates on the organisation of executive programmes in Madrid.

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.

Lucía Lagunas

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.

Eloi Noya

Entrepreneur, financial advisor and professor at Esade. After 20 years in senior management positions in banking, in 2013 he co-founded the Fintech LoanBook Capital and currently combines teaching with financial consulting at Altria Corpo and WordstoNumbers. He is also an expert lecturer in alternative financing, fintech and blockchain. He is a professor at Esade at Capital Markets & Fintech, as well as coordinator of digital projects at the Executive Master in Digital Business. He has a degree in ADE and a Master by Esade (Lic & MBA 93), a degree in Law from the UOC and an Executive Master in Digital Business from Esade (EMDB 2012).

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

Since 2001, Manuel has worked at Gancedo, a leading design and space-creation company with a track record stretching back more than 75 years. After working on internationalisation projects for several years, he became the company’s director in 2014.

He is a great advocate of family businesses, the values they represent and the benefits they generate for society.

Robert Navarro

Robert is the Managing Director and CFO of Innogy Spain, a German-owned utility focused on renewable energy generation, networks, and the retail electricity and gas business. He is also an academic assistant at Esade, where he provides tutoring on business plans, among other topics, for various programmes.

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.

Maumita Sinhamahapatra

After my MBA, I spent a year working in Germany for one of the largest energy utilities. Since my return to India I have been working in the renewable energy industry. Through my work I am contributing towards India's transformation into one of the leaders in sustainable energy. In my spare time, I love reading and travelling.

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.

Manel Peiró

Manel’s main professional activity is in the academic world, but he has also held executive positions at public and private health institutions. He is an advisor to public and private health institutions as well as institutions in the public services area. He has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington and has collaborated with various consulting firms specialised in the healthcare industry. He is the author of several publications and has spoken at various national and international conferences and meetings. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Top 20 Hospitals conference. He has been a member of the scientific subcommittee of the European Association of Hospital Managers for six years. He is also the vice chair of the economic committee of the Red Cross in Catalonia. He currently directs the Integrated Health Services Management programme in Barcelona and Madrid and coordinates Esade’s activities in the health sector. He has taught in Esade’s Department of Human Resources Management since 1989.

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.

David Garzón

■ Ayudo a las personas que sufren enfermedades raras a tener una mejor calidad de vida a través de proyectos con los profesionales médicos que ayudan a mejorar el conocimiento de estas patologías, mejorando los procesos de diagnóstico y facilitando el acceso al mercado de los medicamentos huérfanos.
■ Cuento con más de 16 años de experiencia profesional en el sector farmacéutico y desde el mes de marzo de 2020 soy el responsable de la unidad de negocio de enfermedades raras en España y Portugal para la multinacional Chiesi.
■ Me apasiona aprender y compartir mis conocimientos y experiencia, conociendo a gente de diferentes sectores y perfiles, creo que es una forma muy enriquecedora de crecer personal y profesionalmente. Soy una persona con mucha iniciativa y me ilusiona poner en marcha proyectos o actividades donde podamos compartir conocimientos e inquietudes.
■ En todo lo que hago, intento poner mucha pasión y esfuerzo, ¡es mi mejor manera de disfrutar del camino!

César Fernández Llano

I work with professionals in challenging environments (large multinationals and IBEX 35 companies) who need to develop new resources or skills. My approach is very practical and results-oriented. 

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certification: International Coaching Federation. I have served as president of ICF Spain and have more than 15 years of experience. 

Luis Fernando Rodríguez

Luis Fernando is currently the CEO of Watch&Act. He has more than 20 years of experience in organisational transformation and change. He has held executive posts at PwC, KPMG and Disney, always leading human-resources and organisational efficiency areas. He is trained as a civil engineer and as a sociologist. He holds a PDG from Esade, a PDG from IESE and a TMP from INSEAD. He teaches at Francisco Marroquín University and at Acton MBA.

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. 

Raúl Izquierdo Cabezudo

I am a co-active coach, in that I try to help the person, management team or company to find their best strategy and capacity to solve whatever professional-development and business challenges may arise. From an existential point of view, it is about guiding the person or company in their pursuit of a goal to achieve transformation.

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese

Certification: EC Coach (EISMEA)

Claudia Muñoz Fresquet

Claudia has been a Finance Club board member since 2021 and chair of the Young Commission since September 2020. She has spent most of her career in finance and consulting.

In addition to her degree from Esade, she has a Master in Corporate Finance and several qualifications in social and environmental innovation. She participates in various pro bono projects for national and international organisations.

Claudia has extensive international experience, having spent one year in Colombia and two years in Chile. She currently works at BNP Paribas CIB, where she specialises in guarantees and facilities for EMEA. She is based in Madrid.

Claudia Muñoz Fresquet - Cloned

Miembro de la Junta del Club de Finanzas desde 2021 y Presidente de la Comisión Young desde septiembre de 2020. Ha dedicado la mayor parte de su carrera profesional a las finanzas y a la consultoría.

A parte de su título en ESADE, tiene un Máster en Finanzas Corporativas y diversos títulos en innovación social y medioambiental (lleva a cabo diversos proyectos pro-bono para diversas organizaciones nacionales e internacionales). 

Con una amplia experiencia internacional (1 año en Colombia y 2 años en Chile),  actualmente trabaja en BNP Paribas CIB - Group Finance, especializada en Guarantees & Facilities de EMEA, localizada en Madrid.

José Ramon Serra

Estudió ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos donde obtuvo el premio Miguen Sandalio a su proyecto final de carrera sobre la optimización de gestión y mantenimiento de pavimentos urbanos. En el ámbito de la ingeniería es donde desarrollo los primeros años de su carrera profesional centrado la movilidad, los transportes y la logística en la empresa CPS ingenieros.

Posteriormente trabajó como consultor en Panificadora Estellés, donde descubrió el interés por la gestión de personas y decidió conocer más sobre la misma que culminaría con el EMBA. Aquí, trabajó en un proceso de automatización, mejora y eficiencia de la compañía junto con la dirección general, así como con las áreas de RRHH y Finanzas para la automatización y mejora del clima en la empresa. 

Posteriormente se mudó a Madrid y empezó a trabajar en Aliseda Inmobiliaria como analista en el departamento de estrategia para el fondo Blackstone y banco Santander. Actualmente trabaja en la generación de valor a la compañía y colaborar con las distintas áreas de la compañía en cualquier poryecto estratégico y el reporting a los accionistas de la misma.  
 

Josep F. Mària

Josep is a member of the Society of Jesus and an Associate Professor in the Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at Esade. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona (2003) and a Master in Theology from the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia (1996). He teaches sociology, ethics, spirituality and world religions at Esade. His research is on values, spirituality and higher education, with a particular emphasis on Ignatian spirituality. He serves on the boards of IQS (Ramon Llull University, Barcelona) and Comillas Pontifical University (Madrid). He is member of the International Advisory Board of XLRI (Jamshedpur, India). He has been a chaplain for scout groups since 1998. He enjoys hiking, swimming and the Mediterranean diet. He regularly practices meditation and is a spiritual advisor to young people and professionals. He has been a Jesuit since 1990.

Amalia Saavedra

Socia de Olivo Consulting, especializada en Finanzas e Inversiones. Me encanta mi trabajo y trabajar con emprendedores. Apoyo varias causas sociales principalmente vinculadas a la infancia.

Katharine D'Amico

Originally from Canada, Katharine is a Professor of Communication Strategy and Applied Neuroscience in the Executive Education programmes at Esade Business & Law School (Executive MBA, Executive Master in Global Governance and Progresa, an executive programme for emerging leaders organised by Deloitte and Esade). She is a well-known public speaker, having given talks at European Women in Tech, Microsoft Switzerland, PepsiCo, HP, General Electric, Lenovo, Bayer, Repsol Innovation & Technology Hub, EIT Health 2021, Facebook and Amazon Dubai. She has served as a mentor on public speaking and pitch-deck management for more than 800 startups from world-class accelerators in Spain and the European Union, where she has helped to raise more than €120 million in public and private funds. She is a mentor for Wayra (Telefónica) and Wayra’s Scale Up Women and The Thinx 5G, as well as for Barcelona World Mobile Capital. Katharine is the CEO of Swala Ventures, which invests in pre-seed and seed tech startups, particularly those focused on AR, MR, IoT and AI technologies. She is a member of the Mentoring and Coaching Network (MCN) of EIT Health, the Professional Women’s Network (PWN) and F10 Global. She has spoken at the conferences of the Society of Women Engineers in Europe, the European Union, APAC GMAT and the STEM Women’s Conference 2021.

Fernando 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).

Elena Garrigues

TBD

Antonio Frau Salas

Tengo pasión por iniciar proyectos retadores y me gusta llevar equipos de personas. Mi rama de especialización es la Banca Privada, contabilidad, fiscalidad y finanzas.

Luis Vazquez Hernández

CEO Podium Strategy&Marketing

Joao Rebelo

Sales Manager - Port Wine Brands: Taylor's, Fonseca, Croft, Krohn at The Fladgate Partnership

Anna Aguiar

Currently in her last year of the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law. Anna is passionate about startups and technology. She has been the co-President of E3 (Esade’s Entrepreneurship Association) and has done internships at Gartner, Accenture and Caixabank, among others.

Anna took part in Summer Schools and International Programs at Bocconi University, NYU, Georgetown University, WU Vienna and King’s College London.
Her international background has allowed her to participate in many international projects including the European Youth Parliament and creating a Startup idea as well.

Anna has been involved in the organization of many events at ESADE and has also been a TA of the Esade Full-Time MBA.

Always open to help others and to be part of new projects!

Rosa María Sanz

TBD

Reno Seider

Reno grew up in Berlin, completed his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Business Administration at ESADE Business School in Barcelona and holds a CEMS Master’s degree in International Management from HEC Paris. 

He is the Head of Corporate Development & Investor Relations at Oriente, a leading Southeast Asian Fintech platform headquartered in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Oriente, he worked at the Latin America M&A Advisory Group at J.P. Morgan in New York and Santiago de Chile, and the Investment Banking Division at Deutsche Bank in São Paulo.

Devoted to promoting diversity and empowering young talent, he is a member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, President of the city’s ESADE Alumni Chapter, and a volunteer for various non-profit organizations.

A passionate start-up advisor and crypto investor, Reno enjoys spending time with friends, exploring new cultures, as well as practicing hobbies such as DJing, basketball, running, wakeboarding and chess.

Tim-Frederik Kohler

Tim grew up in Germany, and found his destination in Singapore. 
Since childhood his passion has been connecting different worlds and different cultures. 
He lived, worked and built up businesses in North America, Europe, Middle East and Central & East Asia. 

He was part of the first cohort of the joint Aalto-ESADE MBA for Executives in 2018. 
The program focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and design thinking, to understand the intrinsic need for digital transformation in a new business setting, around the world.
As regional CEO of APMEA and Global CSO (Chief Sales Officer) he is actively working on strategy design and implementation to built a better future within his realm of influence. 

Tim loves all kind of sports, he is an active age group Triathlete, PADI rescue scuba diver, and enjoys spending time in the gym.

Whilst the Singapore alumni is relatively small, he is very happy in welcoming new arrivals and engage with the existing alumni in Singapore. 
Tim is open to try out new concepts and forms of engagement to generate more value for all members.

Laura Cespedosa Cañada

Labor coaching: Psychologist, coach and head hunter, I help you to know the reality of the labor market with the real point of view of the current market. I have accompanied more than 4,500 people in their professional transition.

Executive Coaching: I accompany CEOs and middle managers in their continuous improvement process. My vision as Human Resources director and my participation in steering committees will help you define your challenges and achieve them, empowering yourself and leading teams to achieve their engagement and that of clients. Specialized in team and sales coaching, as well as agile leadership.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Certification: ICF, with more than 4,500 hours

Ana Ramírez Torres

Ana Ramírez Torres graduated from the University of Seville with a Bachelor in Geography in 2002. She earned a Master in Geographic Information Systems: Planning, Land Management and Environment at the University of Seville in 2005. She went on to earn a Master in Valuation, Cadastre and Territorial Information Systems from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2017. She completed the Esade-Loyola Executive MBA in 2018-2019.

Since 2013, she has been a founding partner and manager of the consulting firm GEOMALANDAR S.L., which specialises in the management, analysis and publication of spatial information, spatial data infrastructure, and cadastral procedures and formalities.

She has participated in several projects of the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia, including the Unified Digital Street Map of Andalusia and the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Andalusia. She is currently working on a project called Characterisation and Distribution of Built Space in Andalusia.

Ernest Morales

Ernest is an associate at MGC Arbitration, where his main area of practice is international commercial and investment arbitration. He is a member of the Paris and Barcelona Bar Associations. He has acted as a lawyer and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional, under a wide range of jurisdictions and applicable laws. He has experience in the banking, construction and energy sectors, among others.

He teaches in the Master in International Business Law at Esade and has served as the school’s coach for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot since 2017. He has written several articles, served as a panellist at international conferences and organised several events in the field of arbitration, while also serving as co-chair of the Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (PVYAP) organisation.

Ernest holds a Bachelor in Law, a Master in International Business Law and a Master in Legal Practice from Esade Law School, as well as a Bachelor in International Arbitration from Sciences Po. He is a native speaker of Spanish and Catalan and he is fluent in English, French and Portuguese.

Paris Makriyannis

Senior Consultant

Paris Makriyannis has more than 17 years experience in high level management and consulting for the elevators sector. More than 13 years engagement with historic cars, rallies, events organization and car restoration. More than 5 years experience in car evaluations and dealership.

Paris is a founding member and the head of the Greek Chapter of ESADE Alumni. He studied Business administration in the Athens University of Economics and Business and did his FTMBA in ESADE from 1999 to 2001.

He speaks fluently Greek, German, English, Spanish and mid-level of French. He lived and worked in Greece, Germany and Spain.

David Rico Pousada

Abogado. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidade da Coruña en 2009, ha cursado parte del plan de estudios en la Università Alma Mater Studiorum di Bologna (ITALIA). Con posterioridad completó su formación cursando el Máster en Derecho Internacional de los Negocios por ESADE en 2010, universidad donde adquirió una formación práctica y especializada en materia mercantil e internacional.

Con despacho profesional en A Coruña, miembro del Club Territorial ESADE Alumni Galicia y miembro del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de A Coruña, David ha venido desarrollando su actividad en la especialización del Derecho Mercantil, adquiriendo una gran experiencia en el asesoramiento de las PYMES, (creación de pactos para-sociales, contratación de transferencia de tecnología, joint venture, intervención en procedimientos de concurso de acreedores, propiedad intelectual, etc.).

“La especialización y la actualización de conocimientos son fundamentales en todo ejerciente, máxime en una materia como el Derecho Mercantil, donde las relaciones comerciales cambian cada vez más a pasos agigantados, y donde un conocimiento transfronterizo de estas relaciones se antoja más necesario”.

Enrique Morey

Consultant for companies in the timely and efficient management of the technological services of its organization, integrating with the best practices and measures of protection of information, from S21sec | Nextel, the biggest "pure player" of cybersecurity in southern Europe.

Previously he served as an international auditor for IT systems and services development processes; He also worked as director of support projects for the banking business, within the main financial institution of the country, his native country.

Computer Engineer and MBA FT 2004 - in addition to an inveterate music lover and a film buff in practice - we share his experiences in various Ibero-American forums, motivating the work teams to effective results from the start.

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.

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.  

Laura Gil

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - Expert in Retail, Business Development & Consultancy |+20 years worldwide experience | Team mindset | Resourceful, sincere & curious | I am an innovation, digital and retail passionate, who loves the “well done job” philosophy, technology and learning every day. With a perform & transform attitude, help shift and deeply impact entire business models, to ensure delivery and extract the full value potential of commercial propositions worldwide. Leading cross functional business development projects & teams across the globe.

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.

Vicente Vento

Vicente Vento is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DTCP, an investment management group with c. $1.6 billion assets under management and advisory from Deutsche Telekom and other institutional investors, and a portfolio of over 60 companies. The group provides venture and growth capital, special situation investments, and advisory services to the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. It operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel.

Mr. Vento is a member of Deutsche Telekom’s top leadership team, a Board Director at Stroeer Media and smarkets, and a Board Observer at Swiss Towers, Cloudreach and keepler. In the past, he served as a Board Director at Scout24, Strato, InteractiveMedia and Nexmo.

Prior to founding DTCP, Mr. Vento had been the Head of M&A and a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom after having held various advisory and asset management positions at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone and Royal Capital Management.

Mr. Vento earned an MSc and an MBA in Business Administration from ESADE Business School.

Óscar Cortés

Óscar is a professional with 20 years of experience leading institutional strategies and strengthening the administration’s relationships with companies, associations, lobbies and institutions. Through his work in a ministerial office and in various positions as a public employee, he developed expertise in the management of political environments and high-level institutional relations, as well as in building and developing narratives around strategies. He shares his experience by teaching in management programmes at various business schools and universities. His educational background is in industrial engineering and he received his management training at Esade and IESE.

Blog: i-public@

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.

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

Anna’s career is focused on cocoa powder. She started out managing the R&D department and she is now responsible for developing Marketing and Sales at the same company. Anna holds a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering. Her passion for marketing led her to pursue an Executive Master in Marketing and Sales at Esade, which helped her pivot towards those areas of the company.

She is a creative, optimistic and insatiably curious person. She believes that society needs to shift towards gender equality in order to make the world a fairer place.

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 has a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering. He also holds a Master in Project Management from La Salle and an Executive MBA from Esade. His career has focused on project management and business development in the field of renewable energies, in addition to investing in innovation and startups in the field of energy transition. Since 2011, he has served as Investment Director for Spain and Portugal at InnoEnergy, where he is also a member of the company’s global investment committee. He is a member of the Esade BAN investors network, an academic assistant in the Department of Strategy and General Management at Esade, and a mentor and collaborator in various technology-transfer and development programmes for new tech companies.

Enrique Martínez

Vice president MBA ‘93

Enrique is the Executive Managing Director of CBRE Spain. He is also a member of CBRE’s executive committee and board of directors for Spain and a member of the firm’s retail and asset management executive committees for EMEA. An expert on the retail asset class, Enrique has extensive experience in investment and asset management for leading institutional investors.

He oversees CBRE’s digital transformation in Spain and has a solid understanding of new real estate trends. He holds a Lic&MBA from Esade and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at IESE. He is the president of the Esade Alumni Real Estate Club and is a member of the executive committees of the Urban Land Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Alvaro Alés

Alvaro Alés (MBA ESADE FULL TIME 1991-1993) es un profesional con más de 25 años de experiencia en el mundo del Marketing y la Comunicación. Ha trabajado a nivel nacional e internacional del lado del anunciante para multinacionales como Diageo en Londres o Pernod Ricard. En 2004 da el salto al mundo de las agencias, fundando Lateral Marketing y Comunicación en Madrid. En 2007 funda en Sevilla su actual agencia, 360º Marketing y Comunicación y poco más tarde la empresa Gastropass especializada en el mundo del Licensing, el Turismo y la Gastronomía.

Panaita García

Panaita began her career in the consumer-goods industry in the Cosmetics Division of Henkel. She has subsequently held executive positions in marketing, sales, organisation and management in consumer-goods and online companies, at both the national and international levels, in Spain, Germany and France. Specialising in online and offline marketing and sales, she currently holds the position of Marketing Director for Iberia at the De’Longhi Group. She is a member of the Esade Alumni Marketing Club.

Eduardo Vidal

Eduardo has enjoyed an long career at MC Mutual, first as Director of Human Resources, later as Deputy General Manager leading the internal area, and since 2014 as General Manager. His extensive experience gives him a global vision of the industry and enables him to fulfil the company’s mission: responsibly taking care of people’s occupational health.

Eduardo’s main management skills include his transparency, his closeness to the more than 1,900 people who work every day for the progress of the organisation, and his leadership skills, which have helped MC Mutual to manage a turnover of nearly €1 billion.

MC Mutual’s good results are reflected in the improvement of the social protection system and have helped the organisation become a benchmark partner for its members, with the aim of caring for people’s health and well-being while also reducing their occupational risks; jointly developing innovative value proposals; and maintaining a long-term relationship based on trust.

Mercè Saura

Mercè is passionate about cultural manifestations of all sorts – theatre, music, painting, architecture, popular traditions, etc. – especially those which explain and contextualise history.

She is an ardent advocate of diversified lifelong learning, regardless of age, as a means of understanding other aspects of our own culture and others. As a result, she has been seeking further education for as long as she can remember, acquiring various qualifications related to the field of international trade, becoming a qualified customs agent, receiving training in protocol, and earning a Diploma in Education Sciences, a Bachelor in Educational Psychology and a Master in Marketing Management.

Cristina Ortega

Third-Party Equipment Operations Manager for EMEA in the Personalisation and Industrial Division of HP. With experience in services, retail, supply chain and marketing at Desigual and Inoxcrom, Cristina holds an MSc in Marketing Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. She is currently in her last year of a law degree at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She also holds a black belt in judo from the Spanish Federation of Judo and Associated Disciplines and is a founding member and president of the Association for Women’s Self-Defence (ADPM). She sits on the board of the Esade Alumni Operations Club.

Pilar Feliz Barrio

Over the course of our lives, we all encounter critical moments – periods of uncertainty and change that force us to modify our way of doing things. As an executive and personal coach, I guide people in their comprehensive development, with the aim of identifying and understanding the exponential resources they already possess within themselves so that they can use their strengths and capacities to feel, think and act in ways that enable them to achieve their goals.

Languages: Spanish and French 

Specialities: I am an ontological coach trained at Escuela Europea de Coaching (EEC) in 2014. I offer the following processes: 

• Executive coaching, with extensive experience in leadership development for women and career-transition processes
• Personal coaching 

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

Jose Antonio González Moreno

More than 25 years of experience as a human resources executive with international responsibilities at market-leading American and Spanish multinational IT companies. Extensive in-company training in coaching, mentoring, leadership, careers, competency development, emotional and relational intelligence, and conflict management, among other areas. 

Expert in positive intelligence, career development and redesign, leadership skill development, emotional and relational management, and conflict management. 

Current member of the coach community for Esade's Lead Programme.

Languages: Spanish and English

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 manages the $3 million Partnership Development Fund 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.

Lupe Sánchez Jiménez

Professional development coaching: I work with people who want to kick-start, develop or reinvent their career. Throughout the coaching process, I guide the coachee in their professional development in order to enhance their ability to learn about who they are, what attributes they possess, what their emotions are and what they want to do to achieve their professional goals.

I have 11 years of experience as a coach at multinational companies, family businesses, startups, non-profits and the United Nations.

Languages: Spanish, English and Catalan

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

Moisés Barceló

Actualmente cursando el grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en ESADE, Moisès es Co-Presidente de la asociación estudiantil EsTalent (ESADE Students for Talent), desde la que impulsa el talento mediante la organización de eventos y partnerships que tienen como finalidad el fundraising para el Programa de Becas de la Fundación ESADE. Además, ha colaborado como consultor externo en proyectos para SINGA Barcelona, Laboratorios ORDESA o Fundació Migra Studium. Su área de interés profesional es el Marketing de gran consumo y cursará su international exchange en la Università Bocconi, en Milán. 

Joan Basseda

Licenciado en el Doble Grado de Esade en ADE y Derecho (promoción 2018). 
 
En la actualidad, Joan Basseda es consultor estratégico en KPMG (dispone de más de 3 años de experiencia en la empresa). 
 
Miembro de la Comisión Young, así como miembro de la junta directiva del Club de Turismo y Ocio.

Carles Tur Planells

Carles Tur Planells is Senior Vice President for Banque Lombard Odier & Cie in Geneva, Switzerland.  Carles works as a Senior Relationship Manager with the Bank, which he joined in March 2021 after developing a career in the field of Private Banking since 2001.  Previously, Carles held various senior positions with Credit Suisse AG in Zurich and Lloyds TSB Bank plc in Geneva, Montevideo and Miami.
Carles was born in Barcelona and studied at ESADE the Lic&MBA program graduating in 2001.  He also holds a degree of Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM – Thunderbird) in Phoenix, AZ (USA).  Currently living in Lausanne, Carles is a proud father of twins, a boy and a girl.

Pedro Ivan Rullán

Pilar Palau

Cristina Bote

Cristina holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. She is a consultant and data scientist at Accenture Barcelona with more than three years of experience in digital transformation projects. She leads international projects in business as well as in big data and analytics. Although her background is in business, she decided to complement her knowledge with training in data science in order to give her clients a 360° vision aligned with the digital world. She is a proactive person with a great capacity to adapt to any situation. She is motivated to ensure that men and women enjoy the same opportunities and can compete freely according to their abilities.

Natalia Perciva

My name is Natalia and I am from Riga, Latvia.

I have 15 years of professional experience in analytical management, internal and external auditing, internal controls and risk identification in multinationals and startup companies.

I am active in Esade Ban and Alumni Social.

I enjoy travelling and active living, as well as discovering new places inside and outside the city.

Jaume Roig

Jaume is the Director of Real Estate at Mimeisa Asset Management. He has extensive experience in investment and asset management with private and institutional investors. He holds a PhD in Finance and Real Estate, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade Business School and a Bachelor of Technical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He has also participated in postgraduate courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the London School of Economics (LSE).

Gerard Prat

C.E.O GasMercan Europa, internacionalización, exportación, introducción y distribución, de productos en Centro América.

Silvia Parera Fontana

Silvia is the Director of Alliances and Commercial Relations at Agència.

She has more than 20 years of experience in tourism and belongs to a third-generation family in the hotel industry. She began her career at two consulting firms specialised in tourism, where she developed strategic plans for destinations and economic feasibility and expansion plans for hotels. She later became the Corporate Brand Manager at PortAventura World, where she designed the company’s brand positioning, among other functions. Her dynamic and entrepreneurial nature has prompted her to create several companies, one of which, a communication venture, is still in business. She currently works for the Catalan Government, where she develops strategic alliances with large companies in the tourism industry and implements new models of commercial relations with the public and private sectors.

Colja Christian Smely

Colja Christian Smely is a board member of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Frankfurt. He grew up in Darmstadt and Frankfurt and studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and ESADE Barcelona in the Master in International Management program. Since he graduated in 2012, Colja is working as a consultant for transformation and restructuring cases and advises Private Equity clients and other financial investors. He loves traveling, music, cooking and sports, especially CrossFit and tennis. After a short stopover in Hamburg, Colja returned to Frankfurt in 2020.

Maria Pedrals

Partner and consultant at Cluster Development. Lic&MBA 2005. More than 15 years of experience as a strategic consultant specialised in cluster development and business value chains. She has worked on projects to improve competitiveness in a wide range of industries, including food, fashion, pharmaceuticals and cybersecurity, with a focus on aspects of business analysis and management of the strategic change process.

Joaquín Roca

Bachelor and Master of Business Administration from Esade (‘09).

He currently holds the role of Innovation Beyond the Core Manager for Europe at Nestlé, within the Dairy and Nutrition categories, in which capacity he is responsible for creating and developing an ecosystem of digital solutions that includes new business models in order to generate further growth for the company.

He previously, worked at ISDIN Pharmaceuticals, where he developed a global community for beauty consultants, among other B2B projects.

He has more than 10 years of international experience in business consulting – strategy and operations – at Minsait (formerly Europraxis Consulting) and BeRepublic with a high-level strategic and business focus on different areas: economic-financial, technological, innovation and digital transformation.

He also teaches “Finance for Entrepreneurs” in the Master of Strategic Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IED.

Fede Ruiz

Fede Ruiz is an industrial engineer with Master in Automotive Engineering and an Executive MBA from Esade. He currently works in Dubai as EMEA Regional Operations Director for Valmont Industries in the field of food security. Among other solutions, Valmont is the #1 company in the world for irrigation machines and other agricultural solutions.

His passions are cars, motorbikes, music, sailing, skiing, scuba diving and paddle tennis. However, his real passion is the all-you-can-eat breakfast brunch available for 65 AED in some cafeterias in Dubai.

Fede also loves investing, particularly in the fields of real estate, small business and startups. He is eager to meet colleagues who share these same interests.

Zuzana Krbilova

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Anna Casas

I accompany people and teams in the development of their leadership to generate the necessary changes that add value and well-being to people and organizations and for the good of the planet.

My way of working is holistic, includes all stakeholders and is based on the "why" of your decisions. Ethics is a pillar of my work. Teamwork is focused on rethinking, renewing and redesigning the balance between leadership, business strategy and company culture to transform what is not useful.

Today I combine business experience with coaching tools and knowledge of the human being to develop conscious leadership.

Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan and French

Certifications:

Accredited as a Coaching Supervisor by The Coaching Supervision

Academy.(Accredited by ICF and EMCC) 2016-2017

The Coaching Academy: Diploma in Personal and Performance Coaching. 2012

ACC by ICF. 2013

NLP Practitioner. 2012

MBSR Practitioner Instructor. 2018

Isabel Agundez

Isabel Agundez

Pedro pablo Merino

Vice principal of Public Affairs in Adif.

Kim Faura

I am a senior business leader with a passion for growing and developing high performing teams. Marketing, Product, Experience, Commerce and Digital expert. Listed in MarketingWeek Top 50 CX professionals. Regular speaker at business schools and industry events.

Proud to be one of the founders of giffgaff, a unique business that runs in collaboration with its members. Which? Recommended provider from 2013 to 2019 and 2016 to 2019 uSwitch Award for Network of the year.

Originally from Barcelona, studied at Esade business school. I was a Brand Manager at PepsiCo before joining giffgaff.

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

Juan Manuel Peña

Juan Manuel’s long career has been dedicated to the healthcare and hospital sectors, including posts in hospital management, national and international hospital consultancy, comprehensive project management for new health centres in Europe, Africa, Asia and America, and the management of service suppliers for the design, construction, fitting-out, maintenance and running of hospitals

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.

Manasa Garemella

Manasa Garemella has over 7 years of experience in marketing and business strategy. 

She is currently 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.

https://www.facebook.com/manasa.garemella

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lluís Farràs

Economista con más de 35 años de experiencia como Director Financiero y Controller (en multinacionales y medianas empresas de diferentes sectores, en áreas industriales y servicios). Los últimos cinco años los ha pasado como socio en una consultora prestando asesoramiento a Pymes.

Paralelamente ha colaborado con entidades sin ánimo de lucro, sociales y deportivos ofreciendo planes de viabilidad.

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.

Pedro Arellano

Pedro leads processes of organisational change and strategic implementation. He has experience in governance and general management in both the public and private sectors, as well as at family businesses, startups, SMEs and corporations in a variety of industries, including logistics, real estate, education, health, technology, industry and consumer goods. He currently serves as Deputy General Manager at the Port of Barcelona. He sits on the board at various companies and is a trustee of the CARES Foundation. He holds a Bachelor in Labour Sciences, an MBA from Esade, a PDG from IESE and a Diploma in Family Business Consulting from the Family Firm Institute.

Cristina Barcons

As general manager of the family office of a leading European business group, Cristina is privileged to work with a team of great professionals. She previously worked at Banco Sabadell, where she gained 19 years of professional experience and which she will always consider to be her home. Her goal in joining the Esade Alumni Finance Club is to contribute new ideas and give something back to Esade.

Acisclo Pérez

Acisclo has more than a decade of international professional experience at multinationals and technology companies, where he specialises in growth, optimisation and expansion.

He has experience in the management of sales, marketing (CX) and innovation teams, as well as in the development of new products and services. With a strategic 360° vision of business, he focuses on the ROI of projects and the EBITDA of the company.

He currently sits on the board of several technology companies whose core business is 4.0 technology with a customer-centric approach.

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.

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).

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

Meritxell has more than 15 years of experience in supply-chain management, specifically planning, purchasing, stock management, third-party manufacturing and logistics. She holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering as well as an MBA from Esade.

Being a member of the Esade Alumni Operations Club has allowed her to gain access to a network of contacts with whom she can discuss opinions, share experiences and make good friends, all while staying up to date on the latest trends and getting to know other environments within the operations field in order to broaden her knowledge of the market.

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.

Carlos Cuatrecasas

Carlos has a Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and an MBA from Esade Business School.

He has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and business consulting in the financial, insurance, wealth and asset management, and fintech sectors. In 2009, he joined KPMG’s Financial Sector Strategy Group, where he leads strategic-thinking projects, market and commercial due diligence, and complex transformations for senior management.

He previously worked at the boutique strategic consulting firm Roland Berger and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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
   

Josep Lluís Cano

Josep Lluís is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade.

He holds a PhD in Business Administration with a European mention from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a Bachelor and Master in Business Administration from Esade. He has long been involved in consulting on information systems projects, combining his teaching responsibilities with his professional pursuits. He specialises in projects involving management information systems and strategic plans for information systems. He has written and published several case studies in the field of information systems, including Aventis, RACC, Aguirre Newman, Government Intelligence in Catalan Public Universities, SAP (A): from Value to Volume, SAP (B): The DG Barcelona Hub, Raventos i Blanc, MIS América Grupo Santander, Bodegas Torres and Sociedad Española de Patologías Digestivas. His work has appeared in scientific journals such as Organization Science. He is also the author of the book Business intelligence: competir con información. He is a visiting lecturer at Católica Porto Business School, a member of the advisory group to BigData CoE and track chair for case studies in Spanish at the North American Case Research Association (NACRA). He has served as Director of E-learning at Esade and has taught at the school since 1989.

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

Alex Pérez

Attorney at law specialized in corporate law, startups, data protection, compliance and non-profit organizations. A constantly updated lawyer, with great capacity to adapt to new environments; always flexible, motivated and committed, making the company’s values and vision his own. 

Teresa Galofré

Graduada en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por Esade, pronto descubrió que quería enfocar su trayectoria profesional a formar parte y desarrollar proyectos con propósito social. Actualmente trabaja como Project Manager en Esade Alumni Social.  

Barbara Onses

Barbara is a dynamic and experienced Marketing Manager, recognised for delivering and maintaining high profile brand equity across multiple industries including Technology, FMCG, Cosmetic, Automotive and Natural Medicine. Powered by a background in Trade Marketing, Brand Management and Product Management, she thrives in leading teams to success, using data and insights to transform ideas into productive and rewarding projects. 

Throughout her career, she has developed and utilised strong communication skills combined with customer and stakeholder relationship management to effectively identify customer needs and develop strategies that drive corporate and customer growth. 

Barbara was born in Barcelona, Spain and has since had the opportunity to live, study and work across a variety of places around the world including Buenos Aires (Argentina), Barcelona (Spain), Madrid (Spain), San Francisco (USA), London (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Brisbane and Sydney (Australia).

Eduard Mendiluce (MBA 97)

Miembro del Patronato de Esade. Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la UAB, MBA por Esade y AMP por el IESE.

Consejero delegado de Anticipa Real Estate y Aliseda Inmobiliaria, encargado de gestionar los portfolios de los inmuebles adquiridos por Blackstone y por otros clientes en España.

Es vicepresidente de ASVAL, miembro del Patronato de la Fundación Esade, vicepresidente del Club Inmobiliario Esade Alumni y miembro de la Comisión Ejecutiva del Chapter Barcelona de ULI.

David Berruezo

Àmplia experiència en l’assessorament i auditoria d’empreses del sector de consum, turisme, gestió patrimonial, telecomunicacions i sector públic, gràcies als més de 13 anys de carrera professional tan a Deloitte com anteriorment a Arthur Andersen. Addicionalment, també vaig ocupar els càrrecs de responsable d’Administració del Grup i Director d’Auditoria Interna i Compliment Normatiu al Grup Pyrénées.

Sóc Lic&MBA per ESADE, i disposo de titulació específica sobre les Normes Internacionals de Comptabilitat del Sector Públic (NICSP) i àmplia experiència tan en NIIF com en normativa comptable andorrana i espanyola.

Entre les meves aficions, sóc un apassionat de la muntanya i del es activitats que s’hi poden practicar, però principalment de les curses i de l’esquí de muntanya. 

María Cristina González Susa

Nacida en Barcelona. Supongo que, debido a mi doble nacionalidad, siempre he buscado entornos internacionales. Me apasionan los nuevos retos, los cambios, viajar y la gente. Tengo más de 12 años de experiencia en Hosteleria, Retail y Consultoría en diferentes países principalmenteen el área de RRHH. Soy una defensora de la importancia de las habilidades en un entorno como el que vivimos hoy que tanto nos puede diferenciar como grandes líderes.

Fernando Moraga

• DIRECTOR GENERAL DEL GRUPO HIERROS ALFONSO
• Soy vicepresidente de la Unión de Almacenistas de Hierros de España, vocal de la Cámara de Comercio de Zaragoza y miembro de la Junta Directiva de Esade Alumni en Aragón. En 2017 obtuve el Premio ADEA al directivo del año 2017 en Aragón al desarrollo logístico.
• Comprometido con la mejora continua, saber gestionar la adaptabilidad, flexibilidad y el cambio en una organización preocupada por sus trabajadores es clave para conseguir la excelencia. En 2017 el Gobierno de Aragón reconoció a Hierros Alfonso con el premio Pilot. Ahora, buscamos nuevos éxitos en un entorno altamente competitivo.
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• Gestiono equipos multidisciplinares y propongo técnicas innovadoras de trabajo y bechmarking para intercambiar conocimiento. Convencido del aprendizaje permanente a lo largo de la vida, defiendo la creatividad y el diálogo para enfrentarnos a los desafíos del día a día empresarial. Soy especialista en gestión de crisis, reordenación del mercado y reposicionamiento de negocios.

Jose Alvarez Abad

José holds a teaching credential from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He received postgraduate training in management development and general management (Programme for Management Development) at Esade and completed a programme on value innovation at INSEAD Paris (2014-2015).

He has 18 years of retail-industry experience in design, implementation, 360º strategic planning and business development of technological solutions, some of them related to security and loss prevention (Checkpoint Systems, Sensormatic, Gunnebo Group, etc.).

He has extensive experience and a proven track record in launching solutions, business units, startups and business development. He is currently a co-founder of SBT and InProtect as well as a board member and vice president at both companies. He is the Chairman of the Board of AI Smart Relatyon Labs and a corporate advisor to the ITBC Group. He is also an angel investor in the tech industry.

Elena López Tellez

TBD

Patrick Amengual

CEO & Founder en We Are Yellow

Eduard Torregrosa Sanchis

Desarrollo de Negocio, Estrategia, Digitalización, Venture Capital, Start Ups, Innovación

Carlos Julià

Carlos Julià es socio de Miura Partners, miembro del Comité de Inversión y responsable de Originación. Antes de incorporarse a la firma en 2010, trabajó durante tres años en la oficina de Barcelona de The Boston Consulting Group. Allí participó en una gran variedad de proyectos en los sectores de Energía, Telecomunicaciones y Servicios Financieros. Previamente, Carlos trabajó en la división de M&A de Morgan Stanley en Londres. También tiene experiencia en el área de Distressed Debt Servicing en Latinoamérica.

Carlos es MBA por la Harvard Business School y Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas por ESADE.

Joan Prat

Manager en Via Moda Andorra

Rocío Moreno Ruiz de Mier

More than 25 years of experience teaching transformation, leadership and motivation at Esade, plus my career as a sales director and my training as a coach, have equipped me to guide people in their personal growth and professional development process.

At Esade Executive Education, I currently direct a programme for executives called “Transformation of the Sales Model: Leadership and Change Management”, which focuses on the simultaneous growth of people, organisations and customers.

Specialities:

• Results-oriented changes and people
• Leadership and personal and team motivation
• Transformational learning: developing tools for confidently dealing with personal evolution and any necessary changes

Languages: Spanish, English

Certifications: EEC Executive Coaching (ICF)

Alfredo Saenger

Alfredo is the COO of VLaunch, a blockchain unicorn startup. Before joining the VLaunch leadership team, he worked as a consultant in the Middle East office of BCG. He has previous experience in investment banking and private equity, where he participated in projects in TMT, oil and gas, and real estate, covering the EMEA region. Pro-bono, Alfredo also holds office as Secretary of the Spanish Resident Council in the UAE, having been elected for a four-year term ending in May 2025.

Jordi Ficapal

Jordi holds a Diploma in Social Sciences (Blanquerna–Ramon Llull University), a Bachelor in Social and Cultural Anthropology (University of Barcelona), a Master in Development Cooperation (University of Barcelona), an Executive Master in Public Administration (Esade) and a Master in Political and Social Communication (Blanquerna–Ramon Llull University). He also holds a Postgraduate Degree in Family and Social Welfare (University of Barcelona), a Postgraduate Degree in Regional Strategy and Competitiveness (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) and a Leadership for Public Management certification (IESE). His other specialised training includes: Political Communication and Campaign Management (IESE – Harvard Kennedy School), Strategic Prospect and Scenario Assessment (Ramon Llull University – Institute for Postnormal Studies) and Intercultural Development Models (Pacific University).

Jordi is the Director of the Tourism, Sustainability and Innovation Chair at the IQS School of Management (Ramon Llull University). Previously, since 1999, he held several responsibilities at Esade – San Ignasi University School of Tourism as an academic and research director, principal investigator in the Tourism and Hospitality Ethics Research Group (GRETHOS) and a lecturer in various undergraduate and master’s subjects such as “Anthropology and Tourism Sociology”, “Sustainable Tourism”, “Tourism and Community Development” and “Treasible Tourism”, among others. He also teaches at Esade Business School and at the University Development Service (SUD).

Jordi is a member of the UNESCO Education, Technology and Development Chair and the ETHOS Chair in Applied Ethics at Ramon Llull University. From 2003 to 2006, he led the advisory group for the implementation of the World Tourism Code for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). He is also a member of the Barcelona City and Tourism Council, the Board of Trustees for Tourism-Biosphere Sustainability and the Scientific Committee for Biosphere Certification.

In the public sphere, he has served as 1st Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Finance, Human Resources, and Promotion of Economy and Employment in the Cervelló City Council from 2011 to 2015. From 2016 to 2018, he was the President of the Catalan Government’s Council of Professional Training.

Since May 2022, he has served as Coordinator of Parliamentary Chambers for Catalonia.

Teresa Galofré Borés-Leonori

Teresa holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade. Shortly after graduating, she discovered that she wanted to focus her career on projects with a purpose. She currently works as a Project Manager at Esade Alumni Social. She collaborates on several social projects, including Nasco Feeding Minds. She is especially interested in projects that use art as a tool for social transformation.

Cesar Escobedo

Tech professional with a strong international background, extensive product experience and well-rounded managerial expertise in leadership positions across e-Commerce, cloud-based platforms and enterprise solutions. His career has taken him on a journey across multiple geographies, including the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, as well as it has made him a direct participant of new developments in the technology space as part of large corporations and scale-ups. He holds an MBA degree from Esade and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Jacobs University Bremen.

Marc Gelabert Castillo

Marc Gelabert is an Executive MBA graduate @esade (class 2021) and his professional career consists of more than 20 years working in business development, sales management and marketing. He is a results-driven professional with business development experience, dedicated to reaching sales targets and maximizing profits, providing brand awareness and creating synergies with colleagues and clients.

He has been working at ESADE from 2014 to 2019 as an International Associate Director for Admissions in charge of the recruitment of MBA’s & MSc in Management in Italy, the Middle East and Russia. Since 2020 is in charge of Admissions for all the MBA’s programs for candidates with residency in Spain and also working as a B2B Business  Development Manager for the Executive MBA.

Originally from Barcelona, he lived 1 year in San Francisco, 3 years in London and 2 years in Salzburg and he operated professionally in more than 25 different countries around the world (such UK, USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Eastern Europe, Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Turkey, Israel, UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan & all over Spain…).
 

José Carlos Ordás

TBD

Maria Pizzuto Espinosa

I help people who are in processes of professional change, and/or who need to clarify the purpose and vision of their career and take concrete actions to achieve it. I help to identify and enhance people’s talent in order to boost personal and professional development and growth.

I share the vision of more than 20 years of experience in the field of human resources – multifunctional, sector-specific and multicultural – acquired in companies, in strategic human resources consultancy and in coaching for executives undergoing a career transition.

I work with a holistic structure and methodology that can be adapted to the pace, needs and vision of each individual. My approach is clear and pragmatic, and I use tools that allow us to facilitate the implementation of actions that will lead to the proposed objectives.

Núria Ribé Fusté

Chief Marketing Officer Laundry&HomeCare– Head of Sustainability Henkel Consumer Brands (HCB) & Member of HCB Executive Committee.

25years of successful experience in Global & local business steering, General Management (P&L), Global Marketing role, Local Sales & Marketing, Digital Marketing transformation, M&A & divestures. Turn-around multiple troubled business (country – categories) through design game-changing / agile business & organizational strategies and executing with excellence with strong teams.

Crafting Sustainability Vision, Strategy and Action Plan of L&HC / HCB.

Culturally adaptable, passionate, inspiring. Strategic & hands on leader and innovative developer of business, brands and people. Willing to make a positive impact, Do Good.

Ece Taşkınçay

I work at Koc Holding as a Strategy & Investments Manager, covering investments in startups from seed to growth stage, as well as VCs both in Turkiye and globally. Before that, I worked at early-stage VC funds; 500 Emerging Europe in Istanbul and Aldea Ventures in Barcelona. I received my Master's degree in Finance at ESADE Business School and my bachelor degree from Economics at Middle East Technical University.

Saurabh Mishra

Saurabh is the founder and managing partner at Farmantra S.L. . His areas of expertise include corporate finance, biotech product valuation and macroeconomic analysis. 

He along with partners ,works as Interim CFO for young biotech/med-tech companies and assists the CEO on both financial and non-financial metrics.In addition, he is also an Independent expert on fast track investments for Horizon 2020 projects at European Commission.

He is an MBA from ESADE business school and currently enrolled in CFA program.

He is originally from India, has worked in United States before shifting his base to Barcelona, Spain.

When he is not busy working, he spends time with his wife and daughter. He is a voracious reader, has strong interest in gourmet cooking and hiking on mountains.

His life motto : Be humble, its free

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.

Sara Llerins

TBD

José Manuel 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.
 

Sandro Ferraro

Corporate Finance and Supply Chain Management

ESADE MBA, EU Supply Chain Manager at Amazon Luxembourg. Broad 13-year career path with two years at Amazon MBA Pathways Program in EU Customer Service operations, and nine years as CFO & Supply Chain Manager in the steel industry. Completed the FT International MBA in Class 2016, and holds an MSc in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi. Experience in Corporate Finance, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Mgmnt, Leadership, Business Development, Negotiation, and Change Management. Passionate about golf, action sports, social activities, and travelling. Member of the Board of the ESADE Alumni Luxembourg Chapter since 2017.

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.

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.

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.

Lucía Lagunas

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.

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.

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.

Patricio López de Carrizosa

Es Ingeniero Industrial por la Universidad de Sevilla y MBA por ESADE y por la universidad Loyola.

Actualmente desarrolla su carrera como Director de logística en Scalpers, firma de moda española con presencia internacional. Es además socio y co-fundador de AHT, empresa de diseño y confección de trajes de novia y fiesta a medida. Cuenta también con experiencia en el desarrollo de negocio en el sector industrial.

Entre sus intereses destacan la gestión del cambio, la transformación digital, la gestión de personas y la innovación. Además de la creación y desarrollo de empresas.

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. 

Robert Navarro

Robert is the Managing Director and CFO of Innogy Spain, a German-owned utility focused on renewable energy generation, networks, and the retail electricity and gas business. He is also an academic assistant at Esade, where he provides tutoring on business plans, among other topics, for various programmes.

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.

Maumita Sinhamahapatra

After my MBA, I spent a year working in Germany for one of the largest energy utilities. Since my return to India I have been working in the renewable energy industry. Through my work I am contributing towards India's transformation into one of the leaders in sustainable energy. In my spare time, I love reading and travelling.

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.

Manel Peiró

Manel’s main professional activity is in the academic world, but he has also held executive positions at public and private health institutions. He is an advisor to public and private health institutions as well as institutions in the public services area. He has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington and has collaborated with various consulting firms specialised in the healthcare industry. He is the author of several publications and has spoken at various national and international conferences and meetings. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Top 20 Hospitals conference. He has been a member of the scientific subcommittee of the European Association of Hospital Managers for six years. He is also the vice chair of the economic committee of the Red Cross in Catalonia. He currently directs the Integrated Health Services Management programme in Barcelona and Madrid and coordinates Esade’s activities in the health sector. He has taught in Esade’s Department of Human Resources Management since 1989.

Xavier Llobera

Bachelor in Computer Engineering and MBA from Esade. Xavier has 20 years of experience in the tech industry, specifically in international consulting and sales roles, in which he helps companies achieve their business goals. He has worked for multinationals such as Telefónica and Microsoft, as well as for startups such as Rakuten and Beabloo. He currently works as Global Head of Go-to-Market in the Digital Manufacturing Division of HP.

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.

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.

César Fernández Llano

I work with professionals in challenging environments (large multinationals and IBEX 35 companies) who need to develop new resources or skills. My approach is very practical and results-oriented. 

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certification: International Coaching Federation. I have served as president of ICF Spain and have more than 15 years of experience. 

Luis Fernando Rodríguez

Luis Fernando is currently the CEO of Watch&Act. He has more than 20 years of experience in organisational transformation and change. He has held executive posts at PwC, KPMG and Disney, always leading human-resources and organisational efficiency areas. He is trained as a civil engineer and as a sociologist. He holds a PDG from Esade, a PDG from IESE and a TMP from INSEAD. He teaches at Francisco Marroquín University and at Acton MBA.

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.
 

Raúl Izquierdo Cabezudo

I am a co-active coach, in that I try to help the person, management team or company to find their best strategy and capacity to solve whatever professional-development and business challenges may arise. From an existential point of view, it is about guiding the person or company in their pursuit of a goal to achieve transformation.

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese

Certification: EC Coach (EISMEA)

Claudia Muñoz Fresquet

Claudia has been a Finance Club board member since 2021 and chair of the Young Commission since September 2020. She has spent most of her career in finance and consulting.

In addition to her degree from Esade, she has a Master in Corporate Finance and several qualifications in social and environmental innovation. She participates in various pro bono projects for national and international organisations.

Claudia has extensive international experience, having spent one year in Colombia and two years in Chile. She currently works at BNP Paribas CIB, where she specialises in guarantees and facilities for EMEA. She is based in Madrid.

Claudia Muñoz Fresquet - Cloned

Miembro de la Junta del Club de Finanzas desde 2021 y Presidente de la Comisión Young desde septiembre de 2020. Ha dedicado la mayor parte de su carrera profesional a las finanzas y a la consultoría.

A parte de su título en ESADE, tiene un Máster en Finanzas Corporativas y diversos títulos en innovación social y medioambiental (lleva a cabo diversos proyectos pro-bono para diversas organizaciones nacionales e internacionales). 

Con una amplia experiencia internacional (1 año en Colombia y 2 años en Chile),  actualmente trabaja en BNP Paribas CIB - Group Finance, especializada en Guarantees & Facilities de EMEA, localizada en Madrid.

José Ramon Serra

Estudió ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos donde obtuvo el premio Miguen Sandalio a su proyecto final de carrera sobre la optimización de gestión y mantenimiento de pavimentos urbanos. En el ámbito de la ingeniería es donde desarrollo los primeros años de su carrera profesional centrado la movilidad, los transportes y la logística en la empresa CPS ingenieros.

Posteriormente trabajó como consultor en Panificadora Estellés, donde descubrió el interés por la gestión de personas y decidió conocer más sobre la misma que culminaría con el EMBA. Aquí, trabajó en un proceso de automatización, mejora y eficiencia de la compañía junto con la dirección general, así como con las áreas de RRHH y Finanzas para la automatización y mejora del clima en la empresa. 

Posteriormente se mudó a Madrid y empezó a trabajar en Aliseda Inmobiliaria como analista en el departamento de estrategia para el fondo Blackstone y banco Santander. Actualmente trabaja en la generación de valor a la compañía y colaborar con las distintas áreas de la compañía en cualquier poryecto estratégico y el reporting a los accionistas de la misma.  
 

Josep F. Mària

Josep is a member of the Society of Jesus and an Associate Professor in the Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at Esade. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona (2003) and a Master in Theology from the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia (1996). He teaches sociology, ethics, spirituality and world religions at Esade. His research is on values, spirituality and higher education, with a particular emphasis on Ignatian spirituality. He serves on the boards of IQS (Ramon Llull University, Barcelona) and Comillas Pontifical University (Madrid). He is member of the International Advisory Board of XLRI (Jamshedpur, India). He has been a chaplain for scout groups since 1998. He enjoys hiking, swimming and the Mediterranean diet. He regularly practices meditation and is a spiritual advisor to young people and professionals. He has been a Jesuit since 1990.

Amalia Saavedra

Socia de Olivo Consulting, especializada en Finanzas e Inversiones. Me encanta mi trabajo y trabajar con emprendedores. Apoyo varias causas sociales principalmente vinculadas a la infancia.

Katharine D'Amico

Originally from Canada, Katharine is a Professor of Communication Strategy and Applied Neuroscience in the Executive Education programmes at Esade Business & Law School (Executive MBA, Executive Master in Global Governance and Progresa, an executive programme for emerging leaders organised by Deloitte and Esade). She is a well-known public speaker, having given talks at European Women in Tech, Microsoft Switzerland, PepsiCo, HP, General Electric, Lenovo, Bayer, Repsol Innovation & Technology Hub, EIT Health 2021, Facebook and Amazon Dubai. She has served as a mentor on public speaking and pitch-deck management for more than 800 startups from world-class accelerators in Spain and the European Union, where she has helped to raise more than €120 million in public and private funds. She is a mentor for Wayra (Telefónica) and Wayra’s Scale Up Women and The Thinx 5G, as well as for Barcelona World Mobile Capital. Katharine is the CEO of Swala Ventures, which invests in pre-seed and seed tech startups, particularly those focused on AR, MR, IoT and AI technologies. She is a member of the Mentoring and Coaching Network (MCN) of EIT Health, the Professional Women’s Network (PWN) and F10 Global. She has spoken at the conferences of the Society of Women Engineers in Europe, the European Union, APAC GMAT and the STEM Women’s Conference 2021.

Fernando 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).

Elena Garrigues

TBD

Antonio Frau Salas

Tengo pasión por iniciar proyectos retadores y me gusta llevar equipos de personas. Mi rama de especialización es la Banca Privada, contabilidad, fiscalidad y finanzas.

Eduardo Gimenez

Dept. RR.HH en Ebroacero

Joao Rebelo

Sales Manager - Port Wine Brands: Taylor's, Fonseca, Croft, Krohn at The Fladgate Partnership

Andreia Camichel-Fernandes

I guide my clients in creating satisfying career paths as well as dealing with challenges. My coachees range from diplomats to entrepreneurial professionals, working in corporations or building up their own ventures. Leaving your comfort zone may be scary at times, but it is a very rewarding growth experience. It’s lonely at the top, so having a trusted sparring partner who gives you honest and appreciative feedback is key. My coaching is resource- and system-oriented, but my toolbox comprises many more approaches which I apply in particular situations.

- Languages: Spanish, German, English, Portuguese, French

- Certifications: GPI (r) Coach

- Specialities: Executive Coaching and Leadership Development/ Career Coaching – Evaluation and Transition

Reno Seider

Reno grew up in Berlin, completed his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Business Administration at ESADE Business School in Barcelona and holds a CEMS Master’s degree in International Management from HEC Paris. 

He is the Head of Corporate Development & Investor Relations at Oriente, a leading Southeast Asian Fintech platform headquartered in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Oriente, he worked at the Latin America M&A Advisory Group at J.P. Morgan in New York and Santiago de Chile, and the Investment Banking Division at Deutsche Bank in São Paulo.

Devoted to promoting diversity and empowering young talent, he is a member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, President of the city’s ESADE Alumni Chapter, and a volunteer for various non-profit organizations.

A passionate start-up advisor and crypto investor, Reno enjoys spending time with friends, exploring new cultures, as well as practicing hobbies such as DJing, basketball, running, wakeboarding and chess.

David Vicente

He has more than 20 years of experience leading strategic and business transformation projects in the public and private sectors, particularly in the media and telecommunications industries. In the last four years, he has focused on digital transformation programmes. 

He holds a Bachelor in Computer Engineering and has received complementary executive training at various business schools, including Esade, Santa Clara University (United States), IESE and La Salle (EMDB ‘17 and PMD ‘11 at Esade, MGTI ‘05 at La Salle). 

He currently serves as Director of the Digital Transformation Programme of Andorra. Before that, he served as Director of the Digital Transformation Programme of Andorra Telecom and Interim Director of the ActuaTech Foundation, where he developed the Smart Country Master Plan for Andorra. 

Tim-Frederik Kohler

Tim grew up in Germany, and found his destination in Singapore. 
Since childhood his passion has been connecting different worlds and different cultures. 
He lived, worked and built up businesses in North America, Europe, Middle East and Central & East Asia. 

He was part of the first cohort of the joint Aalto-ESADE MBA for Executives in 2018. 
The program focused on entrepreneurship, innovation and design thinking, to understand the intrinsic need for digital transformation in a new business setting, around the world.
As regional CEO of APMEA and Global CSO (Chief Sales Officer) he is actively working on strategy design and implementation to built a better future within his realm of influence. 

Tim loves all kind of sports, he is an active age group Triathlete, PADI rescue scuba diver, and enjoys spending time in the gym.

Whilst the Singapore alumni is relatively small, he is very happy in welcoming new arrivals and engage with the existing alumni in Singapore. 
Tim is open to try out new concepts and forms of engagement to generate more value for all members.

Alejandra Pérez Velandia

My name is Alejandra and I am from Colombia. I came to Barcelona three years ago to do the MSc in Marketing Management at Esade and fell in love with this city. After completing my studies, I joined the automotive industry as a trainee of the Volkswagen Graduate Programme. Now I am the Remarketing Project Manager in the Used Cars Department.

In my professional career, I have worked in many sectors, including banking, consultancy, insurance and FMCG. Every step is a new chapter and I am making the most of my current one in Barcelona.

My hobbies include going to the cinema, walking by the sea, doing yoga, going to concerts and festivals and simply enjoying every day. I am a very positive, energetic and open-minded person. I hope to transmit all my enthusiasm to this Chapter and its members!

See you soon!

Ana Ramírez Torres

Ana Ramírez Torres graduated from the University of Seville with a Bachelor in Geography in 2002. She earned a Master in Geographic Information Systems: Planning, Land Management and Environment at the University of Seville in 2005. She went on to earn a Master in Valuation, Cadastre and Territorial Information Systems from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2017. She completed the Esade-Loyola Executive MBA in 2018-2019.

Since 2013, she has been a founding partner and manager of the consulting firm GEOMALANDAR S.L., which specialises in the management, analysis and publication of spatial information, spatial data infrastructure, and cadastral procedures and formalities.

She has participated in several projects of the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia, including the Unified Digital Street Map of Andalusia and the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Andalusia. She is currently working on a project called Characterisation and Distribution of Built Space in Andalusia.

Patricia Saiz

Patricia Saiz teaches international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration at Esade Law School. She also teaches in the Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), lectures at Columbia Law School’s U.S. Business Law Academy, and is a regular guest lecturer at Harvard Law School.

She regularly serves as a presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator or sole arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations. She is also a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, representing Spain. She has been included in numerous rankings, including WWL Arbitration 2023, Leaders League – Spain’s Best Arbitrators 2023 and Chambers 2023.

Prof. Saiz practised law in the United States for more than ten years and is a member of the bar in New York and Washington, D.C., as well as in Spain. During that time, she represented multinational corporations and states in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and inter-state arbitration.

She has a background in both civil law (Bachelor in Law and Master in Business Law from Esade Law School) and common law (Master in Laws from Harvard Law School). She speaks Spanish, English, French, French, Portuguese and Catalan, and understands German.

Paris Makriyannis

Senior Consultant

Paris Makriyannis has more than 17 years experience in high level management and consulting for the elevators sector. More than 13 years engagement with historic cars, rallies, events organization and car restoration. More than 5 years experience in car evaluations and dealership.

Paris is a founding member and the head of the Greek Chapter of ESADE Alumni. He studied Business administration in the Athens University of Economics and Business and did his FTMBA in ESADE from 1999 to 2001.

He speaks fluently Greek, German, English, Spanish and mid-level of French. He lived and worked in Greece, Germany and Spain.

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.

Enrique Morey

Consultant for companies in the timely and efficient management of the technological services of its organization, integrating with the best practices and measures of protection of information, from S21sec | Nextel, the biggest "pure player" of cybersecurity in southern Europe.

Previously he served as an international auditor for IT systems and services development processes; He also worked as director of support projects for the banking business, within the main financial institution of the country, his native country.

Computer Engineer and MBA FT 2004 - in addition to an inveterate music lover and a film buff in practice - we share his experiences in various Ibero-American forums, motivating the work teams to effective results from the start.

Rishi Shroff

Rishi Shroff has more than 11 years of working experience with stints as a corporate professional and an entrepreneur. He has worked across project management, engineering management, corporate strategy and business intelligence. As an entrepreneur, he started his own company in the Energy sector. Currently, he is a working partner in a marketing and distribution company. Rishi has a engineering degree BE from the Mumbai University, India & an MBA from the ESADE Business School, Spain. He currently serves as the Treasurer of the ESADE Mumbai Alumni Chapter.

Instagram: rishi.shroff

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.  

Laura Gil

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - Expert in Retail, Business Development & Consultancy |+20 years worldwide experience | Team mindset | Resourceful, sincere & curious | I am an innovation, digital and retail passionate, who loves the “well done job” philosophy, technology and learning every day. With a perform & transform attitude, help shift and deeply impact entire business models, to ensure delivery and extract the full value potential of commercial propositions worldwide. Leading cross functional business development projects & teams across the globe.

Joao Rebelo Rebelo

Sonae Indústria - Sales Manager

João is conducting global sales for the past 15 years through direct sales and extensive distribution channels. Based in Porto, Portugal but with significant amount of time spent on travelling  across Europe capitalizing on company local manufacturing capabilities but also in North America and Middle East.  

Earlier in his career, João held roles in the Financial area of companies across the world, such as Financial Controller in Johannesburg, Financial Manager in the US and Country Controller in Québec. This enabled João to develop extensive skills such as international management, negotiation and inter-cultural relations.

Vicente Vento

Vicente Vento is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DTCP, an investment management group with c. $1.6 billion assets under management and advisory from Deutsche Telekom and other institutional investors, and a portfolio of over 60 companies. The group provides venture and growth capital, special situation investments, and advisory services to the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. It operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel.

Mr. Vento is a member of Deutsche Telekom’s top leadership team, a Board Director at Stroeer Media and smarkets, and a Board Observer at Swiss Towers, Cloudreach and keepler. In the past, he served as a Board Director at Scout24, Strato, InteractiveMedia and Nexmo.

Prior to founding DTCP, Mr. Vento had been the Head of M&A and a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom after having held various advisory and asset management positions at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone and Royal Capital Management.

Mr. Vento earned an MSc and an MBA in Business Administration from ESADE Business School.

Óscar Cortés

Óscar is a professional with 20 years of experience leading institutional strategies and strengthening the administration’s relationships with companies, associations, lobbies and institutions. Through his work in a ministerial office and in various positions as a public employee, he developed expertise in the management of political environments and high-level institutional relations, as well as in building and developing narratives around strategies. He shares his experience by teaching in management programmes at various business schools and universities. His educational background is in industrial engineering and he received his management training at Esade and IESE.

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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.

Claudia Cieza

Head of Digital Marketing in Abril Real Estate Group

Administrator of the Universidad del Pacífico Marketing specialist. Senior with +9 years of work experience in marketing, commercial management, product development and new business in the technology, last mile logistics, banking, startup and real estate sectors. With disruptive vision and focus on digital transformation.

Committed to the education, teaching and digital training of people, entrepreneurs and organizations as a professor of postgraduate courses and specialization programs.

With great multicultural life experience between Peru, Venezuela, Spain and Sweden. Nature lover Globetrotters in search of new learning and cultural experiences.

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.

Pilar Baltar

Pilar is a Senior Associate in the Labour Law Department at Roca Junyent. For the last 15 years, she has been responsible for providing recurrent and continuous legal advice to national and (especially) international companies in the private and public sectors, attending to their daily needs and supporting their human resources managers on matters related to personnel management. She is also responsible for advising international companies on transnational transactions, providing support and guidance to the heads of these companies as well as their foreign branches and subsidiaries in Spain. She also assists with the international posting of workers. Pilar is a member of the AIJA labour law committee. She specialises in labour compliance, advising companies on investigation and auditing procedures with regard to crime-prevention models. She collaborates on the Master in Compliance at Abat Oliba CEU University.

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 has a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering. He also holds a Master in Project Management from La Salle and an Executive MBA from Esade. His career has focused on project management and business development in the field of renewable energies, in addition to investing in innovation and startups in the field of energy transition. Since 2011, he has served as Investment Director for Spain and Portugal at InnoEnergy, where he is also a member of the company’s global investment committee. He is a member of the Esade BAN investors network, an academic assistant in the Department of Strategy and General Management at Esade, and a mentor and collaborator in various technology-transfer and development programmes for new tech companies.

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. 

Enrique Martínez

Vice president MBA ‘93

Enrique is the Executive Managing Director of CBRE Spain. He is also a member of CBRE’s executive committee and board of directors for Spain and a member of the firm’s retail and asset management executive committees for EMEA. An expert on the retail asset class, Enrique has extensive experience in investment and asset management for leading institutional investors.

He oversees CBRE’s digital transformation in Spain and has a solid understanding of new real estate trends. He holds a Lic&MBA from Esade and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at IESE. He is the president of the Esade Alumni Real Estate Club and is a member of the executive committees of the Urban Land Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Alvaro Alés

Alvaro Alés (MBA ESADE FULL TIME 1991-1993) es un profesional con más de 25 años de experiencia en el mundo del Marketing y la Comunicación. Ha trabajado a nivel nacional e internacional del lado del anunciante para multinacionales como Diageo en Londres o Pernod Ricard. En 2004 da el salto al mundo de las agencias, fundando Lateral Marketing y Comunicación en Madrid. En 2007 funda en Sevilla su actual agencia, 360º Marketing y Comunicación y poco más tarde la empresa Gastropass especializada en el mundo del Licensing, el Turismo y la Gastronomía.

Panaita García

Panaita began her career in the consumer-goods industry in the Cosmetics Division of Henkel. She has subsequently held executive positions in marketing, sales, organisation and management in consumer-goods and online companies, at both the national and international levels, in Spain, Germany and France. Specialising in online and offline marketing and sales, she currently holds the position of Marketing Director for Iberia at the De’Longhi Group. She is a member of the Esade Alumni Marketing Club.

Eduardo Vidal

Eduardo has enjoyed an long career at MC Mutual, first as Director of Human Resources, later as Deputy General Manager leading the internal area, and since 2014 as General Manager. His extensive experience gives him a global vision of the industry and enables him to fulfil the company’s mission: responsibly taking care of people’s occupational health.

Eduardo’s main management skills include his transparency, his closeness to the more than 1,900 people who work every day for the progress of the organisation, and his leadership skills, which have helped MC Mutual to manage a turnover of nearly €1 billion.

MC Mutual’s good results are reflected in the improvement of the social protection system and have helped the organisation become a benchmark partner for its members, with the aim of caring for people’s health and well-being while also reducing their occupational risks; jointly developing innovative value proposals; and maintaining a long-term relationship based on trust.

Josep M. Costa

Josep Maria has held various technical, operational and business development executive positions in industry services, primarily in the local and international automotive industry, at large multinational corporations.

Mercè Saura

Mercè is passionate about cultural manifestations of all sorts – theatre, music, painting, architecture, popular traditions, etc. – especially those which explain and contextualise history.

She is an ardent advocate of diversified lifelong learning, regardless of age, as a means of understanding other aspects of our own culture and others. As a result, she has been seeking further education for as long as she can remember, acquiring various qualifications related to the field of international trade, becoming a qualified customs agent, receiving training in protocol, and earning a Diploma in Education Sciences, a Bachelor in Educational Psychology and a Master in Marketing Management.

Raimon Mirosa

Raimon holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Barcelona and an Executive MBA from Esade. He currently combines the position of Sales Director at Esade Executive Education with his activity as a senior consultant specialised in commercial strategy and execution. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management at Esade, where he teaches classes on his areas of expertise in several programmes. He is also the Academic Director of Open and Custom Programmes.

He has held general management and commercial management positions at several companies in the food, finance, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. For more than 20 years, he has combined executive responsibilities with academic collaborations at various prestigious business schools and universities: Esade, EADA, Loyola University Andalusia, University of the Pacific (Peru), EAE and the IQS School of Management. He is a regular conference speaker and contributor to the business press.

Pilar Feliz Barrio

Over the course of our lives, we all encounter critical moments – periods of uncertainty and change that force us to modify our way of doing things. As an executive and personal coach, I guide people in their comprehensive development, with the aim of identifying and understanding the exponential resources they already possess within themselves so that they can use their strengths and capacities to feel, think and act in ways that enable them to achieve their goals.

Languages: Spanish and French 

Specialities: I am an ontological coach trained at Escuela Europea de Coaching (EEC) in 2014. I offer the following processes: 

• Executive coaching, with extensive experience in leadership development for women and career-transition processes
• Personal coaching 

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)

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 manages the $3 million Partnership Development Fund 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.

Lupe Sánchez Jiménez

Professional development coaching: I work with people who want to kick-start, develop or reinvent their career. Throughout the coaching process, I guide the coachee in their professional development in order to enhance their ability to learn about who they are, what attributes they possess, what their emotions are and what they want to do to achieve their professional goals.

I have 11 years of experience as a coach at multinational companies, family businesses, startups, non-profits and the United Nations.

Languages: Spanish, English and Catalan

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

Moisés Barceló

Actualmente cursando el grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en ESADE, Moisès es Co-Presidente de la asociación estudiantil EsTalent (ESADE Students for Talent), desde la que impulsa el talento mediante la organización de eventos y partnerships que tienen como finalidad el fundraising para el Programa de Becas de la Fundación ESADE. Además, ha colaborado como consultor externo en proyectos para SINGA Barcelona, Laboratorios ORDESA o Fundació Migra Studium. Su área de interés profesional es el Marketing de gran consumo y cursará su international exchange en la Università Bocconi, en Milán. 

Joan Basseda

Licenciado en el Doble Grado de Esade en ADE y Derecho (promoción 2018). 
 
En la actualidad, Joan Basseda es consultor estratégico en KPMG (dispone de más de 3 años de experiencia en la empresa). 
 
Miembro de la Comisión Young, así como miembro de la junta directiva del Club de Turismo y Ocio.

Carles Tur Planells

Carles Tur Planells is Senior Vice President for Banque Lombard Odier & Cie in Geneva, Switzerland.  Carles works as a Senior Relationship Manager with the Bank, which he joined in March 2021 after developing a career in the field of Private Banking since 2001.  Previously, Carles held various senior positions with Credit Suisse AG in Zurich and Lloyds TSB Bank plc in Geneva, Montevideo and Miami.
Carles was born in Barcelona and studied at ESADE the Lic&MBA program graduating in 2001.  He also holds a degree of Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM – Thunderbird) in Phoenix, AZ (USA).  Currently living in Lausanne, Carles is a proud father of twins, a boy and a girl.

Yago Fernández-Cervera

Yago has more than 12 years of experience in finance, having worked for institutions such as the Bank of Spain and the Spanish Securities and Investments Board (CNMV). While working as an advisor to the Regional Minister of Economy in the Galician Government, he earned an Executive Master at Esade. He later joined the board of the Esade Alumni Finance Club.

His experience revolves around the supervision of credit institutions and investment services. He has collaborated with international working groups and taken part in the regulatory promotion of the sector.

He holds a Bachelor in Law with a minor in business law, a Bachelor of Business Studies and a Master of Corporate Finance.

Pedro Ivan Rullán

Pilar Palau

Alberto Tubella

Alberto Tubella is an international consultant with more than 20 years of experience in various industries, such as raw materials, automotive, industrial and consumer products and renewable energies. His career has been focused on foreign trade and internationalisation of SMEs.

He has held executive and management positions both nationally and internationally. For 5 years, he led the most important Spanish industrial investment in Turkey, a commercial and productive subsidiary of the BAMESA group. Subsequently, he was part of the management team of the industrial group IPM, for which he managed two of its plants and designed and implemented the international expansion strategy.

In the consulting field, he was a Market Analyst for ICEX (Spanish Foreign Trade Institute) both in the USA and Australia. He currently runs his own consultancy firm based in Sydney where he has lived for more than a decade.

Alberto holds a degree in Business Administration and a Master in Business Administration from ESADE and a Diploma in "International Strategy Management" from the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

Natalia Perciva

My name is Natalia and I am from Riga, Latvia.

I have 15 years of professional experience in analytical management, internal and external auditing, internal controls and risk identification in multinationals and startup companies.

I am active in Esade Ban and Alumni Social.

I enjoy travelling and active living, as well as discovering new places inside and outside the city.

Jaume Roig

Jaume is the Director of Real Estate at Mimeisa Asset Management. He has extensive experience in investment and asset management with private and institutional investors. He holds a PhD in Finance and Real Estate, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Esade Business School and a Bachelor of Technical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). He has also participated in postgraduate courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the London School of Economics (LSE).

Salvador Viniegra Escanero

Socio Director Aliaudit Consultores

Silvia Parera Fontana

Silvia is the Director of Alliances and Commercial Relations at Agència.

She has more than 20 years of experience in tourism and belongs to a third-generation family in the hotel industry. She began her career at two consulting firms specialised in tourism, where she developed strategic plans for destinations and economic feasibility and expansion plans for hotels. She later became the Corporate Brand Manager at PortAventura World, where she designed the company’s brand positioning, among other functions. Her dynamic and entrepreneurial nature has prompted her to create several companies, one of which, a communication venture, is still in business. She currently works for the Catalan Government, where she develops strategic alliances with large companies in the tourism industry and implements new models of commercial relations with the public and private sectors.

Anna Budziak

Senior Manager Commercial Management at Recipharm

Alfredo Saenger

Alfredo is the COO of VLaunch, a blockchain unicorn startup. Before joining the VLaunch leadership team, he worked as a consultant in the Middle East office of BCG. He has previous experience in investment banking and private equity, where he participated in projects in TMT, oil and gas, and real estate, covering the EMEA region. Pro-bono, Alfredo also holds office as Secretary of the Spanish Resident Council in the UAE, having been elected for a four-year term ending in May 2025.

Joaquín Roca

Bachelor and Master of Business Administration from Esade (‘09).

He currently holds the role of Innovation Beyond the Core Manager for Europe at Nestlé, within the Dairy and Nutrition categories, in which capacity he is responsible for creating and developing an ecosystem of digital solutions that includes new business models in order to generate further growth for the company.

He previously, worked at ISDIN Pharmaceuticals, where he developed a global community for beauty consultants, among other B2B projects.

He has more than 10 years of international experience in business consulting – strategy and operations – at Minsait (formerly Europraxis Consulting) and BeRepublic with a high-level strategic and business focus on different areas: economic-financial, technological, innovation and digital transformation.

He also teaches “Finance for Entrepreneurs” in the Master of Strategic Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IED.

Fede Ruiz

Fede Ruiz is an industrial engineer with Master in Automotive Engineering and an Executive MBA from Esade. He currently works in Dubai as EMEA Regional Operations Director for Valmont Industries in the field of food security. Among other solutions, Valmont is the #1 company in the world for irrigation machines and other agricultural solutions.

His passions are cars, motorbikes, music, sailing, skiing, scuba diving and paddle tennis. However, his real passion is the all-you-can-eat breakfast brunch available for 65 AED in some cafeterias in Dubai.

Fede also loves investing, particularly in the fields of real estate, small business and startups. He is eager to meet colleagues who share these same interests.