The People

He has promoted the development and international expansion of leading Spanish brands in their respective areas and impulsed venture capital activity in the area of innovation. Currently he is advisor to several organizations. Previously he was advisor to, among other, Carrera y Carrera, Joint General Director of the luxury division at Lladró, Associate at Mckinsey & Co, and engineer at BP. MBA by the RSM of Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam and Industrial Engineering Specialist in energetic techniques by the Universidad Politécnica de València. He was born in 1967, he is married with four children and lives in Valencia.

Specialist in training actions in the office environment and in technological renewal plans. He is a professor and member of the Claustro of the Lluís Vives Business School in València. He designs and teaches Advanced Excel courses and the subject "Information Systems" for the MBA in the School. He also teaches the subject "Strategic Control and Information Systems" for the MBA-Management and Business Management of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia (Department of Business Management Juan José Renau). He is a Systems and Training consultant at B81 Consultors. He developed his professional career as Head of Support, Training and Quality at Lladró, and as Founding Partner and Commercial Director at Obèrtic Open Solutions. He studied Psychology at the University of Valencia and Catalan Philology at the Open University of Catalonia. Masters Program for Management and Management Team Development at ESADE - Business School. ICT Master in the Lluís Vives de València Business School.

José (1965) is married and has a son. He speaks Spanish and English. He is currently CEO of El Caballo, and advisor to several family businesses and consulting firms. He has developed a large part of his professional activity in the fashion and accessories sector with extensive international experience. Regular speaker and professor at IE in Madrid, University of Seville - Faculty of Economics-, EOI and other Institutions on retail distribution and management and family business management. Law degree from the University of Seville and full time MBA in 1991 from the Instituto de Empresa de Madrid.

Management of restructuring, management and business organization projects. Diagnosis of the business situation, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the companies. Identification of improvements and problems. Restructuring and implementation of the application of the methods and measures necessary to carry out organizational improvements, managing processes, logistics chains, innovation and continuous improvement, establishing doctrines and habits for their operation. Subsequent verification of the organizational improvements implemented. Deep knowledge of the agricultural, real estate and footwear sectors. Born in Elche, Alicante. He is married and has three children.

He has extensive experience improving the business results of dozens of companies, from a strategic perspective and acting in the various operational areas (commercial, marketing, finance, management control, human resources, etc.), sometimes under the figure of interim management. Experience in corporate finance within VR Business Brokers, belonging to the firm's board for Spain and Portugal. Learnt in depth the food, chemical, education, candy, IT, wine, collective catering, chemical, fashion (footwear), medical services, gardening, public sector (local and regional administration) sectors, etc. He belongs to the board and steering committee of various companies. Professor of Strategic Management at ENAE Business School and the Complutense University of Madrid. He has trained hundreds of executives in Spain and Latin America in business strategy. Born in Madrid in 1967, José Antonio has a Master's in Business Administration and Management (Executive MBA) from the Instituto de Empresa and a PhD in Computer Science (outstanding cum laude) from the University of Murcia. In an earlier stage he worked in the IT sector, working for the administration and private companies (Alcatel, IBM), as well as in the university field, as a teacher and researcher.

Tim is the CEO and founder of Orange Partners & Advisory. Tim moved to South Africa from the Netherlands in 1999 and gained management experience in various industries, including FMCG, mining, process, manufacturing, insurance, and e-business. In management consulting, Tim specializes in operations and supply chain and in resolving strategic issues across various industries. He was a director at Peppers & Rogers Group (Johannesburg) and a principal at A.T. Kearney (Amsterdam & Johannesburg). Tim has worked extensively across South Africa but also in Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia and Uganda and he brings an extensive network across the continent that could fast track new market entries. He has successfully track record in M&A and local fundraising. Tim holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands) and a MSc in engineering from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands). He also attended Wits Business School in Johannesburg (South Africa).

Experience in accelerating technology businesses in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Emphasis on the development of a landing strategy in this important market: market development and raising of investment funds in the United States. Jordi Argente assumes senior responsibilities on an interim basis focusing on Silicon Valley. Jordi Argente becomes a medium- or long-term partner for the growth and internationalization of the company. With more than 30 years of experience in international business management, half of which he acted as a consultant for multinational leaders in their sector, and the other half focused on the creation and development of technology startups. Jordi Argente works with leaders (C-level) or their investors and boards of directors to create value for the shareholders of the companies.

Born in Tunja - Boyacá - Colombia (1966); He has lived in England, USA, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and today lives in Bogotá - Colombia. He is currently an advisor to IS / IT & Telecommunications companies and the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications of Colombia, entrepreneur and investor in different sectors such as agribusiness and gas (LNG) among others. Executive with more than 18 years of experience in management positions in multinationals such as Ericsson and Internexa in business development, marketing & sales and opening of markets in Latin America. Victor holds a BSC Industrial Engineering degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá, additionally has a MSc in Marketing Management from the Universidad del Rosario - Bogotá, Master Executive Finance of EOI (School of Industrial Organization Spain) and has attended the programs of Key Account Management of LBS (London Business School) and International Senior Management of the Universidad de los Andes Colombia. Married and with two children and in the process of improving his handicap at Golf.

Born and raised in Cartagena de Indias; He has lived in different places in Europe, the Caribbean and today resides in Miami (USA). He is currently an advisor on real estate issues, entrepreneur and investor in different industries such as biotechnology, digital technology, real estate and others. Experience in business development and opening of international markets for different industrial sectors of the Colombian market. Industrial Engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with an MBA and MBI from RSM (Erasmus Universiteit de Rotterdam). Married with three children, a dog and a turtle.

He collaborates in internationalization projects in the Asia-Pacific area, especially related to the areas of Retail and Distribution, and Procurement and Merchandising. Currently Commercial Director of a retail group with a presence in China and Hong Kong. 30 years of experience in Asia, with senior management positions at El Corte Inglés (HK) Ltd. and Lladró. Economist and Master Phil. in Administration from the City University of London. Married, three children and resides in Hong Kong.

Expert in Talent and Digital Transformation. Director of projects that integrate Innovation, Technology and People. With experience in consulting at Accenture, Arthur Andersen and PWC, later in Élogos, and Élogos Digital, he exercises the General Directorate of Business Units focused on Innovation and oversees the launch of new products and services to the market. Since September 2014 he began his activity as an independent professional as CEO of the Openroom company, focused on projects aimed at the area of digital transformation and innovation, such as the application of MOOC strategies for employment in the Comunidad of Madrid, the commercialization of collaborative intelligence solutions at Dontknow or the “go to market” of Singularity University Summit Spain. Currently (since April 2015) he is responsible for a worldwide Crowdlearning initiative at the IB (international Baccalaureate) educational institution in The Hague (The Netherlands).

More than 10 years leading teams and almost 20 years working in the fashion industry, with solid experience in sales and in achieving goals. In the last 6 years focused on the development of digital business (Amazon - MTNG Experience [Mustang group]). Recently, he decided to establish himself as a strategy and digital transformation consultant and thus be able to help companies in this field: digital transformation / e-commerce, strategy, leadership, sales force and high knowledge of the fashion / footwear sector.

Doctor in Biology Science with more than 17 years of research experience, both in the academic and the pharmaceutical sector (Ferrer). She has worked for the last 12 years as chief of different R&D departments in the pharmaceutical industry, coordinating biotechnology, compound management and in-vitro screening. She is a member of the committee of identification, evaluation and selection of new projects and scientific coordinator of multidisciplinary teams with participation in other pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as public institutions. She is a member of the business advisory committee of the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (IRB), founding member of the Red Española de Drug Discovery (SDDN), advisor to Innopharma (Drug Discovery's Galician initiative) and professor holding 3 official MBA in biomedicine. She is currently working as an independent advisor in areas relating to biomedicine and the discovery of new drugs.

Currently founder partner at Business Innovation, S.L. A consulting firm specialized in developing biotechnology companies. Previously he was an external advisor, chief executive officer and general director at Natraceutical, S.A., and deputy to the vicepresidency of the Natra Group, General Director at Gonvarri Italia and Manager of the Management Business Consulting Unity for Arthur Andersen. Moreover he is Secretary to the Governing Council of AINIA (Instituto Tecnológico Agroalimentario), Member of the Governing Council of the Asociación española de Biotecnología (ASEBIO), member of the Administrative Board at BIOPOLIS, S.L. and member of the Administrative Board at Panodora AG in Switzerland.

He is Executive Director of Preclinical Science in Constellation Pharmaceuticals, biotech company located in Boston, MA. He was born in Sevilla and has been in the US for more than 20 years, where he specialized in immunology. At Constellation Pharmaceuticals, José Lora leads the department of immunology, cancer pharmacology, toxicology and DMPK. As part of the team he contributes to defining the strategic and tactical guidelines for epigenetics and drug discovery, and he is responsible of Immunology and Inflammation. Constellation is a leading company in epigenetics drug discovery. He was the director of Immuno-Epigenetic Biology at GlaxoSmithKline, where he founded EpiNova, a unit aimed at discovery and development (up to phase II) of immunologic control response epigenetic factor drugs. He developed a series of drugs in partnership with research centers.

Graduated Biology in 1985 and doctor in Molecular Genetics in 1989. Residency at the Molecular Genetics Lab at the University of Lund (Sweden). Chair of Genetics at the University of Valencia, he founded the Development Molecular Genetics Lab from where there were developed three biotechnological patents transferred to the biopharmaceutical industry. He participated in international consortiums of genome sequencing. Scientific advisor to Roche and collaborator at Life Technologies. He published in Nature. He was founding partner, science and strategy director of genomic systems. Founding partner and science director at Valentia Biopharma and the Instituto de Medicina Genómica, both at the Science Park of Universitat de València.

Senior strategy officer in the industry with more than 25 years of ample experience in regulatory matters and medicine development at Baxter and Baxalta. Tested and true trajectory building and leading high performance teams. Ample business and career experience in the main therapeutic areas with deep knowledge of global development pathways. Wide experience in types of products, including medical, biological, vaccines, biosimilars and medical devices. History of global approval of important therapeutic products: Adynovate, Obizur, Rixubis, Advate (Hemofilia), Oncaspar (Oncología), HyQvia, Kiovig, Flexbumin (Inmunología), Vepacel, Preflucel.

Doctor of Science and Medicine, Bachelor of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Valencia. Director of Research of the Department of Health, Director of the Institute of Health Research, Head of Section of the Unit of Experimental Hepatology and president of the Commission of Research and director of the Institute of Health Research (Foundation for Research) of the Hospital Universitari i Politècnic. Civil Order of the Ministry of Health. Hundreds of papers published in scientific journals, principal investigator in more than 40 projects, directed about twenty doctoral theses and currently leading various European projects. Advisor, consultant and evaluator in various national and international scientific organizations, such as BIOMED programs, in the V, VI and VII Framework Program of the European Union and in studies of the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS) of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Development of cellular models for the study of liver function and pioneering work of his research group in the development of human hepatocyte culture. European Pharmaceutical Research Prize, awarded at the University of Heidelberg. Participated in the foundation of the Advancell spin-off and has collaborated in R&D for various companies.

Renowned expert in strategy and business models, he is passionate about business and startups. Advisor to several startups, he has been on management roles in several companies, from small businesses to multinational companies. He currently works as a mentor and advisor to startups and professional speaker. Business angel. Author of the blog http://javiermegias.com. Awarded as the best business blog in Spanish in 2011.

AMD Media Consulting. Professor of Ubicuo Learning Computer Systems in the official master in Internet Communication and Education in UNED. Professor of Multimedia Concepts in the MAG program. UPV. Co-founder and director in Europe of MITUPV EXCHANGE, a leading joint initiative by MIT and UPV. Director and editor in the TV programme Tecnópolis UPTV. Director of the Powerful Ideas Summit. Guest professor at MIT and Harvard Extension of Harvard. Co-founder of the First Tuesday Valencia. Member of the Spanish Tech Tour / European Tech Tour Association Selection Committee. Member of the advisors board of the International Open Source World Conference. Contributor and columnist for science and technology articles in media such as IBL News, New York; El País; Suplemento Innovadores in El Mundo, Valencia; Siete Días and Diario Levante-EMV. Blogger for Internet Nueva Generación de las Cátedras Telefónica of UPM.

Programmer and videogame enthusiast. Programmer Leader of the Videogames Programming course in ESAT Valencia. Wide experience in academic research as well as real product development. Researcher and professor at UPV. Developer and advisor for videogame studios such as Exelweiss/Mundijuegos, Virtual Toys and Small Wonders. Graduate in computer science and engineering and MSC in artificial intelligence and recognition models.

Ignacio González Domínguez is an Industrial Engineer by the Universidad de Sevilla and MBO at Instituto Internacional San Telmo also in Sevilla. He has more than 25 years experience in the energy, infrastructure and information technology sectors. Mr. González started his professional career in Telvent, where he occupied various management positions in Europe, Latin America and the United States. He has been president and CEO of Telvent and execute vice president at Schneider Electric. Currently he is an advisor in several companies and investment funds, and he collaborates with the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) in the area of Intelligent Cities and Energetic Efficiency of the Iniciativa de Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles.

Since 2016, Angel accumulates more than 20 years of international experience and proven track record on Travel Distribution (Airlines, Hospitality, Rail, Tours, Car rental, Destination, Travel Agencies, TMC, OTA, Metasearch) and Travel & Tourism IT (GDS, Airline PSS, eCommerce, Mobile, Mid & Back Office, Payment, BI, Leisure and Corporate). Along his executive career he worked for Amadeus IT Group for 15 years (IBEX 35, AMS.MC) where he held several high rank positions as President of Asia Pacific, Vicepresident of Western Europe, Middle East and Africa and Director of Latin America as well as a diverse set of Board level responsibilities in a number of Amadeus´participated companies. Before that he worked 5 years for American Express Europe where he held several Strategy and Marketing related positions in Madrid and London. This diverse set of senior international responsibilities allowed Angel to accumulate a wealth of expertise in leading Strategy planning and execution (from Commercial, Operations and R&D aspects to Finance, HR and Legal ones), Business Development, Change management, Organisation development, Large Projects, Channel & Partner management, Public representation (press, media and authorities), P&L management and M&A. Angel has an MBA by the EOI in Madrid and a Degree in Law by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Multi-faceted enterpreneur, he has participated in the launch of 100+ technological startups. Founder and CEO, Universal Diagnostics. Spanish Ambassador of NASA-Singularity University. Founder and Director of CIAN, Innovation Think Tank. Founder and General Director of the Fundación Eduarda Justo, Grupo Cosentino. Chair of Innovation and Enterpreneurship in the International Institute of San Telmo. Founder and ex-CEO, Creara and 50K (technology business accelerator). Ex General Secretary of Innovation, Government of Andalusia. MBA in Business Management, MIT. MBA in Economy, École Céntrale Paris (France). Industrial Engineer, Engineering School of Sevilla. Graduate in Exponential Technologies (NASA-Singularity University).

Industrial Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Google, Global Managing Director, Top Accounts. Indigo Value Analysis, consulting boutique specializing in Marketing and Risk analytics. Capital One, Director, Marketing & Risk. Crèdit Andorrà, CIO and COO Bank. McKinsey & Co, Principal.