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Daniel Romero Guiñón

Daniel has served as an executive for over 25 years, primarily as a CFO in family-owned companies and multinationals. He has worked professionally in Spain, France, the United States, Italy, and Germany.
He has been the CFO of companies like Gallina Blanca, Wrigley, Tui, Areas, and Carrefour España and has undertaken major merger, M&A, and transformation projects.
He has extensive experience as a proprietary director and is currently a board member at Avanterra. 
He is also the president of the Esade Alumni Finance Club, a member of the Directors Club, and president of the CFO Circle at the French-Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

Daniel Romero Guiñón

Daniel has served as an executive for over 25 years, primarily as a CFO in family-owned companies and multinationals. He has worked professionally in Spain, France, the United States, Italy, and Germany.
He has been the CFO of companies like Gallina Blanca, Wrigley, Tui, Areas, and Carrefour España and has undertaken major merger, M&A, and transformation projects.
He has extensive experience as a proprietary director and is currently a board member at Avanterra. 
He is also the president of the Esade Alumni Finance Club, a member of the Directors Club, and president of the CFO Circle at the French-Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

Daniel Romero Guiñón

Daniel has served as an executive for over 25 years, primarily as a CFO in family-owned companies and multinationals. He has worked professionally in Spain, France, the United States, Italy, and Germany.
He has been the CFO of companies like Gallina Blanca, Wrigley, Tui, Areas, and Carrefour España and has undertaken major merger, M&A, and transformation projects.
He has extensive experience as a proprietary director and is currently a board member at Avanterra. 
He is also the president of the Esade Alumni Finance Club, a member of the Directors Club, and president of the CFO Circle at the French-Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

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.

Isabel Ferrer

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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.

Isabel Ferrer

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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.

Isabel Ferrer

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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.

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.

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.

Waad Almadaaj

A dynamic entrepreneur driven by passion, transforming ventures into innovative solutions. With expertise in marketing and a penchant for AI, she empowers businesses globally, fostering collaboration and growth.

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

Thomas Widdershoven

Thom has worked in the financial industry for more than 8 years and was still working at ABN AMRO Bank when he started his Executive MBA in 2015. The EMBA helped him to change the industry and he is now working as a project manager in the airline industry at the French-Dutch company AirFrance-KLM. He is currently responsible for an Agile implementation at the Network Scheduling department.

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Roberto Castro-Tomé

Managing Partner at SocialUrban, is an urban economist with more than 22 years of experience in the real estate sector and is an expert in urban strategy, real estate, financing and valuations.

He defines himself as a Social Entrepreneur because he considers that the irruption of technology will end up transforming the world. He is also a mentor in several institutions, with a strong involvement with disability.

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Per Lokkegaard

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

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

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

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

Anna Fos Llopart

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

Maria Pericas

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

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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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.

Andrea Boniardi

Passionate about sales management and business innovation. I worked 2 years as an Economist in international ONGs previously in Brussels and than in Milan with focus on data analysis and scenario evaluation. I changed industry in 2008 and I moved to Eni Retail Gas & Power to develop my expertise in Marketing & Sales and to acquire a sound experience of the Italian Retail Energy Market. My current position is Head of Campaign Operation.

In 2015 I graduated from the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales (EMMS), an international double degree program held by Sda Bocconi and ESADE Business School.

Since December 2015 I am Board Member of the ESADE Alumni Milan Chapter. 

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.

Thomas Letko

Optimist, technology enthusiasts, life-long learner

Gemma Sisó

Gemma is the Director of Marketing and a member of the Management Committee at Aramark. She has 25 years of experience in the food sector (consumer goods, retail and services), where she has worked for leading national and multinational companies. She has solid experience in marketing, retail, sales and purchasing. Gemma has a global vision of business and analytical capacity for decision-making. She is also proactive and used to leading multidisciplinary teams and working on international projects. She is interested in innovation and the digital transformation of companies. She is a key ambassador of EJE&CON Barcelona and currently coordinates the EngageMEN programme.

Gemma is a founding member of WERock Capital, a group of female business angels who invest in pre-seed/seed stage startups with at least one woman on the founding team. She received a scholarship take part in the Santander W50 Women on Boards programme at UCLA in 2019. A total of 42 such scholarships are awarded worldwide.

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.

Griselda Serra

Griselda started her career at HP, which is where she decided to reorient her career by studying at Esade. This would open the doors for her to work in the quality department and, later, in the purchasing department.

After 13 years, she decided to get a fresh start at another multinational, Henkel, where she still works today. She started out in the human resources department, where she managed payroll for a

factory. Gradually, she took on more and more responsibilities, until one day she was offered the position of Human Resources Manager – a position she has held for nearly 10 years.

In this capacity, she is responsible for strengthening the entire Henkel Iberia team by coordinating three pillars: HR Business Partners, which actively contributes to the business strategy and translates it into organisational and personal capabilities; Centres of Expertise, which drives strategic, innovative, efficient and competitive human-resources programmes and processes on the basis of business needs; and Human Resources Operations, which strives to offer the best service, continuously improve and develop more efficient processes.

At the local level, human resources acts as the main interface of a global organisation that drives execution through collaboration with business.

Mónica Domínguez

Directora ComeOn Brands! B2B Marketing

Soy Mónica Domínguez, una persona emprendedora, entusiasta y optimista por naturaleza. Me apasiona el mundo de la empresa y la creación de marcas con sentido.

Después de mas de 20 años ocupando puestos directivos, desempeñando funciones de Dirección de Marketing y Desarrollo de Negocio en diferentes sectores, en 2018 creé mi propio negocio ComeOn Brands!, una consultora de marketing estratégico y creación de marca en entornos B2B, ayudando a este tipo de organizaciones a generar más resultados, creando más valor.

Creo firmemente que es tiempo de entender que no se trata de trabajar para ser importantes, sino de hacer cosas que importen y en este nuevo camino, Esade siempre ha sido y será, mi perfecto compañero de viaje.

Mónica Muñoz

Mónica is a co-founder and partner at The Innova Room©, a strategic consulting firm specialised in the tourism industry (hotels, restaurants and leisure). The Innova Room builds bridges between business and design, always with a focus on innovation. Its projects range from market and feasibility studies to the development of new lines of business, improving the user experience and market repositioning.

Mónica holds a Master in Architecture from the University of Navarra, an MBA from Esade and a Postgraduate Degree in Cultural Management from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).

Over the course of more than 20 years, she has built her corporate career at multinational companies in various sectors, including hotels (NH Hotels), food and beverages (Heineken), architecture, engineering and consulting (IDOM International).

In 2010, she founded The Innova Room, where together with her partner she works on projects in Spain, Europe and Latin America. She is also a co-founder of other innovative ventures, including Mona & Leo Sustainable Lifestyle (a certified natural cosmetics brand) and INPULSA (an entrepreneurship and training network for the promotion of senior employment).

Multifaceted and committed to sharing knowledge, Mónica regularly contributes to media outlets, universities, business schools and professional forums on the subjects of innovation, design, tourism and entrepreneurship.

Mariano Rigau

Mariano holds a Bachelor in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and an MBA from Esade (1988). He collaborates with the Esade Challenge for Talent as a private individual (1,000 x 1,000 programme) and serves as Vice President of the Insurance Club.

Since 2006, he has been the CEO of Arag SE Spain, a member of the group’s executive committee and President of Arag Services Spain and Portugal.

Over the course of his career, he has served as General Manager of the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), a board member at ARC Transsistance, Operations Manager at the Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia (RACC), General Manager of Universal Asistencia (RACC Group), a member of the executive committee of RACC, Deputy General Manager of Sabadell Aseguradora, Deputy CEO of Banco de Europa and General Manager of Investment and Leasing for Europe at the Banco de Europa Group.

Helena Borbón

Helena has 20 years of professional experience in general management. She currently serves as Director General of the CARES Foundation and Administrator of Empresa d’Inserció CODEC, both of which are dedicated to outsourcing operational and logistical services, to people with disabilities and to people at risk of social exclusion, respectively.

She holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). She has also completed the Leadership and Social Innovation Programme at Esade and the General Management Programme at IESE.

Xavier López

Xavier has held senior management positions in the industrial, logistics and textile sectors. He gained professional experience by purchasing and managing companies. His main areas of interest are logistics and the transformation of operations. He is passionate about innovation and the implementation of new processes in companies.

Ricard Lascorz

Ricard holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor in Law from Esade (class of 2019). During his studies, he was involved in various academic activities, including the Esade Student Finance Society and the Esade debate team. After doing internships in the fields of corporate law (Uría Menéndez) and investment banking (Morgan Stanley), he decided to go to work for the family business. He currently serves as Business Development Manager at Plimon Global and is a member of the company’s board of directors. His primary responsibilities are management, growth and internationalisation.

Susana Sebastiá

Susana holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Zaragoza. She completed the Programme for Management Development at Esade in 2008 and the General Management Programme at IESE Business School in 2019.

She has 20 years of experience in executive positions at major companies in the health and social-care sector.

Specialised in management, she has held operations management and division management positions. In this capacity, she has contributed to the growth and transformation of the sector, which today is a benchmark for economic growth and job creation.

Throughout her career, Susana has worked with government bodies on the implementation and development of various services, emerging as a strong advocate for public-private partnerships.

Since 2019, she has served as Asset Management Director at Healthcare Activos, an investment platform specialised in real-estate assets in the health and long-term-care industry.

Ana Puig Palomar

Leadership Development and Effective Communication in Traditional and Digital.

Certified executive and team coach specializing in leadership development and effective communication at both individual and team levels, enabling organizations to enhance their effectiveness.

With over 25 years of solid and extensive experience in management, holding executive positions in various companies, including both national and international, family-owned, and multinational entities in manufacturing and distribution sectors, particularly in sales and marketing.

Possesses strategic vision in management and leadership, serving as a team leader focused on achievement and maximizing the potential of teams and individuals within organizations.

Berta Santos Rouco

With 10 years of experience as a lawyer in different law firms and multinational companies, and 10 years of experience as a coach in various multinational companies and organizations.

The coaching process with me is focused on helping individuals transform their professional careers by developing their own resources, tools, and skills to dare to drive and face the changes they know they need.

Additionally, I am also an expert in coaching processes for individuals over 50, who need to find realistic solutions to the challenges and changes imposed by the market, in the later stages of their working lives.

Languages: Spanish / English

Certification: ICF / ACC

Clàudia Cornella Durany

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

Coaching Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) for International Coach Federation
• Associate Certified Coach (CAC) for Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)

Alex Duran

Engineer by education, supply chain manager by experience, and sportsman by passion, Alex has held different leadership positions in several multinational companies in Barcelona and Zürich. He co-founded Nexspares in 2018, a consultancy firm devoted to help aircraft operators source aircraft spares more efficiently.

In Switzerland since 2011, he loves riding his road bike, participates in the Zürich visual arts scene and enjoys discovering hidden places, bars and restaurants throughout the city

Mercedes Sancho

Con 20 años de trayectoria corporativa en Dirección y Desarrollo de Personas, principalmente en el sector asegurador, en la actualidad es mentora y coach para el desarrollo y la transformación cultural de las organizaciones. Socia-directora de Knosis y co-fundadora de Leading People®, es PCC por la ICF, miembro activo en asociaciones de Business Mentoring y Coaching para el Liderazgo, y especialista en gestión de carreras. Desde 2011 colabora con ESADE como Career Coach y Advisor.

Rodrigo Rama Dellepiane

Career Coaching for High Performance / Strengthening Women’s Leadership / Coaching Migrant Professionals and Native Returnees / Supporting Work-Life Balance / Guiding Brave Decisions

GH ‘86 / MBA ‘89

Coach, trainer and psychologist. Forty-two years of professional experience as a senior executive, trainer and entrepreneur.

I provide growth tools to individuals, teams and organisations.

Deep, disruptive, tenacious and passionate.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, French and Portuguese

Certification: Coach certified by the International Coaching Federation

Josep Solé Pié

Graduado en ADE por ESADE y experiencia académica en la universidad norteamericana de Emory University, estado de Georgia. 

Josep inició su carrera en el departamento de Transacciones de Deloitte Barcelona como analista focalizándose en la reestructuración de empresas, asesoramiento de deuda y servicios de creación de valor para empresas. Durante la carrera universitaria, realizó prácticas en banca comercial de BBVA y en el departamento de estrategia y trade marketing de Reckitt Benckisser. 

Es un amante del baloncesto, deporte que sigue practicando actualmente en Liga EBA, y que paralelamente a su carrera profesional en el mundo empresarial, le ayuda a mantener y reforzar su carácter de grupo, competitividad y responsabilidad.  

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

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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.

Juan Rovira de Ossó

After a 28-year career at various multinationals, in 2011 he became a Lecturer in the Department of People Management and Organisation at Esade.

He was the founder and first director of Universitas Telefónica, Telefónica’s corporate university. In 2005, he led the team responsible for defining the strategic model, design and launch of the Universitas Telefónica Campus. During his tenure as director (2005-2010), Universitas Telefónica offered 17 programmes to more than 5,500 executives from the 23 countries where the company operates. From the outset, Universitas Telefónica’s academic programme has focused on developing leadership as a key element to create a new corporate culture, communicate the company’s business strategy and encourage the exchange of ideas and practices between company executives. Prof. Rovira joined the Telefónica Group in 1997 as Deputy General Manager of Business Development at Telefónica International. He participated in defining and executing the strategy for the company’s expansion in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. As a result, the Telefónica Centroamérica joint venture was created and mobile telephone services were rolled out in Guatemala and El Salvador.

In 1999, he participated in the international expansion of Atento, the Telefónica Group’s call centre subsidiary, as head of strategic development. In 2001, he joined Terra as Global Director of Human Resources; in this capacity, he led the restructuring and integration of the company into Telefónica. He was subsequently appointed Deputy General Manager of Telefónica in Catalonia. Before joining the Telefónica Group, he spent 15 years in the banking industry, first at BBVA and later at Banco Santander, where he worked in the international and transactional banking areas. As head of International Legal Services at BBVA, he played a very active role in getting the bank’s shares listed on the world’s major stock markets. His experience at Banco Santander included designing and developing electronic banking and cash management services for companies.

He is currently Vice Chair for Iberia and a member of the international faculty at the Oxford Leadership Academy.

Juan Rovira de Ossó

After twenty-eight years working for various multinationals, he joined the ESADE Department of People Management and Organisation as Lecturer in 2011.

He was the Founder and first Director of Universitas Telefónica, the Spanish telecom's corporate university. In 2005 he led the team responsible for defining Campus Universitas Telefónica's strategic model and design and implementing its launch. During his tenure as Director (2005-2010), Universitas Telefónica offered 17 programmes to more than 5,500 executives from the 23 countries where the company has a presence.

From the outset, the focus of Universitas Telefónica's academic programme concentrated on developing leadership as a key element to create a new corporate culture, communicate the company's business strategy and encourage the exchange of ideas and practices between executives.

Professor Rovira joined Grupo Telefónica in 1997 as Sub-Director General for Telefónica International's Business Development Area. He participated in defining and implementing the company's strategy for its expansion in specific Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a result of the latter, the Telefónica Centroamérica joint venture was created, and mobile phone services were implemented in Guatemala and El Salvador.

In 1999, he participated as Head of Strategic Development in the international expansion of Atento, Grupo Telefónica's call centre subsidiary. In 2001, he moved to Terra as Global Director of Human Resources from which he led the internet company's restructuring and integration in Telefónica. He was later named Sub-Director General for Telefónica in Catalonia.

Before joining Grupo Telefónica, he worked in the banking sector for fifteen years, first for BBVA and then Banco Santander, working in the international and transactional banking areas.
As Head of International Legal Services at BBVA, he was very active in the bank's shares being traded in the leading markets around the world. Worth highlighting from his experience at Banco Santander are the design and development of e-banking and cash management services for companies.
Currently, he is Vice Chair for Iberia at the Oxford Leadership Academy and a member of its international faculty.

Marguerite Mc Mahon

Marguerite has more than 30 years of international professional experience in the field of medium- and long-term finance, first in London and later at the European Investment Bank in the Spanish and Italian markets. She is currently a non-executive director at SME Long Term Finance (London) Ltd and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from University College Dublin, an MBA from Esade and a Master in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. In 2019-2020, she participated in the Programme for Directors at Esade in addition to similar courses in Milan and London.

Neveen Hussein

Neveen is a Regional Business Development Manager at Siemens Energy Hub Middle East. She has extensive experience in account management, strategy formation and execution, GTM strategies, sales and business development.

She moved to Dubai in 2021, but has been living and working in the GCC for the past 12 years.
Her previous experience includes working in the telecommunications industry for 10 years. Last year, she shifted her career to join the energy sector.
Neveen is passionate about having an impact on everyone’s life that she crosses paths with. She is also passionate about learning and above all having fun while doing it!

She has a Bachelor in Business Administration from Cairo University, a Professional Certificate in Marketing from the American University in Cairo and an Executive MBA from Esade.

Arantzazu Claverías

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Piotr Opacki

Since graduating with an MBA in 2022, Piotr has transitioned into tech. He now works at Uber’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam, where he manages B2B projects, operationalises global initiatives in the region and provides strategic advice to senior leadership.

Prior to moving to Barcelona, Piotr used to live in the United Kingdom, where he completed a Master in Engineering. He then worked as a consulting engineer in London alongside architects and large property developers.

In his spare time, Piotr enjoys skiing, cycling and getting to know new and inspiring people.

Damian Vallejo

Damián Vallejo is a partner at the New York office of Dunning Rievman & MacDonald LLP. Damián focuses on dispute resolution, and he has experience in civil and common-law legal systems. His practice revolves around representing companies, states and individuals in commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and commercial litigation. Damián also advises clients on the structuring and restructuring of investments under international investment treaties, and he represents clients in commercial disputes in U.S. courts on matters related to the enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards. He also advises funds specializing in litigation finance, helping them to assess the disputes in which they may invest and to negotiate and structure that investment.

Damián is an Adjunct Professor at the Fordham University Law School. He currently serves as the vice-president of the New York and Washington, D.C. chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the European Chinese Arbitrators Association (ECCA).

He has a Master’s in International Legal Studies from the Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Law from ESADE Law School. Before becoming a partner at Dunning Rievman & MacDonald, Damián worked on the international arbitration teams at Cooley and Chadbourne & Parke in New York and at Albors Galiano & Portales in Barcelona

Sergio Martínez

I am currently the Global CEO of Keralty, a healthcare organization that offers comprehensive healthcare solutions tailored to people’s specific needs. With over 5 years in this role, I have led the company's global operations and contributed to its growth and success.

Before joining Keralty, I served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sanitas Internacional Europa & Asia for 2 years and 9 months. During my tenure, I oversaw the development of healthcare models and strategies and helped position the company as an industry leader. We experienced significant growth and became a consolidated business group during this time.

I also have experience in operations and maintenance, having served as the Director of Operations at Alimatic for 7 years. This position allowed me to develop a strong understanding of efficient operations and maintenance practices.

In terms of education, I completed a Global CEO program at IESE Business School - University of Navarra. I also earned a diploma in Health and Society Management of Primary Healthcare from Fundación Universitaria Sanitas. Additionally, I hold an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Esade Business School and a degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Electromechanics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. I began my educational journey with a degree in Electronic Engineering and Industrial Electricity from Alumni Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià.

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a passion for making a positive impact. I am committed to driving growth, developing innovative solutions, and contributing to the betterment of society through my work in the healthcare and renewable energy sectors.

Arantxa Layseca

Arantxa Layseca, better known as Ara Retadora in social media, is a marketeer with 8 years of experience in retail. She has been a full-time entrepreneur since December 2022, focused on the financial education market for children and teens. 

The aim of her company and projects is to break down barriers and promote financial inclusion, providing easy-to-understand information so that Latin American children and youth have the opportunity to lay the foundations to be able to make better decisions regarding their money throughout their entire lives. 

Eugenio Mealli

Eugenio Mealli is a serial entrepreneur, highly skilled at blending business strategy and information technology. He is currently focused on developing business-oriented artificial intelligence projects and has a broad personal network within the Italian pharma & healthcare business, as well as other industries.
MBA with top honors in Business Strategy from ESADE + International MBA exchange at the Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina. AIAF Financial Analyst. PhD in Pharmacy from the La Sapienza University of Rome. Artificial intelligence software development certifications earned: Machine Learning by Stanford University on Coursera, and Reinforcement Learning by Microsoft (March 2019). Specialization in Requirements Engineering and Secure Software Specifications (five courses, non-credit) at the University of Colorado System.
Eugenio is also a novelist, with two techno-thrillers already published in the Italian market. Unlikely as it may sound, he manages to find the time to be a father and husband, his highest daily priorities.

Alison Diehl

Leading and doing business through ownership and collaboration; having the courage to take action and achieve goals through the power of togetherness. Thanks to my international and multicultural profile, I have learned to lead in unknown environments. Through 5 different countries as both an intrapreneur and entrepreneur, I learned to share and connect with people to deliver results and lead projects from ideas to end results. As a nimble leader with almost 15 years of global experience, I am eager to keep trying, testing, and learning in a new and fast-paced environment with a strategic vision and a growth mindset to make both our people and our business prosper.

Pedro Kaplan

Business Development Director with a successful track record in international and multi-industry environments.

Strong background in Business Management and B2B sales with expertise in driving revenue growth, identifying new business opportunities, and implementing effective strategies.

Committed to delivering outstanding results and consistently improving business performance.

Key activities:

Business management and business strategic development at Technology Companies.

B2B sales.

Management consulting and corporate restructuring.

Go-to-market strategies.

Channel sales.

Company start-up and turnaround management.

Operations management, including cost reduction and business efficiency.

Budget planning and P&L management.

Business intelligence and revenue management.

Coordination of multicultural and cross-functional teams and international projects.

Extensive knowledge of the service robot, airline and retail business.

Fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Patricia Díaz-Tendero

With a PhD cum laude in Psychology, she specializes in team performance and leadership and has more than 13 years of experience in maximum performance, leadership, and talent development. She advises on the development of leadership, helping leaders and teams in different sectors and industries. Poets&Quants For Executives has included her on its list of the 101 best and brightest executive MBAs in the world in 2022. She has participated as a high-performance psychologist in two of the most important sporting events in the world: the Olympics and the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, and has achieved outstanding results, like several World Cups and an Olympic medal.

Pedro Amador

As a technology enthusiast and expert in optimizing business solutions with a solid foundation in Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), I've dedicated my career to assisting leading companies around the globe in reaching their goals. With over 25 years of experience in international corporations, including Microsoft, Baan-Infor-SSA Global, and Software AG, I've led projects in various countries. This has equipped me with invaluable adaptability and problem-solving skills that are crucial in any business setting.

Originally from Spain, I've lived and worked in the Netherlands, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Portugal, and I've journeyed to 42 countries. I currently reside in Dublin, Ireland. This global exposure has granted me a unique insight into diverse cultures and lifestyles, honing my adaptability and problem-solving skills. As an avid traveler, having circumnavigated the globe over 13 times, I've gained an unparalleled perspective on different cultures.

I have worked with over 100 international companies such as Indra, Airbus, Accenture, PwC, Real Madrid, Everis, Oracle, Nivea, Esade, Microsoft, Matsa, Celgene, Otis, Sa Nostra, Kaiku, ITP, Living Forever, Gas Natural, and Las Rozas Village, among others.

My approach is rooted in the Autocoaching methodology, and I'm renowned as the "happiness expert", nominated for the world's most prestigious well-being award, the United Nations Executive Education Initiative, for my innovative solution, Happiness Play. Additionally, as an international speaker in 11 countries and having virtual speaking experience in 13 countries, I've addressed audiences of up to 5,000 individuals.

My educational background includes an Executive MBA from Esade and certifications in coaching, NLP, and Spiral Dynamics. This empowers me to apply critical thinking to my research and to foster collaborative processes for sustainable environments. I'm the creator of a new happiness technology, HappinessPlay, with an AI focus, enabling individuals to take control of their lives and find greater joy. I'm also the author of several books, including "Autocoaching: How to Get the Best Out of Yourself" published in 7 languages, "Autocoaching to Awaken" (Ed. LID), "AchievingHappiness.com", and “Zero Stress: 20 Days in the Life of a Happiness Expert”.

Roger Forns

Telecommunications engineer (UPC) + MBA (ESADE / UCLA) with more than 10 years of experience in business consulting and more than 2 in the world of sports (including FC Barcelona).
He is currently a Senior Account Executive of Sports & Entertainment at Microsoft, where he manages the relationship with LaLiga, with which we have a partnership agreement.

Carlos de Cárcer

The founder and general manager of the Red Deporte y Cooperación, Carlos de Cárcer has been able to work in numerous countries, especially in the world of development. He has also met many European professionals in joint projects.

Prior to Red Deporte, he worked at PwC as an auditor of projects financed by the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID) and the Madrid Town Hall in 1998 and 1999. After that, he worked for other NGO’s in the world of development as a consultant, evaluator, and project manager.

His education began with a Law degree, but he soon joined the cooperation sector. His first opportunity came in Zambia, where he worked on an education project for four months and got the drive to pursue more education and join Red Deporte. That was in 1997. Over time, he has furthered his training primarily in international public health, sports for development, and the employability of young people.

Carlos de Cárcer considers himself a person with a pioneering spirit, always open to discovering new frontiers and all the potential of development aid for the most vulnerable children and youths.

Pranay Hariharan

Since completing his MBA from Esade in 2013, Pranay has held senior roles in corporate, not-for-profit and start-up organisations in the energy, finance, technology and education sectors and worked in the UK, Europe, the US, India and the Middle East.

His experience includes internal strategy with a prominent Oil& Gas service provider in the Middle East, being the advisor and Chief Operating Officer of a London based AI voice-tech start-up to co-founding two start-ups, one of which is a transformative community food-charity in London that earned a British Parliament Award in 2021, which he is currently runs.

With a passion for entrepreneurship, Pranay’s business ventures range from co-founding a clean-tech start-up to leading a state-sponsored project of supplying educational materials which reached over 260,000 children in India as well as providing strategic advisory to start-ups and international businesses in the retail, fin-tech and transport sectors. His experience includes playing a lead role on the team that piloted architecting the UAE’s landmark VAT e-governance framework and solution. Pranay was also the youngest globally at Deloitte to be nominated to a country CEO’s advisory council during his stint with the firm in India.

Proficient in five languages, Pranay is an active speaker, charity partner and a Board Member of a prominent London community association. His interests include technology, geopolitics and global finance, complemented by a love for travel and cooking, and he is deeply committed to developing Esade’s London chapter and supporting its alumni.

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.

Maria Luisa Vila

María Luisa’s entire career has been dedicated to service companies in the tourist industry, inside a family  group. She started out as the managing director of Consultur, Consultores Turísticos S.A., a company in the Editur Group. She subsequently worked as the manager of the group’s central services and its CEO.

During the final stage of her career, she was the editor of trade publications and in charge of sales and distribution.

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.

Isabel Markwitz

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

Diego Brizuela

Google Sr. Technology Consultant - Product Manager

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

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

Stefan Hoester

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

FB: https://www.facebook.com/stephan.weisser

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/3.blanco/

Tomas Antoni Juste

Systemic coach and facilitator.

Expert in managing conflicts and difficult situations.

Development of personal relationships, leadership and work teams. Conflict transformation processes. Intervention in complex and uncertain situations; movement of one or more parts leads to a positive transformation of the entire situation.

Agricultural Engineer, Master in Public Management (Esade). Director of Interpersonal Relations and Work Dynamics at the Catalan Government’s Department of Territory and Sustainability. Former Director of Research and Innovation, former Director of the Technical Office of the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works and former Director of the Technical Office of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

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.

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.

Inés Rovira

Inés was born in Barcelona in 1976. Married with four children, she now lives in Madrid. She holds a Bachelor in Law and a Master in Business Law from Esade. She has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 1999. She has worked at Garrigues for more than nine years. Previously, she managed the legal department at Philips, in addition to other posts. She lived in Bogotá, Colombia, for four years. Inés now focuses on promoting the unique characteristics of Spanish family businesses at Instituto de la Empresa Familiar.

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. 

Eduard Mendiluce

CEO of Anticipa Real Estate – CEO of  Aliseda Inmobiliaria 

Responsible for Blackstone´s residential investments in Spain (€17bn AuM). 

Before joining Anticipa Real Estate, he was a member of the management committee of CatalunyaBank, Senior Vice President of Port Aventura and Real Estate Corporate Manager of Criteria Holding (“la Caixa”).   

He is board member of several Real Estate companies, member of the ULI-Barcelona executive committee and vice chairman of the Esade Real Estate Council.  

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Economics from the UAB (1988-1993) and an MBA from the Esade Business School. 

Angel Puig

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

Daniel Reyes

Daniel has built a career in marketing at Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA). In recent years, he created and led the Corporate Marketing Department.

Over the course of his career at CCMA, he has led various departments, including Market Research, Commercial Marketing, Children and Youth Segment Marketing (Club Super3) and Self-Advertising on TV3, later becoming Marketing Director of TV3. He also oversees marketing at Catalunya Ràdio, where he created the company’s Corporate Marketing Area.

He holds a Bachelor and Master in Business Administration from Esade and an MBA from McGill University in Montreal.

Maria Del Carmen Fernández

María del Carmen is a journalist specialising in health and medicine. Since February 2016, she has directed the Unidad Editorial titles Diario Médico, Correo Farmacéutico and CuídatePlus.

She joined Diario Médico’s Barcelona newsroom in 1994 and was later appointed team coordinator and editor-in-chief, a position she held from 2004 until January 2016. She had previously contributed to the newspaper Avui (now El Punt Avui) and worked as a newswriter specialising in health and medicine at Diari de Barcelona and Nou Diari de Barcelona (defunct since 1994).

She holds a Bachelor in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1989) and a Postgraduate Degree in Integrated Health Services Management from Esade (2011-2012). She is a board member of the Esade Alumni Health and Pharma Club. She also teaches in the Master in Hospital and Health Service Management at the University of Barcelona (UB) and in the UB-ESAME Master in Pharmaceutical Industry Scientific Departments.

Ahmed Moussa

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

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

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

Álvaro Serrano

Álvaro has more than 20 years of experience in the B2B industrial sector, primarily in technical and management positions in the automotive industry. He currently works as Managing Director of Lohmann Spain.

Miguel Mas

Miguel completed the Executive MBA at Esade (2005-2006), the International Management Programme in Sales and Marketing at the Volkswagen Group (2013-2014) and the Master in Legal Consultancy at Instituto de Empresa (1995-1996).

He now serves as Director of Purchasing and Transport at Volkswagen Group España Distribución (the group’s vehicle distribution company in Spain, which includes Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and light commercial vehicle brands).

He has 25 years of professional experience, of which he has spent the last 20 in the automotive industry, where he has held different managerial responsibilities. He previously worked as a Facility Manager for Nissan Spain, DB Transfesa and Ferrovial at Acciona.

He has a global vision of business, is proactive and is used to working with multidisciplinary teams.

In recent years, he has expanded his specific training in innovation and digitalisation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at the International Seminar in Digital Transformation (ISDI) at Harvard.

Beatriz Díaz Serrano

Coaching for executives and managers in transformation processes

Coaching for first-time managers: 

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

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

Language: Spanish

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

Maggie Robb

Maggie Robb is an innovative operations professional.
She loves expanding her horizons and pushing her limits through travel and outdoor adventures. Passionate about empowering women in her community, equity and social impact, she has experience at multinational corporations and entrepreneurial ventures in multiple countries. She currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

Verónica Valls

Verónica holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Málaga and a Master in ICT Law, Social Networks and Intellectual Property from Esade. She has built her career at law firms and international corporations. She currently works as an intellectual and industrial property lawyer at the Bimbo Group.

José Quevedo

Leader and strategic partner with an MBA specializing in finance and more than 15 years of experience holding executive positions in the strategic, sales and business management areas within the microfinancing sector in Peru, Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia, specifically working in entities focused on consumer segments, SMEs, and retail. Focused on global business management, applying a strategic vision and sustainable growth, all the while prioritizing a positive working environment.  

Solid knowledge of strategy design, negotiations, and market studies, focused on developing and promoting ideas and innovation and seeking ongoing improvements, commitment and horizontality. 

Researcher and permanent lecturer in digital topics. 

• International Solidarity Consultant at Esade. 

• Member of the Peruvian Human Resource Association (APERHU) as an independent partner. 

• Senior Management Program in Sustainability at EADA. 

Internationally accredited as an HR Business Partner by TP Group. 

Carlos García

Executive Master in Digital Business at Esade (EMDB 18/19) with exchange at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business in Silicon Valley. Professional experience includes global roles at SKF in Sales, Technology, E-business, Digital Solutions. After an International career based out of London and Madrid, Carlos has now been living in Gothenburg for the last few years, driving Digital Sales Solutions of SKF.

He has also joined COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology proposing programs in the area of Digitalization. 

Carlos is a Board member of the Esade Alumni Chapter in Sweden, which is based in Stockholm, and he is the representative in Gothenburg. If you are moving to Gothenburg or visiting this city, he will be happy to welcome you.  

Anthony Vallance-Owen

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

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

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

Mª Pilar Mestre Aramendia

Career coaching: Development of one’s career either by changing jobs or getting a new one.

Executive coaching: Ensuring good performance in one’s current job by enhancing personal and leadership skills in order to maximise results.

Self-esteem and assertiveness coaching. Strengthening these aspects in order to achieve better personal balance that results in professional success and the ability to tackle new challenges at work.

Coaching for retirement: Approaching this new stage of life in a positive way.

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certification: Accredited Coaching Training Program (ACTP), International Coaching Federation

Paula García Monné

MSc in Marketing Management 2019 – Class Representative  

Graduada en Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas por la Universidad Ramon Llull, en el MSc in Marketing Management por ESADE, y en dos programas internacionales en Negocios y Marketing por Università Bocconi y University of California, Los Angeles, Paula es una líder con vocación de servicio.  

Inició su carrera en la industria de la moda y la cosmética de lujo, trabajando en la Asociación Española del Lujo y en la Asociación del Paseo de Gracia, en Barcelona y en Londres. Siguió yéndose a París, como Digital Project Manager mundial para Gucci Beauty, marca ilustre dentro del porfolio de la división de lujo de Coty. En 2020, Paula optó por volver a Barcelona y explorar el ámbito del Product Management, esta vez desde una multinacional más cercana, Mango. Actualmente se encuentra de vuelta en el ámbito digital, y con foco en performance y crecimiento se encarga de gestionar una amplia cartera de clientes de distintos sectores.  

Paula siempre está lista para nuevos desafíos, y para ella seguir conectada a ESADE Alumni a través de la Comisión Young era la manera más natural y efectiva de seguir conectada a toda la comunidad de ESADE. 

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. 

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.

Diego Martínez

Soy ingeniero industrial por el Centro Politécnico Superior de Zaragoza y por la Universidad Tecnológica de Compiègne (Francia) y director comercial de Grupo Pronet desde su fundación hace ya 21 años. Soy igualmente miembro de la junta directiva del Círculo Aragonés de Economía.

Mi experiencia como empresario me ha hecho entender y empatizar con las inquietudes de los profesionales desde la perspectiva directiva o de equipo. Una de mis obsesiones es potenciar el talento y la iniciativa, y en ESADE he encontrado un lugar perfecto porque comparten y fomentan estos valores.

En ESADE alumni tengo la suerte de poder dar continuidad a la energía y deseos de contribución al sector profesional que me transmitió el PDC y además de compartir el entusiasmo, el conocimiento y la experiencia con mis grandes compañeros, sin duda un privilegio y una experiencia altamente motivante.

Empresario, emprendedor e inquieto por naturaleza

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

Antoni Frederic Mudoy

Managing Director, distribuidora Rotger S.L

Eduard Torregrosa Sanchis

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

Xavi Roca

Consultor, mentor, headhunter y formador en liderazgo, talento y marca personal.

Ayudo a directivos y freelancers a conseguir sus mejores resultados potenciando su liderazgo y marca personal.

Soy Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas y MBA (Master in Business Administration) por E.S.A.D.E., donde también he cursado el postgrado de Liderazgo. Además, también cursé el Master en Trade Fair Management por la Univesity of Koln.

Actualmente, estoy estudiando la carrera de psicología en la Universidad de Lleida.

Tras varios años de utilizar la herramienta Clifton StrengthsFinder, he cursado el programa Accelerated Strengths Coaching en Madrid en 2018 y actualmente soy Gallup Strengths Certified Coach.

En mis más de 22 años de experiencia profesional he compaginado la dirección general de empresas (Fira de Lleida, Ros Roca SRN y SAGE Eurowin...) con mi faceta como consultor y emprendedor.
En el año 2001 fundé mi propia consultoría de marketing, Smart Marketing (www.smartmarketing.es); en estos más de 18 años hemos potenciado a más de un centenar de empresas e instituciones a través del marketing.

En el año 2013 fundé xaviroca.com, una empresa especializada en consultoría y formación en liderazgo, gestión de equipos y marca personal.

Además, soy socio fundador de Decelera y Torret Road SL, 2 empresas dedicadas al asesoramiento e inversión en startups tecnológicas.

A nivel docente, soy profesor asociado de la Universitat de Lleida (UdL) en temas de liderazgo, talento y marca personal. Colaborador académico de la I.Q.S., de E.S.A.D.E. y de la Universidad de Alicante. Además, he impartido numerosos cursos y seminarios en diferentes instituciones públicas y privadas.

En 2015 publiqué mi primer libro: "Desmárcate - desarrolla con éxito tu marca personal" www.xaviroca.com/desmarcate

Conferenciante habitual en temas liderazgo, talento y marca personal.

 

Joan Prat

Manager en Via Moda Andorra

Rubén Raso

CIO en Idilia Foods

Álvaro Cárcel

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 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.

Pilar Feliz Barrio

With more than 30 years of experience, Pilar has spent her entire career in executive positions in the fields of people management, organisational development and transformation processes. She has worked for multinational companies in various sectors: chemical, retail and energy.

She holds a Bachelor in Biochemistry and a Postgraduate Degree in People Management and Development – Talent Management from Esade (2010). She is an ICF-certified executive coach and a mentor accredited by Red de Mentoring. She has lived in Paris for 10 years.

With the clear conviction that people and their talent are organisations’ greatest assets, Pilar currently works in human-resources consultancy, leadership development, change management and innovation, helping organisations to adapt and compete

Xienu Zhang

Xienu grew up in an island of Southeasten China and relocated to Beijing in 2011 for the undergraduate study. Currently she is working at China headquarter of a top-tier German automotive company, specialized in mobility strategy and digital transformation. 

Xienu holds dual master's degree of International Management and CEMS Master in Management from ESADE and bachelor's degree from University of International Business and Economics. She also studied at Ivey Business School and Autonomous University of Barcelona as exchange student.

Xienu is very warmhearted and open-minded. She loves traveling, musical theatre and cats. She has traveled to over 20 countries and enjoys communicating with people of diverse cultural backgrounds. She speaks Chinese, English and Spanish.

If you want to know more about Beijing or China, or grab a drink in Beijing, she is your person!

Marta Oliver

Marta is graduated from the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law at ESADE (Class of 2020) and studied the Double Master's Degree for Access to the Legal Profession and "International Business Law at ESADE (Class of 2021). She is currently an Associate at Baker & Mckenzie Barcelona, ​​practicing as a lawyer in the "Real Estate" Department, where she advises on issues related to real estate transactions, commercial leases and "Real Estate Finance"..

Mercè Rius

With my extensive experience in executive recruitment and my knowledge of market needs, I help my clients face moments of professional transition – whether due to a job change or a promotion – by fostering knowledge of their own skills, interests and motivations, while also developing the most appropriate way to come across and persuade others.

Areas:

· Identification and development of competencies and leadership styles

· Professional transition

· Empowerment through self-awareness and control of strengths and motivations

Miquel Colet

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

Mariana de la Rosa

Mariana de la Rosa joined Uría Menéndez in 2016 and is currently a senior associate.

She is an academic assistant in Private International Law at Esade Law School (Ramón Llull University) and in Civil Procedural Law in the Master in Legal Practice at Abat Oliba CEU University.

She has more than seven years of experience in litigation before the civil and commercial courts at all levels, as well as in commercial arbitration – both national and international – and consulting on commercial and bankruptcy matters. Mariana advises clients in Spain and abroad from various economic sectors. Her professional activity is focused on the following areas: civil liability, construction contracts, corporate conflicts, banking and sales contracts, bankruptcy law, claims arising from the purchase or sale of portfolios, and enforcement of real and personal guarantees.

Her mother tongues are Spanish and Catalan, she is fluent in English and French and has a basic German level.

Rosa Domingo Bernaus

MBA and university professor in Communication and Marketing. I integrate my experience in the business world working for consultants, companies and public institutions, with the purpose of promoting conscious leadership.

Specialties:

• Labor Coaching: I will provide the necessary support for you to face your new goal of senior professional transition. We will trace an efficient path to define and promote your position in the labor market, networking and personal branding. I will accompany you in the management of change and stress.
• Executive Coaching: I accompany professionals with demanding reptes who seek to acquire new skills to improve leadership. The best visit with a university professor of Communications assignments and the ability to exercise influence of high impact on your teams and clients through efficient communication and the identification of needs and barriers in your colleagues. I am an expert in team and commercial coaching.
• Leadership of gifts: Together we will strengthen your leadership in teams and clients, and you have management and influence skills that drive the scalability of your position, the creation of your own business or self-employment.

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certifications: Coach col legiada ACC per l’ICF

Luis Lepe Márquez

I have experience in relationship selling for large corporations. I hold degrees in Telecommunications Engineering, a PDD from IE, and a Master's in Commercial Management and Marketing from ESADE Business School and have held positions of responsibility in sales of information technology, cloud, security, digital workforce, and customer relationship channels. I have sales experience with both the private sector and the public administration. I have been responsible for the business development and commercial management in national and international corporations and am a member of the Board of Directors of the Digital Business & ICT Club at ESADE Alumni. I am an active promoter of change and "making things happen.”

Core competencies:

• B2B Sales Team Management - sales for the corporate segment; setting and monitoring sales team objectives. Communication and team orientation towards achieving results.

• Strategic Account Management - experience in managing large accounts using Account Plan methodology for goal planning; executing strategic to tactical levels, business processes, market opportunities, key decision-making, and C-Level relationships.

• Business Development - analytical and creative thinking skills; achieving improvements by introducing new perspectives, ideas, and methods; adapting to changing market environments; proactively staying abreast of industry trends.

Joe Schneider

I enjoy helping companies break new ground. At AmFam, some of my responsibilities include Enterprise M&A as well as Tenney 110, our portfolio of adjacent businesses and venture studio. In this capacity, I, along with my colleagues, am working to deliver the insurance company of the future (which probably won’t look exactly like the insurer of today).

Prior to joining American Family, I was an investment banker in the US and the UK, where I advised insurance carriers, brokers and insurtech businesses (and pretty much anything related to insurance) on M&A, capital raising and other strategic matters.

I have co-authored several white papers on autonomous vehicles and insurance and have been quoted by The NY Times, LA Times and other publications in the US and abroad. I presented this work at the US Treasury in 2016.

I have lived and worked in the UK, Spain and Chile and originally began my post college career as a high school teacher where I realized that if I could get a room full of teenagers to focus on conjugating verbs, I could probably do other stuff, too.

Gerard Alcántar

Biopharma executive & consultant with a proven track record in design & execute high-quality strategic solutions, achieve growth-oriented commercial strategies, drive operational efficiencies & market innovative healthcare services. Awarded for Strategic and Innovative projects in different career stages.

Javier Sánchez

Director for Brazil, and Academic Collaborator of the Strategy and General Management Department, at ESADE Business School. Expert in the areas of Leadership and Strategy with a behavioral perspective. More than two decades of successful experience managing, teaching, and consulting, companies, governments, and top leaders, globally.

Jaime Schmidt

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Marcos Verburgh Rivera

With a bachelor’s in Business Administration, he has 15 years of experience in the fitness industry, where he has led the development, professionalization, and growth of chains of sports facilities in administrative and managerial roles.

A professor in the Master’s in Managing Sports Facilities at the University of Alcalá de Henares, he is currently the general manager of the chain of smart priced gyms Dreamfit, a benchmark thanks to its disruptive positioning on innovation and profitability in the industry in Spain.

Alessandro Marcello

Originally from Cagliari, I now live in Milan after experiences in Spain, the UK and China. I am proud father of a 2 year old boy and soon to be (December) of a girl.

I have started my career in marketing at Sony in Barcelona and then moved to the UK where I pursued product marketing roles for an additional 2 years. In 2015 I decided to switch careers to e-commerce and moved to Amazon before joining Alibaba Group in Hangzhou the next year.

Since 2018 I am back to Milan where I was part of the founding team of Alibaba locally. I currently lead the European Customer Success team to support European SMEs exporting through Alibaba.com platform.

I hold a Master of Science (MSc) in Marketing Management from ESADE Business School in Barcelona and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University in Milan.

Giovanni Rampinini

I have an out of scale yellow personality; people and relationships are what give me energy everyday!

This is probably the least thing you would read by someone who has a Ph.D. in Industrial Chemistry and has spent many many years wearing a white coat behind a laboratory bench. But that's me.

I grew up in Milan. I moved to Santa Barbara, California, for my Ph.D.. I have spent one year in Angers, France, for a post-doctoral research program and then I moved back to Milan, but only to decide to move out again to Amsterdam.

In The Netherlands, I developed my passion for business which took me to enroll in Esade and attend the EMBA program in 2019.

I am currently working in procurement for a large multinational chemical company, but I am very attracted by the entrepreneurial ecosystem. So much that I gave birth to two start-ups.

If you don't see me in the office talking to my colleagues, I am probably scuba diving in some tropical sea!

Lídia Concustell Humet

Graduated in Business Administration from ESADE, with an international program at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. Professional background dedicated to the automotive sector. She started in Renault Group at regional level, moved to national management within the Aftermarket area and currently plays an international role as Business Manager Accessories of the Europe G5 Cluster.

Highly active in the social field, focusing on young talent, multicultural teamwork and female empowerment, she is not only part of the Automotive and Mobility Club but also on the Board of Women Empowerment. Her personal goal is to contribute to the development of a professional network in the sector that will strengthen female representation at all levels of decision making and activity.

Montse Bonjorn

With an overwhelming passion for marketing and communication, Montse has more than 10 years of experience that have led her to excel as the Chief Marketing Officer in a business group listed on the stock exchange. Her love of work and innovation and her commitment to inspiring others have turned her into an influential figure in the world of marketing.

She holds a double bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Law and earned a master’s in Strategic Planning of Business Communication from the Universidad Ramón Llull. She also has the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales from Esade, has studied at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and took the Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Digital Marketing program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Whoever knows her describes her as a creative person brimming with energy and optimism. Her proactive approach and her ability to come up with inspiring ideas have translated into constant career success. She has worked with famous brands like Danone, Milka, Mattel, Barbie, Vueling, and Nestlé and has even expanded her experience by working in Germany, where she lived for several years.

She is currently the Marketing Director at the helm of a brand placed in more than 100 markets and partners actively as an Esade Giving-Back Consultant. Her ability to tackle challenges from an innovative perspective is not only limited to her professional life, but she also promotes charitable initiatives.

Leigh Garrison

Description: Leigh has over 20 years of experience as a marketing leader for fortune 500 companies and innovative start ups. Her coaching embraces the latest insights from neuroscience and human performance psychology to elicit shifts in mindset and behaviors that enhance effectiveness and personal fulfillment.

Languages: English

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

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”.

Vicky Ramirez

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

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

Vishesh Dalal

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

Sebastian Sandler

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

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

Julian Grimm

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

Lea Rogosic

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

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.”

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.

Kseniya Evseeva

I am a marketing professional with 10 years of experience in several fields, industries, and geographies. I am a person who thrives in fast-paced environments, working on challenging projects, loves learning new things, gaining valuable skills and strives to reach goals with the best results possible.

Currently, I am the Marketing and Loyalty Program Director with a prominent travel e-commerce company in the Russian Federation. In this role, I created two immensely successful loyalty programs and simultaneously launched 20+ co-brand projects in partnership with major banks in Russia and CIS countries within five years and with a team of five people.

A travel enthusiast, foodie and proud ‘Cuse alumna, I am always up for a new adventure, be it a weekend getaway to a fun unexplored location, a mesmerizing art exhibit, a thought-provoking play in one of Moscow’s many dramatical theaters, a yoga retreat or any other activity that inspires and challenges me.

Acisclo Pérez

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

Diego Molero

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

Indira García

Indira has been in the finance world for more than 10 years, primarily in the technology and innovation sector. Her main motivation is her curiosity to learn. She recently completed a Master in Finance at Esade, which helped her gain a broader vision of business, analytical agility and decision-making capacity. In the personal realm, she is an introvert who loves to laugh. She is a fan of good values: family, friendship, respect and responsibility.

Sonia Madurga

Passionate about technology, especially the ones changing how we operate on a daily basis and help businesses to be customer centric.
Currently leading EMEA business development for Google Cloud Platform in SMB segment at Google and actively collaborating with start-ups.
In my personal life, I love to spend time with friends and family, travel to discover new cultures and dance latin music.

Virtuts Angulo

Virtuts loves learning, conveying knowledge and surprising herself every day with new things. Perhaps because of this, she has dedicated part of her career to editorial content, contributing to projects aimed at enriching other people anywhere in the world. She is also an active participant in the Esade Alumni Cultural and Creative Industries Club, a venue for sharing knowledge and meeting other people with the aim of mutual enrichment.

Jordi Fabregat

Jordi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade and Director of the Executive Master in Economic-Financial Management in Barcelona.

He previously served as controller of a French multinational in the textile sector that distributes products through its own shops and through catalogue sales, as well as general manager of the manufacturing company that supplied this multinational. Before that, he managed a chain of shoe shops.

He has taught courses in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Portugal. His PhD thesis dealt with initial public offerings on the Spanish stock market and the Neuer Markt. His fields of interest include financial analysis and planning, investment decision-making and its effects on value creation, and the valuation of companies (especially non-listed companies) for acquisition processes, the search for investors for capital increases, and the placement of share packages.

He has advised numerous investors and entrepreneurs on company valuation operations. He is a member of the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF) and sits on several boards of directors. He holds the Expert in Business Valuation Certificate, awarded by the IEAF.

Ona Serra

Board Member – Finances responsible

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

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

Luis de Grandes Estrada

Gestor Patrimonial con amplia experiencia en inversiones financieras, inmobiliarias y empresariales. Socio y Director General en LDGGROUP MULTIFAMILY OFFICE, asesoría fiscal, mercantil, laboral y patrimonial.
Actual Presidente de Esade Alumni Tarragona y miembro de la Junta Directiva desde 2016.
Padre de familia numerosa.

Patricia Sotelo

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Berta Santos

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Lluis Lana

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

Manuel Rosales

Más de diez años de experiencia en el liderazgo y definición de estrategias de negocio, marketing y ventas para el sector de la automoción como la multinacional BMW Ibérica en Madrid y en organizaciones más locales como Grupo Avisa que representa las marcas del grupo Volkswagen en Sevilla. Inicio de carrera profesional en el mundo de la agencia local como Grupo Imagen y Quid quid, y en medios de comunicación como Vocento y Grupo Prisa. Especialista en proyectos de Transformación Digital y Customer Experience orientados a redefinir modelos de negocio y propuestas de valor con el fin de contribuir a desarrollar organizaciones más competitivas e innovadoras. Experiencia como emprendedor en diferentes start-up en sectores como retail o servicios. Apasionado de los ratos en familia y amigos, de la práctica del golf y pádel, y de viajar para disfrutar la experiencia de conocer rincones únicos.

Silvia Manent

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

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

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

Maria Stefanoni

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

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

Jaime Castello

Jaime holds a Bachelor in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Valencia, an MBA from Esade and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Kingston University London.

Before joining Esade in 2005, he held various positions of responsibility in marketing and sales at multinational corporations operating in Spain and abroad. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management at Esade, where he coordinates the Sales and Key Account Management Area and directs the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales at Esade Madrid.

Among the Esade faculty, Jaime is a pioneer in educational innovation and in the application of new technologies to executive education.

Mercedes Sancho Jaime

I assist in processes of professional change when people find it difficult to achieve a goal or decide how to move towards it. My proposal is a practical, structured framework that enables coachees to make decisions confidently and enthusiastically and develop a plan for putting their decisions into practice. I use a mobilising method and proven tools, while also drawing on my own experience of personal and professional transformation. 

If you want to improve your leadership and strengthen your communication and relationship skills, we will make the most of your abilities through action-oriented conversations, developing an awareness of your strengths to provide you with support and levers for overcoming barriers and obstacles to your development. With this objective in mind, I combine various methodologies focused on improving personal effectiveness. 

Specialities: Career coaching, executive and leadership coaching, relational coaching, networking and personal branding.
 

Carmen Ansotegui

Carmen is a Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade.

She holds a Bachelor in Business Administration, a Master in Economic Theory and a PhD in Economics, which has given her a broad vision of the world of finance. She is a Professor in the Department of Financial Management and Control at Esade, where she teaches and conducts research. Her main research interests are capital markets and asset valuation.

Her current research activities focus on alternative finance and shadow banking.

Axel Yildiz

“I’m Partner at Font&Yildiz, experienced corporate and commercial lawyer qualified to practice Law in Spain and Argentina, with solid expertise in Real Estate Law and business Law. I received my Master´s degree in International Law by ISDE and an Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) by ESADE. 

I’m also a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and a regular collaborator of Acció and Spri within International transactions between Catalonia or the Basque Country and other countries.

As a boutique Law Firm with multi-lingual speaking lawyers we provide high service level with a cost-effective service to Companies and Individuals both local or international.”
 

Christian Sipión

Senior business executive (C-Level) with more than 12 years of experience in the strategy and startup development fields within the educational sector. He is currently working as the International Project Director for Universidad Continental. In addition, he is the founder of Grupo Acelera and also serves as the Institutional Representative for the European digital business school, ISDI, in Latin America. 

Ramón Chalmeta

After seven years working at Kantar, in the television audience sector, where I was developing the software to measure and analyse audiences across the world, I decided to give an impulse to my career. I enrolled into the Executive MBA at ESADE and moved to Paris with my wife to start a new personal and professional adventure. Here in Paris I am working at Netatmo, a brand of Legrand developing groundbreaking connected consumer electronics. I am currently leading projects in the energy sector with partners like Engie or Vaillant, putting together the best of the energy sector and our technical know-how in IoT, to connect energy products and convert them into smart objects.

 
Passionate of chess, I am an international player and I collaborate with several institutions to develop not only the competition of our sport but also to bring its cognitive benefits to society.

Montserrat Altarriba Palomares

Career and leadership development, people and team management, support for generational change, professional transitions, emotional and stress management, adaptation to change and work-life balance.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and French

Certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)
• Mentor Coach certified by the International Coaching Federation

Anna Borrell

Digital business strategist. Especializada en el mundo digital, Anna empezó su carrera profesional en el mundo de las start ups i en el sector del deporte, trabajando en empresas como el FC Barcelona. En 2017, cursó el Executive Master en Digital Business por ESADE y desarrolló, durante casi tres años, la experiencia digital de Banco Sabadell. En 2020, volvió al mundo del deporte entrando en Dorna Sports, empresa propietaria de los derechos comerciales y televisivos de campeonatos de motor, entre ellos MotoGP™️. Allí ha empezado la construcción y desarrollo digital de sus OTTs. 
 

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.

Martino Nogueira Canle

Gerente de Museo de Arte Contemporáneo.  Mi experiencia se ha desarrollado en las áreas de control financiero además del estudio de procesos y operaciones en el sector servicios en Pymes y multinacionales.

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.

Marta Guirao

Con más de 30 años de experiencia profesional, desde el año 2001 Marta ha venido ocupado posiciones de dirección en diferentes empresas tanto familiares como pertenecientes a grupos internacionales, que operan en diversos sectores como el de servicios, inmobiliario o la industria de alimentación y bebidas.

Desde sus comienzos en el departamento fiscal de PWC a principios de los años 90 y hasta su incorporación al grupo familiar El Enebro en 2018 como directora general, ha desarrollado su carrera fundamentalmente en el ámbito tributario y mercantil, liderando proyectos corporativos a nivel nacional e internacional.

Licenciada en Derecho y Master en Asesoría Fiscal de Empresas por el IE, en 2020 cursó el Programa de Consejeros (ESADE), compatibilizando en la actualidad su actividad laboral con sus responsabilidades como consejera independiente.

Santiago Solanas

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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

Adriana Del Solar

After 17 years working in different organisations, I have a very broad vision of the business world. Through unconditional acceptance and belief in you, active listening, empathy and assertiveness, we will work together to develop your potential and well-being in a pragmatic and authentic way. We can work on either the personal or professional sphere. Everything is interconnected, since we are a single being.

In order to be able to choose freely, we will first look into who you are, in order to re-discover and connect with your values, interests and motivations. Enjoying a full life requires thought, emotion and behaviour acting in harmony and always in keeping with your values.

One of my key elements is learning and knowledge development. I have received training to acquire and expand my toolkit to guide you along the path to self-knowledge, the development of autonomy and selfesteem, the identification and modification of your negative thoughts or emotions, the improvement of your emotional management, the improvement of your time management, etc.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Certifications:

- International Coaching Expert, Gold Level, Instituto Europeo de Coaching (IEC)

Emilio Vázquez

He is an industrial engineer with 25 years of experience in the industrial and mining sectors, helping companies meet the needs of today’s generations without compromising the possibilities of future generations.

Wesam Abuznadah

Transformative educational leader and an Academic Vascular Surgeon with over 15 years of leadership success inspiring, changing, and disrupting healthcare, public administration, and Education on a national, regional, and international levels. With a passion for improvement, a transformative mindset, and an understanding of the impact of change for all stakeholders to create win- win situations that achieve the desired target
 

Filippo Zani

Vivo en Milán, mi ciudad, con mi mujer y mi hijo de 1 año.

Mi pasión por las ventas y las finanzas me llevó a trabajar en el sector de los servicios financieros durante más de quince años, donde tuve ocasión de colaborar con instituciones como el Santander Consumer Bank, Hoist Finance y la Banca Mediolanum, entre otras.

En 2022, cofundé IrBox, una empresa de servicios digitales con sede en Milán que ofrece servicios web y de diseño gráfico multilingües para empresas que operan con mercados extranjeros.

He cursado el Executive Master in Marketing and Sales (EMMS), un doble grado conjunto de Esade Business School y la SDA Bocconi. Estudié en el Politecnico di Milano y en la Universidad Marconi de Roma, donde me gradué en Ingeniería Industrial en 2008.

Me gustan los deportes, especialmente navegar, esquiar y hacer senderismo.

Eduardo Monge Montes

Position and company: Executive Vice President at RDVAL Proveedora de Precios

Eduardo has more than 20 years of experience in the financial and securities sector in Central America and the Caribbean. He has extensive knowledge of portfolio management, risk management, artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital transformation, as well as more than 16 years of management experience.

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Noah Leshan

Noah serves as an Investor at Touchdown Ventures, a venture capital firm. He focuses on property technology, home improvement, Industry 4.0, and water technology investments. Before joining Touchdown, Noah was an Investor at Pegasus Tech Ventures, advising and working on diligence for both venture and M&A opportunities. Additionally, Noah was the manager for Startup World Cup, a global pitch competition with a $1M investment prize. Before Pegasus, Noah worked in finance at TEGNA and also developed the financial plan for PeaceStartup, a social impact fund in Bogotá, Colombia.Earlier in his career, Noah worked in commercial real estate as a Land Acquisition Associate at K Hovnanian Homes and an Assistant to the Executive Managing Director at Newmark Knight Frank and The Executive Director Of Capital Markets at Cushman & Wakefield. Noah graduated magna cum laude from Towson University in Maryland and has a Master of Science in Finance from Esade. In his spare time, Noah enjoys attending concerts and being obsessive about food. He is a world traveler and has lived in five countries.

Acisclo Pérez

Professional with more than ten years of international professional experience in multinationals and technology companies, specialized in growth, optimization and expansion of companies.

He has experience in management of commercial teams, marketing (CX) and innovation, as well as in the development of new products and services, with a strategic and 360º vision of the business and focused on the ROI of projects and corporate EBITDA.

Currently, he is a director of several technology companies whose core business is technology 4.0 and the user-centric experience (customer-centric approach).

Lorena Ortiz

Lorena is CEO and a shareholder at Tekton Labs, an innovation, design, and technology company. Thanks to her strategic focus and long-term vision, she has driven Tekton’s growth in various regions around the world, in particular, in the North American market. 

Before joining Tekton, Lorena worked for a variety of companies in the HR and marketing areas. Throughout her career, she has stood out for consistently creating value through her focus on action and her ability to make things happen. 

With a solid education in business management and an Esade MBA, Lorena is a leader who can transform companies, nurture a culture based on learning, and inspire high-performance teams. 

María Domingo

María Domingo joined Pérez-Llorca in 2022 as counsel in its Litigation practice. She previously worked at the Garrigues, Baker & McKenzie y Cortés, Abogados, office. Between 1998 and 2003, she earned her bachelor's and master’s degrees in Law at ESADE (Universidad Ramón Llull). She won the ESADE Talent Scholarship and participated in the Erasmus program at the University of Marburg (Germany).

María has extensive experience in legal proceedings on civil and mercantile matters regarding companies, obligations and contracts, civil liability and unfair competition. She has also participated as a lawyer and assistant at the Arbitration Court in different national and international arbitration proceedings.

Since 2014, María has been an associate professor of International Private Law in Esade’s Faculty of Law, where she teaches classes in the master’s in International Business Law, the bachelor’s in Law, the double degree in Business Administration and Law and the double degree in Law + Global Governance.

Joat Henrich

He holds a bachelor’s in Political and Government Science, a Master’s in Public Management and a Master’s in Public Direction. He is a public administration professional, academic contributor to EsadeGov and editor of PUBLIC. He has served as the president of the Catalan Public Management Association (2011-2017).

Jiang Li

Jacky was born in China but grew up in Barcelona. He speaks Spanish, Catalan, Chinese, English, and some French.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from ESADE. Currently, he works in Schneider Electric, a leading industrial automation and energy company, as the Deputy Lead of Ecosystem Partnership in the Strategy department.

Beyond his professional pursuits, Jacky actively engages in volunteer activities and serves as the President of the Schneider Volunteer Association in Beijing. He is committed to positively impacting society and promoting social responsibility.

In his personal life, Jacky enjoys playing basketball, exploring new destinations through travel and has a love for dogs. He embraces an open-minded and sharing-oriented approach to life, cherishing the experiences and knowledge gained along the way.

If you are interested in learning more about Chinese affairs, feel free to reach out to him. He would be delighted to share further insights and engage in discussions with you.

Floris Ruys

Floris Ruys is currently a Senior Marketing Partnerships Executive at TEAM Marketing AG, working on delivering the sponsorship rights of the UEFA Champions League for FedEx, Heineken and PepsiCo. An avid football fan fascinated by all things 'sports business' he is targeting a long and successful career in the sports business world.

After joining Samsung Electronics UK in 2015 on the Graduate Scheme, he worked within the Product Management and Channel Marketing teams, leaving the company in July 2021 to pursue an MBA at Esade Business School.

During the MBA Floris joined the student board to take on the role of VP of Events and Student & Alumni Relations, to help bring the cohort together through a series of initiatives and events. In his spare time Floris enjoys travelling the world, learning languages (Italian & Spanish) and playing padel, tennis and ping pong.

Very happy to contribute to and learn from the fantastic Esade network; reach out if you would to connect!

Lourdes Márquez Bencano

With training in Pedagogy and a specialization in Human Resources, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, and Sales Direction (Marketing and Sales), my professional experience has been in the field of Human Resources, where I have held management positions in multinationals offering professional services.

I have been associated with Loyola University for over 10 years, since it was created, where I have held different responsibilities: Executive, Admissions/Marketing, and Professional Careers.

I am still the Deputy Director of this department, which seeks to guide students and promote their employability and the search for their best professional opportunities through relations with businesses/institutions, designing strategic plans and activities to

improve the students’ professional competences/skills, and ultimately serving as a bridge between the university and the job market.

I love topics related to business, the job market, managing people, developing talent, and education in general.

Alejandro Lara

Alejandro is a seasoned professional with 15 years of global project and program management experience across diverse sectors. He excels in strategic planning, business management, and contracts administration, demonstrating a unique blend of skills in people management and innovative technology solutions. Alejandro has successfully launched global initiatives, collaborated with major multilateral organizations, and built partnerships on five continents. His academic background includes a joint MBA and International Business master's degree and a Doctorate in Global Education. As a dedicated people manager, he prioritizes transparency and cohesive teamwork. Alejandro's career spans roles such as Program Management Specialist at The World Bank Group and Research and Development Lead at Brain and You.org. Currently a Contractor at the American Clean Power Association, he brings a wealth of experience to complex global projects, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability.

Pedro Anton

"An MBA graduate with a focus on business development, financial planning, and strategy. I have 10 years of experience in project management, auditing, and financial consulting, working with cross-functional teams in customer-centric global businesses across the Professional Services, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, and Alcoholic Beverages industries."

Mare Agusti Bravo

Mare is passionate about entrepreneurship, marketing, and traveling in her free time.

Originally from Barcelona, she started her career at 16, building her own web design business, and having clients from all over the world in all kinds of sectors. Then she went to work to Boston at a financial company called Wex, Inc. During her years at Esade she was the president of the Entrepreneurship Association, Vice-president of the HR Association, and marketing director of the Committee of International Students.

In 2021, she moved to tech when she did an internship at Uber in Amsterdam. During her exchange, she decided to move to Singapore and study at the Singapore Management University only to return to Uber full-time in Aug 2022.

She is currently a Performance Marketing Associate, in charge of all the Display channel campaigns for all the lines of business: eater, rider, courier, driver, and restaurants globally! Mare is also the co-head of the Women at Uber Employee Resource Group for all EMEA. She can't wait to organize many events for the Amsterdam chapter, connect, and share experiences!

Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente is an Enterprise Account Executive in Salesforce and president of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association of Switzerland.

Joel de la Fuente he started his career in sales while still studying at Esade, when he raised funds from NGO’s in Switzerland to finance part of his studies. This initial work experience led him to discover his passion for sales, which enabled him to join the Sales Technology Academy of Salesforce, covering markets in different geographic regions like Africa, Spain, and Switzerland and specializing in different industries, such as Venture Capital & Startups and Healthcare & Pharma.

Parallel to Salesforce, Joel de la Fuente is president of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association of Switzerland, through which he is a speaker at international conferences in Europe and the United States.

Kian Peng Ng

Kian Peng is a Business Manager for BNP Paribas in Singapore, working on topics like the service level agreements, IT and operations risks, budgeting and financial management within the Bank. Before moving to Singapore in 2020, he worked for 5 years in Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany.

Before embarking on his banking career, Kian Peng was a Meteorologist in Singapore, taking on diverse roles like weather forecasting, safety oversight and also regional disaster monitoring.

Kian Peng is a keen observer on evolution of technology, and is fascinated by the integration of technology into our everyday lives. He is also troubled by the current state of global affairs, and wonders if advances in technology can be a solution to some of the problems plaguing the world today.

He has a Master of Physics from the University of Oxford in the UK and a full-time MBA from ESADE in Spain.

Waad Almadaaj

A dynamic entrepreneur driven by passion, transforming ventures into innovative solutions. With expertise in marketing and a penchant for AI, she empowers businesses globally, fostering collaboration and growth.

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

Yanyu Zheng

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

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

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

Roberto Castro-Tomé

Managing Partner at SocialUrban, is an urban economist with more than 22 years of experience in the real estate sector and is an expert in urban strategy, real estate, financing and valuations.

He defines himself as a Social Entrepreneur because he considers that the irruption of technology will end up transforming the world. He is also a mentor in several institutions, with a strong involvement with disability.

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Per Lokkegaard

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

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

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

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

Bart Laboga

Risk Policy Manager, Deutsche Bank AG

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

Maria Pericas

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

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.

Andrea Boniardi

Passionate about sales management and business innovation. I worked 2 years as an Economist in international ONGs previously in Brussels and than in Milan with focus on data analysis and scenario evaluation. I changed industry in 2008 and I moved to Eni Retail Gas & Power to develop my expertise in Marketing & Sales and to acquire a sound experience of the Italian Retail Energy Market. My current position is Head of Campaign Operation.

In 2015 I graduated from the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales (EMMS), an international double degree program held by Sda Bocconi and ESADE Business School.

Since December 2015 I am Board Member of the ESADE Alumni Milan Chapter. 

Rolando Carrazco

Soci Director en iTLand

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

Francesc Muñoz

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Letko

Optimist, technology enthusiasts, life-long learner

Gemma Sisó

Gemma is the Director of Marketing and a member of the Management Committee at Aramark. She has 25 years of experience in the food sector (consumer goods, retail and services), where she has worked for leading national and multinational companies. She has solid experience in marketing, retail, sales and purchasing. Gemma has a global vision of business and analytical capacity for decision-making. She is also proactive and used to leading multidisciplinary teams and working on international projects. She is interested in innovation and the digital transformation of companies. She is a key ambassador of EJE&CON Barcelona and currently coordinates the EngageMEN programme.

Gemma is a founding member of WERock Capital, a group of female business angels who invest in pre-seed/seed stage startups with at least one woman on the founding team. She received a scholarship take part in the Santander W50 Women on Boards programme at UCLA in 2019. A total of 42 such scholarships are awarded worldwide.

Alexandros Kazantzis

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

Griselda Serra

Griselda started her career at HP, which is where she decided to reorient her career by studying at Esade. This would open the doors for her to work in the quality department and, later, in the purchasing department.

After 13 years, she decided to get a fresh start at another multinational, Henkel, where she still works today. She started out in the human resources department, where she managed payroll for a

factory. Gradually, she took on more and more responsibilities, until one day she was offered the position of Human Resources Manager – a position she has held for nearly 10 years.

In this capacity, she is responsible for strengthening the entire Henkel Iberia team by coordinating three pillars: HR Business Partners, which actively contributes to the business strategy and translates it into organisational and personal capabilities; Centres of Expertise, which drives strategic, innovative, efficient and competitive human-resources programmes and processes on the basis of business needs; and Human Resources Operations, which strives to offer the best service, continuously improve and develop more efficient processes.

At the local level, human resources acts as the main interface of a global organisation that drives execution through collaboration with business.

Daniel Sánchez

Daniel holds a Bachelor in Economics and an MBA from Esade, as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago.

He is a co-founder and general partner at Nauta Capital, a technology venture capital firm that was founded in Barcelona and currently has offices in London and Munich. He gained experience as an mergers and acquisitions consultant at Deloitte and as Deputy General Manager at Taurus. He has been a board member at the European private equity association Invest Europe and at the Spanish Association of Capital, Growth and Investment (ASCRI).

At various stages of his career, has been a collaborator and academic assistant at Esade, teaching finance, strategy and international business expansion.

Mónica Domínguez

Directora ComeOn Brands! B2B Marketing

Soy Mónica Domínguez, una persona emprendedora, entusiasta y optimista por naturaleza. Me apasiona el mundo de la empresa y la creación de marcas con sentido.

Después de mas de 20 años ocupando puestos directivos, desempeñando funciones de Dirección de Marketing y Desarrollo de Negocio en diferentes sectores, en 2018 creé mi propio negocio ComeOn Brands!, una consultora de marketing estratégico y creación de marca en entornos B2B, ayudando a este tipo de organizaciones a generar más resultados, creando más valor.

Creo firmemente que es tiempo de entender que no se trata de trabajar para ser importantes, sino de hacer cosas que importen y en este nuevo camino, Esade siempre ha sido y será, mi perfecto compañero de viaje.

Mónica Muñoz

Mónica is a co-founder and partner at The Innova Room©, a strategic consulting firm specialised in the tourism industry (hotels, restaurants and leisure). The Innova Room builds bridges between business and design, always with a focus on innovation. Its projects range from market and feasibility studies to the development of new lines of business, improving the user experience and market repositioning.

Mónica holds a Master in Architecture from the University of Navarra, an MBA from Esade and a Postgraduate Degree in Cultural Management from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).

Over the course of more than 20 years, she has built her corporate career at multinational companies in various sectors, including hotels (NH Hotels), food and beverages (Heineken), architecture, engineering and consulting (IDOM International).

In 2010, she founded The Innova Room, where together with her partner she works on projects in Spain, Europe and Latin America. She is also a co-founder of other innovative ventures, including Mona & Leo Sustainable Lifestyle (a certified natural cosmetics brand) and INPULSA (an entrepreneurship and training network for the promotion of senior employment).

Multifaceted and committed to sharing knowledge, Mónica regularly contributes to media outlets, universities, business schools and professional forums on the subjects of innovation, design, tourism and entrepreneurship.

Mariano Rigau

Mariano holds a Bachelor in Philosophy and Educational Sciences and an MBA from Esade (1988). He collaborates with the Esade Challenge for Talent as a private individual (1,000 x 1,000 programme) and serves as Vice President of the Insurance Club.

Since 2006, he has been the CEO of Arag SE Spain, a member of the group’s executive committee and President of Arag Services Spain and Portugal.

Over the course of his career, he has served as General Manager of the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE), a board member at ARC Transsistance, Operations Manager at the Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia (RACC), General Manager of Universal Asistencia (RACC Group), a member of the executive committee of RACC, Deputy General Manager of Sabadell Aseguradora, Deputy CEO of Banco de Europa and General Manager of Investment and Leasing for Europe at the Banco de Europa Group.

Helena Borbón

Helena has 20 years of professional experience in general management. She currently serves as Director General of the CARES Foundation and Administrator of Empresa d’Inserció CODEC, both of which are dedicated to outsourcing operational and logistical services, to people with disabilities and to people at risk of social exclusion, respectively.

She holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). She has also completed the Leadership and Social Innovation Programme at Esade and the General Management Programme at IESE.

José Luis Morales

José Luis has built his career in operations and supply-chain management in the multinational environment of the auxiliary automotive industry, at companies such as Ficosa, Sintermetal and Gestamp.

He specialises in improving value flow in operations and planning by means of lean manufacturing techniques, DMAIC 6-Sigma, QRQC, automated production and robotics.

Ricard Lascorz

Ricard holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor in Law from Esade (class of 2019). During his studies, he was involved in various academic activities, including the Esade Student Finance Society and the Esade debate team. After doing internships in the fields of corporate law (Uría Menéndez) and investment banking (Morgan Stanley), he decided to go to work for the family business. He currently serves as Business Development Manager at Plimon Global and is a member of the company’s board of directors. His primary responsibilities are management, growth and internationalisation.

Susana Sebastiá

Susana holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Zaragoza. She completed the Programme for Management Development at Esade in 2008 and the General Management Programme at IESE Business School in 2019.

She has 20 years of experience in executive positions at major companies in the health and social-care sector.

Specialised in management, she has held operations management and division management positions. In this capacity, she has contributed to the growth and transformation of the sector, which today is a benchmark for economic growth and job creation.

Throughout her career, Susana has worked with government bodies on the implementation and development of various services, emerging as a strong advocate for public-private partnerships.

Since 2019, she has served as Asset Management Director at Healthcare Activos, an investment platform specialised in real-estate assets in the health and long-term-care industry.

Marguerite Chaignot

Using open-ended questions and specialised tools, I help coachees become aware of their potential and the changes they want to create. In particular, I can help you develop confidence/self-esteem, manage your emotions (fear, anger, sadness), better manage your interpersonal relationships, and make you more effective as a team leader and decision-maker in difficult contexts. 

Clients explore these new methods, perspectives and resources on their own, with the aim of developing their full potential, adopting new perspectives, better managing their personal or professional life, becoming happier and more efficient, and having a more positive impact on the world.

Specialities: 

• Positive intelligence coaching (managing saboteurs and strengthening the wise part of yourself)
• Self-esteem and decision-making coaching
• Career Orientation and Job Search Coaching Consulting
• Self-employed and business creation Consulting
• Team cohesion facilitation
• Collective Intelligence facilitation (co-development method)

Languages: Spanish, English, French

Certification: 

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), CTI
• Executive Coaching, Único model, Instituto de Comunicación
• Sikkhona relational model, Instituto de Comunicación
   

Berta Santos Rouco

With 10 years of experience as a lawyer in different law firms and multinational companies, and 10 years of experience as a coach in various multinational companies and organizations.

The coaching process with me is focused on helping individuals transform their professional careers by developing their own resources, tools, and skills to dare to drive and face the changes they know they need.

Additionally, I am also an expert in coaching processes for individuals over 50, who need to find realistic solutions to the challenges and changes imposed by the market, in the later stages of their working lives.

Languages: Spanish / English

Certification: ICF / ACC

Clàudia Cornella Durany

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

Coaching Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) for International Coach Federation
• Associate Certified Coach (CAC) for Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)

Alex Duran

Engineer by education, supply chain manager by experience, and sportsman by passion, Alex has held different leadership positions in several multinational companies in Barcelona and Zürich. He co-founded Nexspares in 2018, a consultancy firm devoted to help aircraft operators source aircraft spares more efficiently.

In Switzerland since 2011, he loves riding his road bike, participates in the Zürich visual arts scene and enjoys discovering hidden places, bars and restaurants throughout the city

Teresa Nicolau

After spending more than a decade at PwC early in her career, Teresa has held executive posts at private enterprises and led public entities in a diverse range of industries, including automotive, IT, food, services and tourism.

She specialises in strategic financial management for sustainable business development in organisations. Among other posts, she currently sits on the board of a private-sector company and is the treasurer and a trustee of a private foundation.

In addition to participating as a speaker in Esade webinars, she serves as a mentor and actively collaborates with Esade Alumni Pro Bono Consultants.

Rodrigo Rama Dellepiane

Career Coaching for High Performance / Strengthening Women’s Leadership / Coaching Migrant Professionals and Native Returnees / Supporting Work-Life Balance / Guiding Brave Decisions

GH ‘86 / MBA ‘89

Coach, trainer and psychologist. Forty-two years of professional experience as a senior executive, trainer and entrepreneur.

I provide growth tools to individuals, teams and organisations.

Deep, disruptive, tenacious and passionate.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, French and Portuguese

Certification: Coach certified by the International Coaching Federation

Maximiliano Ranftl

Graduado en Derecho en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) y del Máster de Especialización en Derecho de las TIC, Redes Sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por ESADE Business & Law School. 

Inició su trayectoria en Argentina como paralegal en el área de Derecho Societario del despacho ABBFP&W incorporándose posteriormente al despacho Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal donde completó el programa de Jóvenes Profesionales e integró el equipo de Propiedad Intelectual. Se incorporó entonces al departamento de Derecho Mercantil del despacho Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle. En Barcelona, ha formado parte del equipo de contratos de Agilent Technologies y ahora está trabajando en el sector farmacéutico, como abogado corporativo de Farmaprojects. 

Su experiencia internacional en asesoramiento jurídico, redacción de contratos y análisis de normativa, junto con su enfoque orientado a negocio, le otorgan una visión integral del Derecho aplicado al capital intelectual y a las nuevas tecnologías. 

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.

Miguel Galmes

Ingeniero y MBA hispano-alemán de 49 años de edad, especializado en gestión de proyectos, eficiencia energética y sostenibilidad en el sector de la hostelería de ocio.

Más de 20 años de experiencia profesional en diversos sectores en áreas como dirección general, gestión de proyectos, facility management, sostenibilidad, estrategia y diseño organizativo.

Idiomas nativos: Español, alemán y catalán. Inglés fluido. Portugués, italiano y francés muy básicos.

Creativo, autodidacta, analítico.

Casado y con 3 hijos.

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.

Jaime-Enrique Hugas

Jaime-Enrique is a co-founder and co-CEO, alongside his brother Paco, of Conren Tramway, a real estate investment and management company focused on investing in and developing office, residential and mixed-use buildings. He is also a board member of the Association of Construction Developers of Catalonia (APCE) and a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Before founding Conren Tramway, Jaime-Enrique worked in the financial industry of London, where he lived for 20 years. During that time, he was a partner responsible for Iberia at a European private equity fund and worked for 11 years in the investment banking and M&A departments of Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.

He holds a Lic&MBA from Esade a Bachelor in Law from the University of Barcelona. He received a scholarship from La Caixa in the United Kingdom. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program for Growing Companies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has frequently collaborated with faculty from Esade’s Department of Economics and Finance, teaching classes in subjects organised by this department.

He was a co-founder and, for 13 years, president of the United Kingdom Chapter of Esade Alumni. He served as treasurer and vice chair of the British Spanish Society, a foundation that promotes UK-Spain relations. He has sat on the board of several organisations in Spain, including SARquavitae and Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya.

Salvador Viniegra Escanero

Socio Director Aliaudit Consultores

Joan Romero

Joan is the Director of Wine Tourism at Raventós Codorníu. He holds a Bachelor in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Barcelona, a Bachelor of Science from Juniata College (Pennsylvania, USA) and a Postgraduate Degree in Marketing Management from Esade Barcelona.

He began his career in marketing at Chupa Chups, where he worked in the international marketing department at the company’s Barcelona headquarters.

He then moved to London to join the tourism sector, working in the marketing department of the startup Opodo before going on to direct Catalonia’s tourism brand promotion office for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

He later worked at PortAventura World in Tarragona, where he led the international sales department, and later managed Hotel El Palauet in Barcelona.

For seven years, he was based in São Paulo, Brazil, managing the promotion of the Catalonia tourism brand for all of South America.

Since 1st April 2020, he has served as Director of Wine Tourism at Raventós Codorníu in Barcelona, where he is responsible for the wine tourism business of several of the group’s brands: Codorníu, Raimat, Bodegas Bilbaínas, Legaris, Artesa (USA) and La Séptima (Argentina).

Anna Budziak

Senior Manager Commercial Management at Recipharm

Inmaculada Infante

Profesional con más de 20 años participando en la definición y seguimiento de la Estrategia de Crecimiento de Grupos de Empresas Multinacionales del sector industrial, servicios e inmobiliario principalmente.

Trayectoria desarrollada principalmente en, Arthur Andersen (Auditoría), Grupo Lar (Real Estate), Grupo Alibérico (Transformación de Aluminio), Grupo Cuñado (Tubería-Válvula-Bridas-Accesorios de Acero/Industrias Bienes de Equipo y Energía) desde las áreas de Finanzas Corporativas, Organización, TI& Comunicaciones, M&A, Expansión Internacional y Desarrollo de Negocio.

Como perfil ejecutivo se caracteriza por ser “El Motor que hace que las cosas se muevan”.

Consejera Dominical en compañías manufactureras del sector del metal (Periodo 2004 – 2011) destacando su visión de negocio, capacidad de análisis fiable y preciso, habilidades de comunicación y negociación.

Es licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad de Valladolid (1990-1994) y Loughborough University Reino Unido (1995) con formación de postgrado EMBA IESE Business School (2002-2004).

Ha participado en el Executive PDI Icex 2ª Edición (2017-2018) y más recientemente en el Programa de Consejeros de ESADE (Feb 2022).

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.

Juan Rovira de Ossó

After a 28-year career at various multinationals, in 2011 he became a Lecturer in the Department of People Management and Organisation at Esade.

He was the founder and first director of Universitas Telefónica, Telefónica’s corporate university. In 2005, he led the team responsible for defining the strategic model, design and launch of the Universitas Telefónica Campus. During his tenure as director (2005-2010), Universitas Telefónica offered 17 programmes to more than 5,500 executives from the 23 countries where the company operates. From the outset, Universitas Telefónica’s academic programme has focused on developing leadership as a key element to create a new corporate culture, communicate the company’s business strategy and encourage the exchange of ideas and practices between company executives. Prof. Rovira joined the Telefónica Group in 1997 as Deputy General Manager of Business Development at Telefónica International. He participated in defining and executing the strategy for the company’s expansion in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. As a result, the Telefónica Centroamérica joint venture was created and mobile telephone services were rolled out in Guatemala and El Salvador.

In 1999, he participated in the international expansion of Atento, the Telefónica Group’s call centre subsidiary, as head of strategic development. In 2001, he joined Terra as Global Director of Human Resources; in this capacity, he led the restructuring and integration of the company into Telefónica. He was subsequently appointed Deputy General Manager of Telefónica in Catalonia. Before joining the Telefónica Group, he spent 15 years in the banking industry, first at BBVA and later at Banco Santander, where he worked in the international and transactional banking areas. As head of International Legal Services at BBVA, he played a very active role in getting the bank’s shares listed on the world’s major stock markets. His experience at Banco Santander included designing and developing electronic banking and cash management services for companies.

He is currently Vice Chair for Iberia and a member of the international faculty at the Oxford Leadership Academy.

Juan Rovira de Ossó

After twenty-eight years working for various multinationals, he joined the ESADE Department of People Management and Organisation as Lecturer in 2011.

He was the Founder and first Director of Universitas Telefónica, the Spanish telecom's corporate university. In 2005 he led the team responsible for defining Campus Universitas Telefónica's strategic model and design and implementing its launch. During his tenure as Director (2005-2010), Universitas Telefónica offered 17 programmes to more than 5,500 executives from the 23 countries where the company has a presence.

From the outset, the focus of Universitas Telefónica's academic programme concentrated on developing leadership as a key element to create a new corporate culture, communicate the company's business strategy and encourage the exchange of ideas and practices between executives.

Professor Rovira joined Grupo Telefónica in 1997 as Sub-Director General for Telefónica International's Business Development Area. He participated in defining and implementing the company's strategy for its expansion in specific Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a result of the latter, the Telefónica Centroamérica joint venture was created, and mobile phone services were implemented in Guatemala and El Salvador.

In 1999, he participated as Head of Strategic Development in the international expansion of Atento, Grupo Telefónica's call centre subsidiary. In 2001, he moved to Terra as Global Director of Human Resources from which he led the internet company's restructuring and integration in Telefónica. He was later named Sub-Director General for Telefónica in Catalonia.

Before joining Grupo Telefónica, he worked in the banking sector for fifteen years, first for BBVA and then Banco Santander, working in the international and transactional banking areas.
As Head of International Legal Services at BBVA, he was very active in the bank's shares being traded in the leading markets around the world. Worth highlighting from his experience at Banco Santander are the design and development of e-banking and cash management services for companies.
Currently, he is Vice Chair for Iberia at the Oxford Leadership Academy and a member of its international faculty.

Marguerite Mc Mahon

Marguerite has more than 30 years of international professional experience in the field of medium- and long-term finance, first in London and later at the European Investment Bank in the Spanish and Italian markets. She is currently a non-executive director at SME Long Term Finance (London) Ltd and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from University College Dublin, an MBA from Esade and a Master in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics. In 2019-2020, she participated in the Programme for Directors at Esade in addition to similar courses in Milan and London.

Patricia Rebelo

Lifelong learner, passionate about leadership and a true believer that more diversity in senior executive positions will be key to achieving sustained business growth and high-performance teams in a VUCA world.
I graduated with an MBA in July 2017 and, since then, have been actively engaged with ESADE Alumni. In 2022, I co-founded the initiative SHEpharma - Inspiring, connecting & empowering future leaders in pharma, launched in close collaboration with Women Empowerment and Health & Pharma Esade Alumni Clubs.

Currently, in a post-MBA rotational program in Novartis Spain, a +2-year tailored program for future leaders to rotate across different functions of the organization. Prior to this experience, I had several strategic roles both in marketing and sales in the healthcare sector, with local and regional scope.
Outside of professional life, I love travelling and learning about new places and cultures. Two of my other favourite hobbies are reading and spending time with my family and friends.

Arantzazu Claverías

TBD

Piotr Opacki

Since graduating with an MBA in 2022, Piotr has transitioned into tech. He now works at Uber’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam, where he manages B2B projects, operationalises global initiatives in the region and provides strategic advice to senior leadership.

Prior to moving to Barcelona, Piotr used to live in the United Kingdom, where he completed a Master in Engineering. He then worked as a consulting engineer in London alongside architects and large property developers.

In his spare time, Piotr enjoys skiing, cycling and getting to know new and inspiring people.

Enric R. Bartlett

Enric. R. Bartlett Castellà, Lecturer of Public Law, has been at Esade (Ramon Llull University) since 2004. He previously served as Dean of Esade Law School (2009-2013). He has taught construction and environmental law in the International Business Law programme and administrative law in various undergraduate programmes. He currently teaches regulatory law and construction and environmental law in the Master in Legal Practice and leads the Human Rights Seminar.

He has taught in Mexico and Nicaragua, lectured at Pompeu Fabra University and spoken at various university and civil-service training centres, including the University of Barcelona, the University of Girona, the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies (London), the Public Administration School of Catalonia, the Centre for Specialised Legal Studies and Training, and the Judicial School of the General Council of the Judiciary of Spain.

He holds a PhD in Law and is qualified as a secretary-controller of local administration, a post he held for six years (1980-1986) in the municipality of Monistrol de Montserrat. He subsequently served as Deputy Ombudsman of Catalonia for 11 years (1993-2004). Before that (1986-1993), he was an advisor and general secretary to the office of the Ombudsman.

His most recent studies deal with regulation of the economy to achieve a just energy transition, specifically regarding issues such as energy communities, fighting energy poverty, investment protection and promoting innovation.

Damian Vallejo

Damián Vallejo is a partner at the New York office of Dunning Rievman & MacDonald LLP. Damián focuses on dispute resolution, and he has experience in civil and common-law legal systems. His practice revolves around representing companies, states and individuals in commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and commercial litigation. Damián also advises clients on the structuring and restructuring of investments under international investment treaties, and he represents clients in commercial disputes in U.S. courts on matters related to the enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards. He also advises funds specializing in litigation finance, helping them to assess the disputes in which they may invest and to negotiate and structure that investment.

Damián is an Adjunct Professor at the Fordham University Law School. He currently serves as the vice-president of the New York and Washington, D.C. chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the European Chinese Arbitrators Association (ECCA).

He has a Master’s in International Legal Studies from the Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Law from ESADE Law School. Before becoming a partner at Dunning Rievman & MacDonald, Damián worked on the international arbitration teams at Cooley and Chadbourne & Parke in New York and at Albors Galiano & Portales in Barcelona

Peggy Vilarrubís

I am an experienced executive with a strong background in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, I serve as the Executive President at Grupo Profármaco, a Spanish company specializing in marketing pharmaceutical products in Central America and the Dominican Republic. In this role, I oversee the operations of wholly-owned subsidiaries in seven countries and lead a team of 100 sales representatives responsible for promoting and distributing both our own portfolio and products from international laboratories.

My career journey also includes serving as the Business Development Director at Grupo Profármaco, where I conducted market analyses and developed business plans for licensing-in products. I focused on therapeutic areas such as Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Urology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, and General Medicine.

In terms of education, I completed an Executive Coach program at IE Business School. Additionally, I hold a Master's degree in Management of Pharmaceutical Companies from IE Business School and a Bachelor's and MBA in Business Administration from Esade.

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated strong leadership, business acumen, and strategic thinking in the pharmaceutical industry. I am passionate about driving growth, developing successful marketing strategies, and delivering exceptional results for the organizations I work with.

Arantxa Layseca

Arantxa Layseca, better known as Ara Retadora in social media, is a marketeer with 8 years of experience in retail. She has been a full-time entrepreneur since December 2022, focused on the financial education market for children and teens. 

The aim of her company and projects is to break down barriers and promote financial inclusion, providing easy-to-understand information so that Latin American children and youth have the opportunity to lay the foundations to be able to make better decisions regarding their money throughout their entire lives. 

Eugenio Mealli

Eugenio Mealli is a serial entrepreneur, highly skilled at blending business strategy and information technology. He is currently focused on developing business-oriented artificial intelligence projects and has a broad personal network within the Italian pharma & healthcare business, as well as other industries.
MBA with top honors in Business Strategy from ESADE + International MBA exchange at the Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina. AIAF Financial Analyst. PhD in Pharmacy from the La Sapienza University of Rome. Artificial intelligence software development certifications earned: Machine Learning by Stanford University on Coursera, and Reinforcement Learning by Microsoft (March 2019). Specialization in Requirements Engineering and Secure Software Specifications (five courses, non-credit) at the University of Colorado System.
Eugenio is also a novelist, with two techno-thrillers already published in the Italian market. Unlikely as it may sound, he manages to find the time to be a father and husband, his highest daily priorities.

Camille Semeneri

Born in France and moved to the US at the age of eight. Grew up mostly in the US and Switzerland.

In 2016, moved to Spain for her BBA at ESADE (with a semester in Finland at Aalto University).

In 2020, moved to Ireland and then Italy to pursue a double MSc in International Management / CEMS at UCD and Bocconi.

In 2022, moved to Germany to work at Henkel in marketing strategy for the adhesives business.

In 2023, joined the alumni board of ESADE.

Pedro Kaplan

Business Development Director with a successful track record in international and multi-industry environments.

Strong background in Business Management and B2B sales with expertise in driving revenue growth, identifying new business opportunities, and implementing effective strategies.

Committed to delivering outstanding results and consistently improving business performance.

Key activities:

Business management and business strategic development at Technology Companies.

B2B sales.

Management consulting and corporate restructuring.

Go-to-market strategies.

Channel sales.

Company start-up and turnaround management.

Operations management, including cost reduction and business efficiency.

Budget planning and P&L management.

Business intelligence and revenue management.

Coordination of multicultural and cross-functional teams and international projects.

Extensive knowledge of the service robot, airline and retail business.

Fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Carlos Martín

Passionate about sports, both professional and personal, I have oriented my career towards the Marketing side of the sports companies. Creating an exceptional, life-changing race experience for athletes from their first step to the finish line, helping to accomplish their challenges, designing a powerful strategy for sponsoring brands to connect with their targets and offering public institutions the potential to promote their territories and cities through sports events inspires and motivates me in my everyday work.

Pedro Amador

As a technology enthusiast and expert in optimizing business solutions with a solid foundation in Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), I've dedicated my career to assisting leading companies around the globe in reaching their goals. With over 25 years of experience in international corporations, including Microsoft, Baan-Infor-SSA Global, and Software AG, I've led projects in various countries. This has equipped me with invaluable adaptability and problem-solving skills that are crucial in any business setting.

Originally from Spain, I've lived and worked in the Netherlands, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Portugal, and I've journeyed to 42 countries. I currently reside in Dublin, Ireland. This global exposure has granted me a unique insight into diverse cultures and lifestyles, honing my adaptability and problem-solving skills. As an avid traveler, having circumnavigated the globe over 13 times, I've gained an unparalleled perspective on different cultures.

I have worked with over 100 international companies such as Indra, Airbus, Accenture, PwC, Real Madrid, Everis, Oracle, Nivea, Esade, Microsoft, Matsa, Celgene, Otis, Sa Nostra, Kaiku, ITP, Living Forever, Gas Natural, and Las Rozas Village, among others.

My approach is rooted in the Autocoaching methodology, and I'm renowned as the "happiness expert", nominated for the world's most prestigious well-being award, the United Nations Executive Education Initiative, for my innovative solution, Happiness Play. Additionally, as an international speaker in 11 countries and having virtual speaking experience in 13 countries, I've addressed audiences of up to 5,000 individuals.

My educational background includes an Executive MBA from Esade and certifications in coaching, NLP, and Spiral Dynamics. This empowers me to apply critical thinking to my research and to foster collaborative processes for sustainable environments. I'm the creator of a new happiness technology, HappinessPlay, with an AI focus, enabling individuals to take control of their lives and find greater joy. I'm also the author of several books, including "Autocoaching: How to Get the Best Out of Yourself" published in 7 languages, "Autocoaching to Awaken" (Ed. LID), "AchievingHappiness.com", and “Zero Stress: 20 Days in the Life of a Happiness Expert”.

Roger Forns

Telecommunications engineer (UPC) + MBA (ESADE / UCLA) with more than 10 years of experience in business consulting and more than 2 in the world of sports (including FC Barcelona).
He is currently a Senior Account Executive of Sports & Entertainment at Microsoft, where he manages the relationship with LaLiga, with which we have a partnership agreement.

Carlos de Cárcer

The founder and general manager of the Red Deporte y Cooperación, Carlos de Cárcer has been able to work in numerous countries, especially in the world of development. He has also met many European professionals in joint projects.

Prior to Red Deporte, he worked at PwC as an auditor of projects financed by the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID) and the Madrid Town Hall in 1998 and 1999. After that, he worked for other NGO’s in the world of development as a consultant, evaluator, and project manager.

His education began with a Law degree, but he soon joined the cooperation sector. His first opportunity came in Zambia, where he worked on an education project for four months and got the drive to pursue more education and join Red Deporte. That was in 1997. Over time, he has furthered his training primarily in international public health, sports for development, and the employability of young people.

Carlos de Cárcer considers himself a person with a pioneering spirit, always open to discovering new frontiers and all the potential of development aid for the most vulnerable children and youths.

Pranay Hariharan

Since completing his MBA from Esade in 2013, Pranay has held senior roles in corporate, not-for-profit and start-up organisations in the energy, finance, technology and education sectors and worked in the UK, Europe, the US, India and the Middle East.

His experience includes internal strategy with a prominent Oil& Gas service provider in the Middle East, being the advisor and Chief Operating Officer of a London based AI voice-tech start-up to co-founding two start-ups, one of which is a transformative community food-charity in London that earned a British Parliament Award in 2021, which he is currently runs.

With a passion for entrepreneurship, Pranay’s business ventures range from co-founding a clean-tech start-up to leading a state-sponsored project of supplying educational materials which reached over 260,000 children in India as well as providing strategic advisory to start-ups and international businesses in the retail, fin-tech and transport sectors. His experience includes playing a lead role on the team that piloted architecting the UAE’s landmark VAT e-governance framework and solution. Pranay was also the youngest globally at Deloitte to be nominated to a country CEO’s advisory council during his stint with the firm in India.

Proficient in five languages, Pranay is an active speaker, charity partner and a Board Member of a prominent London community association. His interests include technology, geopolitics and global finance, complemented by a love for travel and cooking, and he is deeply committed to developing Esade’s London chapter and supporting its alumni.

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.

Eulalia Vilaclara

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

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.

Clara Maoqing Lin

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

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

Diego Brizuela

Google Sr. Technology Consultant - Product Manager

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

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

Stefan Hoester

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

FB: https://www.facebook.com/stephan.weisser

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/3.blanco/

Tomas Antoni Juste

Systemic coach and facilitator.

Expert in managing conflicts and difficult situations.

Development of personal relationships, leadership and work teams. Conflict transformation processes. Intervention in complex and uncertain situations; movement of one or more parts leads to a positive transformation of the entire situation.

Agricultural Engineer, Master in Public Management (Esade). Director of Interpersonal Relations and Work Dynamics at the Catalan Government’s Department of Territory and Sustainability. Former Director of Research and Innovation, former Director of the Technical Office of the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works and former Director of the Technical Office of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

Roland Scharrer

Roland Scharrer is currently AXA Group Chief Technology & Innovation Officer as well as AXA Group Chief Data Officer.

As part of his mandate, he is responsible for leveraging data and emerging technologies at scale with the potential to disrupt the current insurance business model and provide opportunities to shape future businesses.

•       Roland started at AXA Group in January 2018 as CTIO/CDO in charge of data & technology innovation teams in Paris, Lausanne, Singapore and San Francisco. Initially, he joined AXA Germany in 2016 as Head of Data Strategy & Analytics.
•       Prior to joining AXA, Roland has worked in Germany, Spain, UK, US and India in software engineering, data science and strategy consulting, focussing on the Automotive and Financial Services industries.In his last position, Roland was Chief Data Scientist for Capgemini Consulting.
•       Roland studied computer engineering, statistics, business administration and design thinking, among others at ESADE Business School Barcelona and Stanford/HPI School of Design Thinking. 

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.

Eulàlia Pujolà

Eulàlia Pujolà Elies has more than 40 years of experience working as an organisational consultant at various companies. She holds a degree in industrial engineering and is an EFQM Excellence Model assessor accredited by Club Excelencia en Gestión. She also holds an MBA from Esade. 

For the last 30 years, she has worked as the head of quality, auditing and regulations at Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 

Inés Rovira

Inés was born in Barcelona in 1976. Married with four children, she now lives in Madrid. She holds a Bachelor in Law and a Master in Business Law from Esade. She has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 1999. She has worked at Garrigues for more than nine years. Previously, she managed the legal department at Philips, in addition to other posts. She lived in Bogotá, Colombia, for four years. Inés now focuses on promoting the unique characteristics of Spanish family businesses at Instituto de la Empresa Familiar.

Francesc Gibert

Francesc is a Managing Partner for Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra at KPMG, where he oversees four offices and 850 professionals working in the fields of auditing, tax and legal services, and consulting.

He has more than 25 years of experience in auditing and advisory services, in areas such as corporate development, transactions, banking regulation, corporate governance and internal control. His clients include major Spanish financial institutions and international firms that have a presence in Spain. He has also collaborated with non-financial and public-sector entities. In addition, he regularly gives lectures in courses related to his areas of specialisation, particularly those targeting board members at publicly traded companies.

Previously at KPMG, he was responsible for the financial and markets sector in Catalonia and for risk advisory services throughout Spain.

Alba Rubio

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

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

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

Eduard Mendiluce

CEO of Anticipa Real Estate – CEO of  Aliseda Inmobiliaria 

Responsible for Blackstone´s residential investments in Spain (€17bn AuM). 

Before joining Anticipa Real Estate, he was a member of the management committee of CatalunyaBank, Senior Vice President of Port Aventura and Real Estate Corporate Manager of Criteria Holding (“la Caixa”).   

He is board member of several Real Estate companies, member of the ULI-Barcelona executive committee and vice chairman of the Esade Real Estate Council.  

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Economics from the UAB (1988-1993) and an MBA from the Esade Business School. 

Angel Puig

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

Daniel Reyes

Daniel has built a career in marketing at Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA). In recent years, he created and led the Corporate Marketing Department.

Over the course of his career at CCMA, he has led various departments, including Market Research, Commercial Marketing, Children and Youth Segment Marketing (Club Super3) and Self-Advertising on TV3, later becoming Marketing Director of TV3. He also oversees marketing at Catalunya Ràdio, where he created the company’s Corporate Marketing Area.

He holds a Bachelor and Master in Business Administration from Esade and an MBA from McGill University in Montreal.

Ahmed Moussa

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

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

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

Álvaro Serrano

Álvaro has more than 20 years of experience in the B2B industrial sector, primarily in technical and management positions in the automotive industry. He currently works as Managing Director of Lohmann Spain.

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.

Beatriz Díaz Serrano

Coaching for executives and managers in transformation processes

Coaching for first-time managers: 

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

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

Language: Spanish

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

Maggie Robb

Maggie Robb is an innovative operations professional.
She loves expanding her horizons and pushing her limits through travel and outdoor adventures. Passionate about empowering women in her community, equity and social impact, she has experience at multinational corporations and entrepreneurial ventures in multiple countries. She currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

José Quevedo

Leader and strategic partner with an MBA specializing in finance and more than 15 years of experience holding executive positions in the strategic, sales and business management areas within the microfinancing sector in Peru, Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia, specifically working in entities focused on consumer segments, SMEs, and retail. Focused on global business management, applying a strategic vision and sustainable growth, all the while prioritizing a positive working environment.  

Solid knowledge of strategy design, negotiations, and market studies, focused on developing and promoting ideas and innovation and seeking ongoing improvements, commitment and horizontality. 

Researcher and permanent lecturer in digital topics. 

• International Solidarity Consultant at Esade. 

• Member of the Peruvian Human Resource Association (APERHU) as an independent partner. 

• Senior Management Program in Sustainability at EADA. 

Internationally accredited as an HR Business Partner by TP Group. 

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 :)

Anthony Vallance-Owen

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

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

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

Mª Pilar Mestre Aramendia

Career coaching: Development of one’s career either by changing jobs or getting a new one.

Executive coaching: Ensuring good performance in one’s current job by enhancing personal and leadership skills in order to maximise results.

Self-esteem and assertiveness coaching. Strengthening these aspects in order to achieve better personal balance that results in professional success and the ability to tackle new challenges at work.

Coaching for retirement: Approaching this new stage of life in a positive way.

Languages: Spanish and Catalan

Certification: Accredited Coaching Training Program (ACTP), International Coaching Federation

Paula García Monné

MSc in Marketing Management 2019 – Class Representative  

Graduada en Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas por la Universidad Ramon Llull, en el MSc in Marketing Management por ESADE, y en dos programas internacionales en Negocios y Marketing por Università Bocconi y University of California, Los Angeles, Paula es una líder con vocación de servicio.  

Inició su carrera en la industria de la moda y la cosmética de lujo, trabajando en la Asociación Española del Lujo y en la Asociación del Paseo de Gracia, en Barcelona y en Londres. Siguió yéndose a París, como Digital Project Manager mundial para Gucci Beauty, marca ilustre dentro del porfolio de la división de lujo de Coty. En 2020, Paula optó por volver a Barcelona y explorar el ámbito del Product Management, esta vez desde una multinacional más cercana, Mango. Actualmente se encuentra de vuelta en el ámbito digital, y con foco en performance y crecimiento se encarga de gestionar una amplia cartera de clientes de distintos sectores.  

Paula siempre está lista para nuevos desafíos, y para ella seguir conectada a ESADE Alumni a través de la Comisión Young era la manera más natural y efectiva de seguir conectada a toda la comunidad de ESADE. 

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.

Josep Vilana

Des del maig del 2020 m'ocupo de la direcció d'Espic, empresa que ofereix serveis de contact center per tercers. Hi arribo provinent d’Andorra telecom on durant els darrers anys he estat desenvolupant diferents càrrecs en l'àmbit comercial.

Enginyer Superior per la Universitat Ramon Llull curso a posterior un EMBA a ESADE.

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.

Diego Martínez

Soy ingeniero industrial por el Centro Politécnico Superior de Zaragoza y por la Universidad Tecnológica de Compiègne (Francia) y director comercial de Grupo Pronet desde su fundación hace ya 21 años. Soy igualmente miembro de la junta directiva del Círculo Aragonés de Economía.

Mi experiencia como empresario me ha hecho entender y empatizar con las inquietudes de los profesionales desde la perspectiva directiva o de equipo. Una de mis obsesiones es potenciar el talento y la iniciativa, y en ESADE he encontrado un lugar perfecto porque comparten y fomentan estos valores.

En ESADE alumni tengo la suerte de poder dar continuidad a la energía y deseos de contribución al sector profesional que me transmitió el PDC y además de compartir el entusiasmo, el conocimiento y la experiencia con mis grandes compañeros, sin duda un privilegio y una experiencia altamente motivante.

Empresario, emprendedor e inquieto por naturaleza

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

Antoni Frederic Mudoy

Managing Director, distribuidora Rotger S.L

Ricardo Díaz Sánchez

Consultor en Gestión del Talento y Coach

Xavi Roca

Consultor, mentor, headhunter y formador en liderazgo, talento y marca personal.

Ayudo a directivos y freelancers a conseguir sus mejores resultados potenciando su liderazgo y marca personal.

Soy Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas y MBA (Master in Business Administration) por E.S.A.D.E., donde también he cursado el postgrado de Liderazgo. Además, también cursé el Master en Trade Fair Management por la Univesity of Koln.

Actualmente, estoy estudiando la carrera de psicología en la Universidad de Lleida.

Tras varios años de utilizar la herramienta Clifton StrengthsFinder, he cursado el programa Accelerated Strengths Coaching en Madrid en 2018 y actualmente soy Gallup Strengths Certified Coach.

En mis más de 22 años de experiencia profesional he compaginado la dirección general de empresas (Fira de Lleida, Ros Roca SRN y SAGE Eurowin...) con mi faceta como consultor y emprendedor.
En el año 2001 fundé mi propia consultoría de marketing, Smart Marketing (www.smartmarketing.es); en estos más de 18 años hemos potenciado a más de un centenar de empresas e instituciones a través del marketing.

En el año 2013 fundé xaviroca.com, una empresa especializada en consultoría y formación en liderazgo, gestión de equipos y marca personal.

Además, soy socio fundador de Decelera y Torret Road SL, 2 empresas dedicadas al asesoramiento e inversión en startups tecnológicas.

A nivel docente, soy profesor asociado de la Universitat de Lleida (UdL) en temas de liderazgo, talento y marca personal. Colaborador académico de la I.Q.S., de E.S.A.D.E. y de la Universidad de Alicante. Además, he impartido numerosos cursos y seminarios en diferentes instituciones públicas y privadas.

En 2015 publiqué mi primer libro: "Desmárcate - desarrolla con éxito tu marca personal" www.xaviroca.com/desmarcate

Conferenciante habitual en temas liderazgo, talento y marca personal.

 

Alejandra Sotelo

Ingeniera por UPC (2014-2018) y Máster In Management en ESADE (2018-2019). Actualmente trabajando en Google como gestora de cuentas de PYMES para el mercado español.

Rubén Raso

CIO en Idilia Foods

Álvaro Cárcel

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.

Andreu Francisco

Pilar Feliz Barrio

With more than 30 years of experience, Pilar has spent her entire career in executive positions in the fields of people management, organisational development and transformation processes. She has worked for multinational companies in various sectors: chemical, retail and energy.

She holds a Bachelor in Biochemistry and a Postgraduate Degree in People Management and Development – Talent Management from Esade (2010). She is an ICF-certified executive coach and a mentor accredited by Red de Mentoring. She has lived in Paris for 10 years.

With the clear conviction that people and their talent are organisations’ greatest assets, Pilar currently works in human-resources consultancy, leadership development, change management and innovation, helping organisations to adapt and compete

Magdalena Kucharska

VP, Government Account Management
National Health Insurance Company – Daman

Magdalena is a global health insurance executive with an Executive MBA from Esade. She also completed a healthcare MBA exchange at Duke. She has moved to Abu Dhabi seven years ago and is currently the Vice President for Government Account Management at the National Health Insurance Company – Daman, the leading health insurer in the region. She is a trusted advisor on topics related to cross-border care, global healthcare operations, innovation and new technologies.

Magdalena brings a wealth of experience in managing international healthcare setups and implementing complex projects in the UAE, the GCC and Europe. She has worked with several C-suites on implementing strategic initiatives and growing businesses. She is passionate and constantly updating her knowledge about AI, the metaverse and the impact on the healthcare space. In her free time, she enjoys travelling and dancing.

Marta Oliver

Marta is graduated from the Double Degree in Business Administration and Law at ESADE (Class of 2020) and studied the Double Master's Degree for Access to the Legal Profession and "International Business Law at ESADE (Class of 2021). She is currently an Associate at Baker & Mckenzie Barcelona, ​​practicing as a lawyer in the "Real Estate" Department, where she advises on issues related to real estate transactions, commercial leases and "Real Estate Finance"..

Abdullah Althukair

Miquel Colet

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

Mariana de la Rosa

Mariana de la Rosa joined Uría Menéndez in 2016 and is currently a senior associate.

She is an academic assistant in Private International Law at Esade Law School (Ramón Llull University) and in Civil Procedural Law in the Master in Legal Practice at Abat Oliba CEU University.

She has more than seven years of experience in litigation before the civil and commercial courts at all levels, as well as in commercial arbitration – both national and international – and consulting on commercial and bankruptcy matters. Mariana advises clients in Spain and abroad from various economic sectors. Her professional activity is focused on the following areas: civil liability, construction contracts, corporate conflicts, banking and sales contracts, bankruptcy law, claims arising from the purchase or sale of portfolios, and enforcement of real and personal guarantees.

Her mother tongues are Spanish and Catalan, she is fluent in English and French and has a basic German level.

Alberto Dell’Anna

My name is Alberto Dell’Anna, a seasoned finance professional currently serving as the Vice President of Business Development and Sustainability at Banco Sabadell. With over 7 years of experience at Banco Sabadell, I have progressed from a Business Development Analyst role in America and Asia to positions of increasing responsibility. I started as an Officer, then became an Assistant Vice President, and in April 2021, I was appointed as Vice President of Business Development for America and Asia. Since January 2022, I have held my current role based in Miami, Florida, United States.

In terms of education, I earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a Finance specialization from the University of Northern Colorado. I furthered my studies with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Management from ESADE Business & Law School. I also participated in an exchange program at Nanyang Technological University, focusing on doing business in Asia. Recently, I completed a Certificate in Management Essentials from Harvard Business School Online, expanding my knowledge in that area.

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated strong skills in business development, sustainability, and strategic analysis. I am dedicated to driving business growth while promoting sustainability across all our operations. I firmly believe that integrating sustainability into business strategy is essential for making a positive impact on society and the environment.

In summary, my professional journey in the finance sector, combined with my expertise in business development and focus on sustainability, position me as an asset in the industry.

Luis Lepe Márquez

I have experience in relationship selling for large corporations. I hold degrees in Telecommunications Engineering, a PDD from IE, and a Master's in Commercial Management and Marketing from ESADE Business School and have held positions of responsibility in sales of information technology, cloud, security, digital workforce, and customer relationship channels. I have sales experience with both the private sector and the public administration. I have been responsible for the business development and commercial management in national and international corporations and am a member of the Board of Directors of the Digital Business & ICT Club at ESADE Alumni. I am an active promoter of change and "making things happen.”

Core competencies:

• B2B Sales Team Management - sales for the corporate segment; setting and monitoring sales team objectives. Communication and team orientation towards achieving results.

• Strategic Account Management - experience in managing large accounts using Account Plan methodology for goal planning; executing strategic to tactical levels, business processes, market opportunities, key decision-making, and C-Level relationships.

• Business Development - analytical and creative thinking skills; achieving improvements by introducing new perspectives, ideas, and methods; adapting to changing market environments; proactively staying abreast of industry trends.

Joe Schneider

I enjoy helping companies break new ground. At AmFam, some of my responsibilities include Enterprise M&A as well as Tenney 110, our portfolio of adjacent businesses and venture studio. In this capacity, I, along with my colleagues, am working to deliver the insurance company of the future (which probably won’t look exactly like the insurer of today).

Prior to joining American Family, I was an investment banker in the US and the UK, where I advised insurance carriers, brokers and insurtech businesses (and pretty much anything related to insurance) on M&A, capital raising and other strategic matters.

I have co-authored several white papers on autonomous vehicles and insurance and have been quoted by The NY Times, LA Times and other publications in the US and abroad. I presented this work at the US Treasury in 2016.

I have lived and worked in the UK, Spain and Chile and originally began my post college career as a high school teacher where I realized that if I could get a room full of teenagers to focus on conjugating verbs, I could probably do other stuff, too.

Gerard Alcántar

Biopharma executive & consultant with a proven track record in design & execute high-quality strategic solutions, achieve growth-oriented commercial strategies, drive operational efficiencies & market innovative healthcare services. Awarded for Strategic and Innovative projects in different career stages.

Matías Hilaire

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Marketing Management, Business Planning and Account Management. Strong business development professional graduated from ESADE Business & Law School. Fluent in both English and Spanish.

Jaime Schmidt

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Marcos Verburgh Rivera

With a bachelor’s in Business Administration, he has 15 years of experience in the fitness industry, where he has led the development, professionalization, and growth of chains of sports facilities in administrative and managerial roles.

A professor in the Master’s in Managing Sports Facilities at the University of Alcalá de Henares, he is currently the general manager of the chain of smart priced gyms Dreamfit, a benchmark thanks to its disruptive positioning on innovation and profitability in the industry in Spain.

Gaetano Baviera

I am Italian, 2021 MIM graduate from Esade. Currently I work in Amazon's European Headquarter in Luxembourg, where I started as a Procurement intern in 2021, and since one year and a half I've been converted to full time as Procurement Specialist :)

I was a professional waterpolo player, competing also for the Italian youth National Team, but now I play just for passion. I love sports in general, and I am also deeply involved in leaving a mark in the communities I live in.

I would love to say much more about myself, but I'm sure I'll get the chance to do so during our next Chapter events!

María José Prieto Falcón

Bachelor of Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Image and Sound, with over 30 years of professional experience in audiovisual production and management in both public and private sectors.

Professional trajectory spans various media outlets such as MEDIASET, RTVE, Grupo Secuoya, Real Madrid TV, with a focus on sports information from the early stages of her career. Holds a Master's in Business Administration from the EAE Business School and completed the Promociona Program at Esade, an executive project for women in high-level management positions.

Throughout her career, she has specialized in personnel organization and the implementation of technological solutions in media. Additionally, she has experience in budget planning, and negotiation processes related to labor relations.

Lídia Concustell Humet

Graduated in Business Administration from ESADE, with an international program at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. Professional background dedicated to the automotive sector. She started in Renault Group at regional level, moved to national management within the Aftermarket area and currently plays an international role as Business Manager Accessories of the Europe G5 Cluster.

Highly active in the social field, focusing on young talent, multicultural teamwork and female empowerment, she is not only part of the Automotive and Mobility Club but also on the Board of Women Empowerment. Her personal goal is to contribute to the development of a professional network in the sector that will strengthen female representation at all levels of decision making and activity.

Leigh Garrison

Description: Leigh has over 20 years of experience as a marketing leader for fortune 500 companies and innovative start ups. Her coaching embraces the latest insights from neuroscience and human performance psychology to elicit shifts in mindset and behaviors that enhance effectiveness and personal fulfillment.

Languages: English

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

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.

Vicky Ramirez

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

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

Vishesh Dalal

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

Julian Grimm

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

Lea Rogosic

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

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.

Aleyois Haro Peralta

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

Kseniya Evseeva

I am a marketing professional with 10 years of experience in several fields, industries, and geographies. I am a person who thrives in fast-paced environments, working on challenging projects, loves learning new things, gaining valuable skills and strives to reach goals with the best results possible.

Currently, I am the Marketing and Loyalty Program Director with a prominent travel e-commerce company in the Russian Federation. In this role, I created two immensely successful loyalty programs and simultaneously launched 20+ co-brand projects in partnership with major banks in Russia and CIS countries within five years and with a team of five people.

A travel enthusiast, foodie and proud ‘Cuse alumna, I am always up for a new adventure, be it a weekend getaway to a fun unexplored location, a mesmerizing art exhibit, a thought-provoking play in one of Moscow’s many dramatical theaters, a yoga retreat or any other activity that inspires and challenges me.

Acisclo Pérez

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

Montserrat Escoda Martínez

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

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

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

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

Alexandra Molina-Martell

She joined the Commercial Area of Uría Menéndez in 2000 and has remained there since as counsel of the commercial law department.

Her practice revolves around the field of Commercial Law, especially purchase and sale operations, mergers and corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and investment and disinvestment operations of all kinds via national and international structures. She has more than 20 years of experience advising on contractual issues and secretaries of boards of directors.

She regularly works with entrepreneurs, foundations and social enterprises.

Sonia Madurga

Passionate about technology, especially the ones changing how we operate on a daily basis and help businesses to be customer centric.
Currently leading EMEA business development for Google Cloud Platform in SMB segment at Google and actively collaborating with start-ups.
In my personal life, I love to spend time with friends and family, travel to discover new cultures and dance latin music.

Jordi Fabregat

Jordi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade and Director of the Executive Master in Economic-Financial Management in Barcelona.

He previously served as controller of a French multinational in the textile sector that distributes products through its own shops and through catalogue sales, as well as general manager of the manufacturing company that supplied this multinational. Before that, he managed a chain of shoe shops.

He has taught courses in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Portugal. His PhD thesis dealt with initial public offerings on the Spanish stock market and the Neuer Markt. His fields of interest include financial analysis and planning, investment decision-making and its effects on value creation, and the valuation of companies (especially non-listed companies) for acquisition processes, the search for investors for capital increases, and the placement of share packages.

He has advised numerous investors and entrepreneurs on company valuation operations. He is a member of the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF) and sits on several boards of directors. He holds the Expert in Business Valuation Certificate, awarded by the IEAF.

Ona Serra

Board Member – Finances responsible

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

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

Stefan Neville

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

Patricia Sotelo

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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

Berta Santos

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Lluis Lana

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

Dara Murphy

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

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

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

Silvia Manent

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

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

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

José Andrés Serrera

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

10 años de experiencia en departamentos corporativos de empresas cotizadas.

Jaime Castello

Jaime holds a Bachelor in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Valencia, an MBA from Esade and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Kingston University London.

Before joining Esade in 2005, he held various positions of responsibility in marketing and sales at multinational corporations operating in Spain and abroad. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management at Esade, where he coordinates the Sales and Key Account Management Area and directs the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales at Esade Madrid.

Among the Esade faculty, Jaime is a pioneer in educational innovation and in the application of new technologies to executive education.

Mercedes Sancho Jaime

I assist in processes of professional change when people find it difficult to achieve a goal or decide how to move towards it. My proposal is a practical, structured framework that enables coachees to make decisions confidently and enthusiastically and develop a plan for putting their decisions into practice. I use a mobilising method and proven tools, while also drawing on my own experience of personal and professional transformation. 

If you want to improve your leadership and strengthen your communication and relationship skills, we will make the most of your abilities through action-oriented conversations, developing an awareness of your strengths to provide you with support and levers for overcoming barriers and obstacles to your development. With this objective in mind, I combine various methodologies focused on improving personal effectiveness. 

Specialities: Career coaching, executive and leadership coaching, relational coaching, networking and personal branding.
 

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.

Axel Yildiz

“I’m Partner at Font&Yildiz, experienced corporate and commercial lawyer qualified to practice Law in Spain and Argentina, with solid expertise in Real Estate Law and business Law. I received my Master´s degree in International Law by ISDE and an Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) by ESADE. 

I’m also a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and a regular collaborator of Acció and Spri within International transactions between Catalonia or the Basque Country and other countries.

As a boutique Law Firm with multi-lingual speaking lawyers we provide high service level with a cost-effective service to Companies and Individuals both local or international.”
 

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.

Ramón Chalmeta

After seven years working at Kantar, in the television audience sector, where I was developing the software to measure and analyse audiences across the world, I decided to give an impulse to my career. I enrolled into the Executive MBA at ESADE and moved to Paris with my wife to start a new personal and professional adventure. Here in Paris I am working at Netatmo, a brand of Legrand developing groundbreaking connected consumer electronics. I am currently leading projects in the energy sector with partners like Engie or Vaillant, putting together the best of the energy sector and our technical know-how in IoT, to connect energy products and convert them into smart objects.

 
Passionate of chess, I am an international player and I collaborate with several institutions to develop not only the competition of our sport but also to bring its cognitive benefits to society.

Montserrat Altarriba Palomares

Career and leadership development, people and team management, support for generational change, professional transitions, emotional and stress management, adaptation to change and work-life balance.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English and French

Certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)
• Mentor Coach certified by the International Coaching Federation

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 - 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.

Martino Nogueira Canle

Gerente de Museo de Arte Contemporáneo.  Mi experiencia se ha desarrollado en las áreas de control financiero además del estudio de procesos y operaciones en el sector servicios en Pymes y multinacionales.

Riccardo Bacchini

Ricardo holds a Bachelor in Labour Relations from the University of the Latin American Educational Centre (UCEL). He continued his training in labour relations at Garrigues and studied marketing and sales at Esade. He is also a co-active coach. Over the past 28 years, he has built his career in human resources at large multinationals. Since 2015, he has been the Director of Human Resources and Organisation at Volkswagen Spain. Over the years, he has driven the transformation of the company’s culture, mainly by promoting the development of leadership, female talent, work-life balance and well-being – four major issues that have always interested him and which he believes are fundamental for the development of talent in organisations.

Marta Guirao

Con más de 30 años de experiencia profesional, desde el año 2001 Marta ha venido ocupado posiciones de dirección en diferentes empresas tanto familiares como pertenecientes a grupos internacionales, que operan en diversos sectores como el de servicios, inmobiliario o la industria de alimentación y bebidas.

Desde sus comienzos en el departamento fiscal de PWC a principios de los años 90 y hasta su incorporación al grupo familiar El Enebro en 2018 como directora general, ha desarrollado su carrera fundamentalmente en el ámbito tributario y mercantil, liderando proyectos corporativos a nivel nacional e internacional.

Licenciada en Derecho y Master en Asesoría Fiscal de Empresas por el IE, en 2020 cursó el Programa de Consejeros (ESADE), compatibilizando en la actualidad su actividad laboral con sus responsabilidades como consejera independiente.

Rita Estévez Luaña

Bachelor's degree in Law and Business Administration (E-3) from the Pontifical University of Comillas, Icade. With additional programs in technology, innovation, and leadership at business schools such as Singularity, London Business School, and Insead, in addition to the Program for Management Development (PADE) at IESE.

Rita has nearly 30 years of executive experience, over 8 years abroad, with a focus on Technology, Innovation, and Financial Services. She has held positions such as CEO of Experian for Iberia, COO and Head of Business Development for Europe and Asia at Deutsche Bank (PBC), and Country Head of GE Financial Services Spain, among others. She has experience in technology, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital transformation in various sectors.

Currently, she is an Independent Director of Línea Directa Aseguradora and MoraBanc, participating in various committees. Previously, she has been a member of the boards of Telefonica Consumer Finance and Mutua de Propietarios, as well as a Senior Advisor at Bain consulting.

Rita is a member of associations of Directors and Councilors and represents the Vinne Foundation in Madrid, focusing on social inclusion. She has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Spain (Yo Dona/El Mundo) and among the 25 Most Influential Women in Technology in Spain by Merca2 in 2021.

Onofre Pascual

CEO Pabisa Hotels

Eduardo Gimenez

Dept. RR.HH en Ebroacero

Pedro Capitao

CEO of Hospitality business

Adriana Del Solar

After 17 years working in different organisations, I have a very broad vision of the business world. Through unconditional acceptance and belief in you, active listening, empathy and assertiveness, we will work together to develop your potential and well-being in a pragmatic and authentic way. We can work on either the personal or professional sphere. Everything is interconnected, since we are a single being.

In order to be able to choose freely, we will first look into who you are, in order to re-discover and connect with your values, interests and motivations. Enjoying a full life requires thought, emotion and behaviour acting in harmony and always in keeping with your values.

One of my key elements is learning and knowledge development. I have received training to acquire and expand my toolkit to guide you along the path to self-knowledge, the development of autonomy and selfesteem, the identification and modification of your negative thoughts or emotions, the improvement of your emotional management, the improvement of your time management, etc.

Languages: Spanish, Catalan

Certifications:

- International Coaching Expert, Gold Level, Instituto Europeo de Coaching (IEC)

Carlos Oliveras

Bachelor of Economics from the University of Barcelona. Bachelor of Market Research and Techniques from the University of Barcelona and Maastricht University. MBA from Esade (2009-2011).

With nearly 20 years of experience in market intelligence consulting, Carlos started his career at PRM International, where he worked as project manager. He later worked at AMINT for 11 years, including 6 years as managing partner at the Santiago de Chile office. He founded LMI Consulting in May 2020.

Alberto Baños

Deputy director at Ebroacero

Wesam Abuznadah

Transformative educational leader and an Academic Vascular Surgeon with over 15 years of leadership success inspiring, changing, and disrupting healthcare, public administration, and Education on a national, regional, and international levels. With a passion for improvement, a transformative mindset, and an understanding of the impact of change for all stakeholders to create win- win situations that achieve the desired target
 

Filippo Zani

Visc a Milà, la meva ciutat, amb la meva dona i el meu fill d’1 any.

La meva passió per les vendes i les finances em va portar a treballar al sector dels serveis financers durant més de quinze anys, on vaig tenir l’oportunitat de col·laborar amb institucions com el Santander Consumer Bank, Hoist Finance i la Banca Mediolanum, entre d’altres.

L’any 2022, vaig cofundar IrBox, una empresa de serveis digitals amb seu a Milà que ofereix serveis web i de disseny gràfic multilingües a empreses que operen en mercats estrangers.

He cursat l’Executive Master in Marketing and Sales (EMMS), un doble grau conjunt d’Esade Business School i la SDA Bocconi. Vaig estudiar al Politecnico di Milano i a la Universitat Marconi de Roma, on em vaig graduar en Enginyeria Industrial l’any 2008.

M’agraden els esports, especialment navegar, esquiar i fer senderisme.

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.

Montse Caellas

Montse Caellas

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.

Acisclo Pérez

Professional with more than ten years of international professional experience in multinationals and technology companies, specialized in growth, optimization and expansion of companies.

He has experience in management of commercial teams, marketing (CX) and innovation, as well as in the development of new products and services, with a strategic and 360º vision of the business and focused on the ROI of projects and corporate EBITDA.

Currently, he is a director of several technology companies whose core business is technology 4.0 and the user-centric experience (customer-centric approach).

Lorena Ortiz

Lorena is CEO and a shareholder at Tekton Labs, an innovation, design, and technology company. Thanks to her strategic focus and long-term vision, she has driven Tekton’s growth in various regions around the world, in particular, in the North American market. 

Before joining Tekton, Lorena worked for a variety of companies in the HR and marketing areas. Throughout her career, she has stood out for consistently creating value through her focus on action and her ability to make things happen. 

With a solid education in business management and an Esade MBA, Lorena is a leader who can transform companies, nurture a culture based on learning, and inspire high-performance teams. 

Cesar Joel Cornejo Guzman

TBD

Joat Henrich

He holds a bachelor’s in Political and Government Science, a Master’s in Public Management and a Master’s in Public Direction. He is a public administration professional, academic contributor to EsadeGov and editor of PUBLIC. He has served as the president of the Catalan Public Management Association (2011-2017).

Alicia Vicente

Alicia Vicente is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Clikalia, the Spanish proptech which uses technology to speed up, facilitate and bring transparency to all housing-related processes, including buying and selling. Founded in 2018, Clikalia is one of the main scaleups in the Spanish economy.

Along with the CEO of Clikalia, Alister Moreno, Alicia is behind the company’s exponential growth, and since she joined it in 2019 it has expanded to Mexico, Portugal and France and has become a benchmark in a new kind of real estate. In 2021, Clikalia secured the highest financing round of a startup in the history of Spain: more than 460 million euros.

Prior to joining Clikalia, Alicia was part of the Neinor Homes teams, where she drove the company’s growth until it went public in record time and spearheaded its digital transformation.

She previously worked as a Real Estate Consultant at Deloitte, where she led projects and enhanced her analytical and transformative vision.

Alicia has a Corporate MBA from ESADE and an architecture degree from the Polytechnic University Madrid. She also pursued the executive program at Harvard Business School called “Endeavor Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures.”

Jiang Li

Jacky was born in China but grew up in Barcelona. He speaks Spanish, Catalan, Chinese, English, and some French.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from ESADE. Currently, he works in Schneider Electric, a leading industrial automation and energy company, as the Deputy Lead of Ecosystem Partnership in the Strategy department.

Beyond his professional pursuits, Jacky actively engages in volunteer activities and serves as the President of the Schneider Volunteer Association in Beijing. He is committed to positively impacting society and promoting social responsibility.

In his personal life, Jacky enjoys playing basketball, exploring new destinations through travel and has a love for dogs. He embraces an open-minded and sharing-oriented approach to life, cherishing the experiences and knowledge gained along the way.

If you are interested in learning more about Chinese affairs, feel free to reach out to him. He would be delighted to share further insights and engage in discussions with you.

Floriis Ruys

Floris Ruys es directivo sénior de Marketing Partnerships de TEAM Marketing AG, encargado de otorgar los derechos de patrocinio de la UEFA Champions League a FedEx, Heineken y PepsiCo. Aficionado del fútbol fascinado por todo lo relacionado con el sports business, se ha propuesto desarrollar una larga carrera de éxito en el mundo del negocio deportivo.

Tras incorporarse a Samsung Electronics UK en 2015, en el programa para graduados, trabajó en los equipos de Gestión del Producto y Marketing de Canal, y en julio de 2021 dejó la empresa para cursar un MBA en Esade Business School.

Durante el MBA, se incorporó al Comité de Estudiantes asumiendo el papel de vicepresidente de Eventos y Relaciones con los Estudiantes y los Alumni, para reunir a las promociones a través de una serie de iniciativas y eventos.

En su tiempo libre, le gusta viajar por todo el mundo, aprender idiomas (italiano y castellano) y jugar a pádel, tenis y ping-pong.

Está encantado de contribuir a la fantástica red de Esade, y aprender de ella. ¡Contacta con él si quieres conectar!

Lourdes Márquez Bencano

With training in Pedagogy and a specialization in Human Resources, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, and Sales Direction (Marketing and Sales), my professional experience has been in the field of Human Resources, where I have held management positions in multinationals offering professional services.

I have been associated with Loyola University for over 10 years, since it was created, where I have held different responsibilities: Executive, Admissions/Marketing, and Professional Careers.

I am still the Deputy Director of this department, which seeks to guide students and promote their employability and the search for their best professional opportunities through relations with businesses/institutions, designing strategic plans and activities to

improve the students’ professional competences/skills, and ultimately serving as a bridge between the university and the job market.

I love topics related to business, the job market, managing people, developing talent, and education in general.

Alejandro Lara

Alejandro is a seasoned professional with 15 years of global project and program management experience across diverse sectors. He excels in strategic planning, business management, and contracts administration, demonstrating a unique blend of skills in people management and innovative technology solutions. Alejandro has successfully launched global initiatives, collaborated with major multilateral organizations, and built partnerships on five continents. His academic background includes a joint MBA and International Business master's degree and a Doctorate in Global Education. As a dedicated people manager, he prioritizes transparency and cohesive teamwork. Alejandro's career spans roles such as Program Management Specialist at The World Bank Group and Research and Development Lead at Brain and You.org. Currently a Contractor at the American Clean Power Association, he brings a wealth of experience to complex global projects, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability.

Pedro Anton

"An MBA graduate with a focus on business development, financial planning, and strategy. I have 10 years of experience in project management, auditing, and financial consulting, working with cross-functional teams in customer-centric global businesses across the Professional Services, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, and Alcoholic Beverages industries."

Mare Agusti Bravo

Mare is passionate about entrepreneurship, marketing, and traveling in her free time.

Originally from Barcelona, she started her career at 16, building her own web design business, and having clients from all over the world in all kinds of sectors. Then she went to work to Boston at a financial company called Wex, Inc. During her years at Esade she was the president of the Entrepreneurship Association, Vice-president of the HR Association, and marketing director of the Committee of International Students.

In 2021, she moved to tech when she did an internship at Uber in Amsterdam. During her exchange, she decided to move to Singapore and study at the Singapore Management University only to return to Uber full-time in Aug 2022.

She is currently a Performance Marketing Associate, in charge of all the Display channel campaigns for all the lines of business: eater, rider, courier, driver, and restaurants globally! Mare is also the co-head of the Women at Uber Employee Resource Group for all EMEA. She can't wait to organize many events for the Amsterdam chapter, connect, and share experiences!

Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente is an Enterprise Account Executive in Salesforce and president of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association of Switzerland.

Joel de la Fuente he started his career in sales while still studying at Esade, when he raised funds from NGO’s in Switzerland to finance part of his studies. This initial work experience led him to discover his passion for sales, which enabled him to join the Sales Technology Academy of Salesforce, covering markets in different geographic regions like Africa, Spain, and Switzerland and specializing in different industries, such as Venture Capital & Startups and Healthcare & Pharma.

Parallel to Salesforce, Joel de la Fuente is president of the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association of Switzerland, through which he is a speaker at international conferences in Europe and the United States.

Kian Peng Ng

Kian Peng is a Business Manager for BNP Paribas in Singapore, working on topics like the service level agreements, IT and operations risks, budgeting and financial management within the Bank. Before moving to Singapore in 2020, he worked for 5 years in Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany.

Before embarking on his banking career, Kian Peng was a Meteorologist in Singapore, taking on diverse roles like weather forecasting, safety oversight and also regional disaster monitoring.

Kian Peng is a keen observer on evolution of technology, and is fascinated by the integration of technology into our everyday lives. He is also troubled by the current state of global affairs, and wonders if advances in technology can be a solution to some of the problems plaguing the world today.

He has a Master of Physics from the University of Oxford in the UK and a full-time MBA from ESADE in Spain.

Oriol Canal Rosich

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, Executive MBA from Esade, and several master's degrees and postgraduate studies in the real estate sector. With over two decades of experience as an entrepreneur and as a senior executive in real estate companies of all kinds, from SMEs to large multinational corporations. Currently, he is the CEO of KENSINGTON Finest Properties International for Catalonia and Andorra.

Julia Sokolova

Professor of Accounting & Finance at EU Business School

Life motto: "Fortune favours the brave!"

Javier Torres

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

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

Yanyu Zheng

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

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

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

Per Lokkegaard

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

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

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

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

Bart Laboga

Risk Policy Manager, Deutsche Bank AG

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

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.

Joan Colom

Joan holds a Bachelor in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Diploma in Public Health from Spain’s National School of Public Health, a Master in Management from Esade and a Master in Drug Dependence from the University of Barcelona.

He is Deputy Director General of Drug Dependence and Director of the Programme for the Prevention, Control and Care of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Viral Hepatitis at the Catalan Health Department. He is a member of the inter-regional committee of the National Plan on Drugs and the regional coordinator of the National Plan on AIDS. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation and a coordinator of various European Union projects.

He has authored more than 50 articles in Spanish and international journals in the field of drug addiction. He is also a co-author of all of Catalonia’s strategic plans on drugs. He has sat on more than 25 scientific committees.

He teaches in the Master in Drug Dependence at the University of Barcelona and has participated in many conferences and seminars both in Catalonia and Spain and abroad.

He has received several awards and recognitions, including the Reina Sofia Award for the Prevention of Drug Dependence, the Diario Médico Award for Best Research Initiative, the Recognition for Best European Policy on Alcohol from the Assembly of European Regions, the Ignasi Fina Award for Occupational Health, the Recognition of Best Practices on Gender Violence

and Drugs from the Spanish Ministry of Health and the Knowledge-Action-Change Paolo Pertica Award for Best Harm-Reduction Policy in the Field of Drug Dependence.

He currently serves as President of the Esade Alumni Public Management Club.

Andrea Boniardi

Passionate about sales management and business innovation. I worked 2 years as an Economist in international ONGs previously in Brussels and than in Milan with focus on data analysis and scenario evaluation. I changed industry in 2008 and I moved to Eni Retail Gas & Power to develop my expertise in Marketing & Sales and to acquire a sound experience of the Italian Retail Energy Market. My current position is Head of Campaign Operation.

In 2015 I graduated from the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales (EMMS), an international double degree program held by Sda Bocconi and ESADE Business School.

Since December 2015 I am Board Member of the ESADE Alumni Milan Chapter. 

Rolando Carrazco

Soci Director en iTLand

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

Isla Ramos

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

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

Thomas Letko

Optimist, technology enthusiasts, life-long learner

Gemma Sisó

Gemma is the Director of Marketing and a member of the Management Committee at Aramark. She has 25 years of experience in the food sector (consumer goods, retail and services), where she has worked for leading national and multinational companies. She has solid experience in marketing, retail, sales and purchasing. Gemma has a global vision of business and analytical capacity for decision-making. She is also proactive and used to leading multidisciplinary teams and working on international projects. She is interested in innovation and the digital transformation of companies. She is a key ambassador of EJE&CON Barcelona and currently coordinates the EngageMEN programme.

Gemma is a founding member of WERock Capital, a group of female business angels who invest in pre-seed/seed stage startups with at least one woman on the founding team. She received a scholarship take part in the Santander W50 Women on Boards programme at UCLA in 2019. A total of 42 such scholarships are awarded worldwide.

Alexandros Kazantzis

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

José Luis Porte

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

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

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

Daniel Sánchez

Daniel holds a Bachelor in Economics and an MBA from Esade, as well as an MBA from the University of Chicago.

He is a co-founder and general partner at Nauta Capital, a technology venture capital firm that was founded in Barcelona and currently has offices in London and Munich. He gained experience as an mergers and acquisitions consultant at Deloitte and as Deputy General Manager at Taurus. He has been a board member at the European private equity association Invest Europe and at the Spanish Association of Capital, Growth and Investment (ASCRI).

At various stages of his career, has been a collaborator and academic assistant at Esade, teaching finance, strategy and international business expansion.

Lourdes Teixidor

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

Mónica Muñoz

Mónica is a co-founder and partner at The Innova Room©, a strategic consulting firm specialised in the tourism industry (hotels, restaurants and leisure). The Innova Room builds bridges between business and design, always with a focus on innovation. Its projects range from market and feasibility studies to the development of new lines of business, improving the user experience and market repositioning.

Mónica holds a Master in Architecture from the University of Navarra, an MBA from Esade and a Postgraduate Degree in Cultural Management from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC).

Over the course of more than 20 years, she has built her corporate career at multinational companies in various sectors, including hotels (NH Hotels), food and beverages (Heineken), architecture, engineering and consulting (IDOM International).

In 2010, she founded The Innova Room, where together with her partner she works on projects in Spain, Europe and Latin America. She is also a co-founder of other innovative ventures, including Mona & Leo Sustainable Lifestyle (a certified natural cosmetics brand) and INPULSA (an entrepreneurship and training network for the promotion of senior employment).

Multifaceted and committed to sharing knowledge, Mónica regularly contributes to media outlets, universities, business schools and professional forums on the subjects of innovation, design, tourism and entrepreneurship.

Helena Borbón

Helena has 20 years of professional experience in general management. She currently serves as Director General of the CARES Foundation and Administrator of Empresa d’Inserció CODEC, both of which are dedicated to outsourcing operational and logistical services, to people with disabilities and to people at risk of social exclusion, respectively.

She holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). She has also completed the Leadership and Social Innovation Programme at Esade and the General Management Programme at IESE.

José Luis Morales

José Luis has built his career in operations and supply-chain management in the multinational environment of the auxiliary automotive industry, at companies such as Ficosa, Sintermetal and Gestamp.

He specialises in improving value flow in operations and planning by means of lean manufacturing techniques, DMAIC 6-Sigma, QRQC, automated production and robotics.

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.

Susana Sebastiá

Susana holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Zaragoza. She completed the Programme for Management Development at Esade in 2008 and the General Management Programme at IESE Business School in 2019.

She has 20 years of experience in executive positions at major companies in the health and social-care sector.

Specialised in management, she has held operations management and division management positions. In this capacity, she has contributed to the growth and transformation of the sector, which today is a benchmark for economic growth and job creation.

Throughout her career, Susana has worked with government bodies on the implementation and development of various services, emerging as a strong advocate for public-private partnerships.

Since 2019, she has served as Asset Management Director at Healthcare Activos, an investment platform specialised in real-estate assets in the health and long-term-care industry.

Marguerite Chaignot

Using open-ended questions and specialised tools, I help coachees become aware of their potential and the changes they want to create. In particular, I can help you develop confidence/self-esteem, manage your emotions (fear, anger, sadness), better manage your interpersonal relationships, and make you more effective as a team leader and decision-maker in difficult contexts. 

Clients explore these new methods, perspectives and resources on their own, with the aim of developing their full potential, adopting new perspectives, better managing their personal or professional life, becoming happier and more efficient, and having a more positive impact on the world.

Specialities: 

• Positive intelligence coaching (managing saboteurs and strengthening the wise part of yourself)
• Self-esteem and decision-making coaching
• Career Orientation and Job Search Coaching Consulting
• Self-employed and business creation Consulting
• Team cohesion facilitation
• Collective Intelligence facilitation (co-development method)

Languages: Spanish, English, French

Certification: 

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), CTI
• Executive Coaching, Único model, Instituto de Comunicación
• Sikkhona relational model, Instituto de Comunicación
   

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.

Clàudia Cornella Durany

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

Coaching Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Certifications: 

• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) for International Coach Federation
• Associate Certified Coach (CAC) for Spanish Coaching Association (ASESCO)

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.

Alex Duran

Engineer by education, supply chain manager by experience, and sportsman by passion, Alex has held different leadership positions in several multinational companies in Barcelona and Zürich. He co-founded Nexspares in 2018, a consultancy firm devoted to help aircraft operators source aircraft spares more efficiently.

In Switzerland since 2011, he loves riding his road bike, participates in the Zürich visual arts scene and enjoys discovering hidden places, bars and restaurants throughout the city

Teresa Nicolau

After spending more than a decade at PwC early in her career, Teresa has held executive posts at private enterprises and led public entities in a diverse range of industries, including automotive, IT, food, services and tourism.

She specialises in strategic financial management for sustainable business development in organisations. Among other posts, she currently sits on the board of a private-sector company and is the treasurer and a trustee of a private foundation.

In addition to participating as a speaker in Esade webinars, she serves as a mentor and actively collaborates with Esade Alumni Pro Bono Consultants.

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

Maximiliano Ranftl

Graduado en Derecho en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) y del Máster de Especialización en Derecho de las TIC, Redes Sociales y Propiedad Intelectual por ESADE Business & Law School. 

Inició su trayectoria en Argentina como paralegal en el área de Derecho Societario del despacho ABBFP&W incorporándose posteriormente al despacho Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal donde completó el programa de Jóvenes Profesionales e integró el equipo de Propiedad Intelectual. Se incorporó entonces al departamento de Derecho Mercantil del despacho Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle. En Barcelona, ha formado parte del equipo de contratos de Agilent Technologies y ahora está trabajando en el sector farmacéutico, como abogado corporativo de Farmaprojects. 

Su experiencia internacional en asesoramiento jurídico, redacción de contratos y análisis de normativa, junto con su enfoque orientado a negocio, le otorgan una visión integral del Derecho aplicado al capital intelectual y a las nuevas tecnologías. 

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.

Miguel Galmes

Ingeniero y MBA hispano-alemán de 49 años de edad, especializado en gestión de proyectos, eficiencia energética y sostenibilidad en el sector de la hostelería de ocio.

Más de 20 años de experiencia profesional en diversos sectores en áreas como dirección general, gestión de proyectos, facility management, sostenibilidad, estrategia y diseño organizativo.

Idiomas nativos: Español, alemán y catalán. Inglés fluido. Portugués, italiano y francés muy básicos.

Creativo, autodidacta, analítico.

Casado y con 3 hijos.

Borja Solans

Responsable del área Laboral de la firma Gabinet Casas, despacho especializado en derecho laboral y fiscal, con un equipo formado por más de 30 profesionales con sede en Lleida y Mollerusa.

Graduado en Derecho por la Universidad de Lleida. Master de Abogacia y doble master de Derecho Laboral y Recursos Humanos por ESADE y Master en marketing y digital business.

Desde el 2014 imparto clases como profesor asociado en el grado de Relaciones Laborales de la Escuela Universitaria de Relaciones Laborales (EURL) adscrito a la Universidad de Lleida. Concretamente en las asignaturas de derecho del trabajo y derecho procesal laboral y sancionador.

Actualmente, también ejerzo las siguientes responsabilidades:

Desde 2016, Mediador y conciliador del Tribunal Laboral de Catalunya.

Desde 2017, presidente de los jóvenes abogados de Lleida.
Desde 2017, miembro de la Junta Directiva de ESADE ALUMNI LLEIDA.
Desde 2017, miembro de la Junta Directiva de PIMEC JOVES LLEIDA
Desde 2018, miembro del comité ejecutivo de PIMEC LLEIDA
Desde 2018, Miembro del Consejo de Administración en la Comisión de Seguridad y Salud Laboral del Consejo de Relaciones Laborales.
Desde 2019, miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Cámara de Comercio de Lleida.
Desde 2019, Vocal de la Comisión Provincial del Observatorio de Lucha Contra el Fraude a la Seguridad Social.
Desde 2019, Miembro de la comisión de cultura del ICALL
Desde 2020, Vicepresidente de PIMEC JOVES Lleida.
Desde 2020, Colaborador de teleponent en la sección del asesor
Desde 2020, Colaborador de GLOBALleida en la sección de la voz de los expertos
Desde 2021, Miembro de la comisió Laboral de PIMEC

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.

Alicia González Peñalver

Alicia González Peñalver, a law graduate, has more than 18 years of experience working at IBM where she currently plays the role of IBM Europe & MEA Strategic Kaizen. In his long professional career within the company, he has always held leadership positions both as a people manager and as a project manager. He currently works as a project manager certified by the Project Management Institute in the area of ​​IBM Supply Chain. Team leadership, digital transformation consulting, process reengineering, and improvement of the customer experience in agile environments, scrum, kanban, design thinking, are his areas of greatest experience. PMD 2018 at Esade. PMD 2018 en Esade.