Barcelonians by choice

Founder of New Innergy, helps individuals and organizations successfully grow and innovate. Engineer and MBA with over 25 years experience with multinational companies, Olympics, non-profit and non-governmental organizations and startup companies.

Founder of LifestyleDMC, one of the leading incentive event companies in Catalunya, working with large corporate companies.

President and Founder of Mango (Punto Fa, SL), multinational retail company with more than 1,200 stores around the world (over 100 countries).

My day job is to work with Spain's largest & most innovative companies, to add the bit of Artificial Intelligence that provides conversational assistants to their business. I also volunteer as Founder/Treasurer of newly created Associación 50a50 (www.50a50.org) to bring gender diversity into the top echelons of Catalan businesses & institutions. Also on the Board of Calala - Women's Fund in BCN.

Consultant. Plans & Controls, Organization, IT. Experienced manager and entrepreneur. More than 30 years experience in multinational environments. Currently woring on projects in Spain and Italy. Barcelona Chapter Leader of Bocconi Alumni Association.

With education in Marketing and Business, specialized in startups and innovation, native from Argentina, descendants of Italians and with 8 years in Barcelona.

I was born and raised in Buenos Aires and recently moved to Barcelona following a dream. In 2015, after earning a degree in Fashion Design, I went to work for a womenswear company, until I decided to get involved with family business. I took a Business course at Tel Aviv University while I was working at the Local Fashion Week and kept working as a freelance fashion designer on my way back.

Vice-President & Managing Director of EU Business School, Carl has more than 15 years experience in pioneering business education. A strong believer in the role that education plays in shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Carl is an entrepreneur, innovator and proactive manager.

Is a Strategic Business Advisor, with more than 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur and managing executives of global technology companies. As an American national, living in Barcelona for ~20 years with an extensive US and European network, he has a strong trans-Atlantic and pan-European focus. Dave spends approximately 2/3rds of his life internationally, and 1/3 in the USA

A graduate from London School of Economics, Sciences-Po Paris and Macalester College, Marie is a business development consultant for Entrepreneurs Partners, a business angel syndicate specialized in disruptive startups based in London. Marie is also a professional artist (visual art, performance and poetry), creativity teacher and aspiring art therapist.

CEO of Invest for Children, a foundation of the Investindustrial group. Invest for Children promotes Venture Philantropy.

Private advisor at the tourism sector, culture, and financial services. Sales Director of Eurodecision and Regional Manager of EFMA.

Vice President of the Board of Reig Capital Group, Chairman of Loris Azzaro Couture, First Secretary of the plenary of the Principality of Andorra, Member of the legislative commission of Welfare State, Interior and Justice.

I’m a father, husband and a huge fan of jazz and Sherlock Holmes. I’m creative, curious and observant. I was born in 1976 in Mexico City and now I live in Barcelona. I work as a copilot to leaders, helping them to achieve a high level of performance and enhancing their impact on the world. I do this by leveraging my experience as a coach, consultant, director and six-times entrepreneur.

Lawyer and international author on human rights issues, Mark has worked extensively in transitioning societies as Alger, Bolivia, Bosnia, Burundi, Colombia, Congo, El Salvador, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

Octavio has a BS in Business Administration from University of Lima and graduated from Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. He has held different leadership positions at The Ritz-Carlton chain worldwide, joined Dusit International as Senior Vice President and in 2010, was appointed by Citibank as an external consultant. Since 2012, he has been VP Managing Director of Hospitality Marketing Concepts, APAC and took over as GM Fairmont Barcelona and PCC in 2017.

Managing Director and Group Corporate Director of Value Retail.

I have worked in different industries such as fashion, healthcare and advertisement, but always with the same focus: sales&business development. Thks to that experience I have developed strong commercial skills that allow me to understand customers’ needs and provide solutions that add significant value to their business. Actually, I put all my efforts in 1840 Apartments as a PR&Brand strategis.t

Owner & COO at ISUS & Training Express. British entrepreneur, based in Barcelona, with over 15 years experience building innovative products and services.

Swedish entrepreneur based in Barcelona since 13 years. With over 25 years of experience from the travel industry she started her own DMC, Performance Prime Cities S.L, in 2003 with focus on incoming business travel to Barcelona with region.

Boaz builds collaborative relationships with partners across RMIT Europe's research priority area of Industry 4.0. He focuses on highlighting the realm of possibilities for research and student activity that exist across areas such as manufacturing and technology where RMIT can make a valuable contribution. A science and art graduate from the University of Western Australia as well as an alumnus of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Boaz's career has extended across the public and private sectors. The Australian national has a strong interest in biotechnology, agribusiness as well as innovation and technology transfer. He is also focused on fostering outreach strategies that ensure societal input into science and technology.

As a business and leadership developer, I promote French and Spanish business exchanges for BCI. Co-ordinator of Learning Expeditions, cultivating resilience in a VUCA world. A partner with Klaxoon in Spain, I promote a disruptive platform that empowers team work, collective intelligence sharing and interactive engagement everywhere people work together. Member of SWAN Spanish Women Biz Angels.

Retired journalist and communications professional now resident in Barcelona.

I'm en entrepreneur from NYC who has worked in real estate and Internet Advertising. I am currently building an aerospace company here in Barcelona with La Salle University. I'm also starting a sales website.

Partner at M&B Avocats. Before joining M&B Avocats she was Senior Associate at Cuatrecasas. Experience in international mergers and acquisitions, group company restructurings, and corporate law. Lecturer at Montpellier University.

Is an international speaker, trainer and author. A collaborator of IESE Business School and author of four books, Florian offers transformational communication seminars, keynote speeches and presentation coaching, in English, German and Spanish mainly to international brands like Banco Santander, Chupa Chups, Danone, Microsoft, Moët Hennessy or Zalando.

Bob Mundy is an Actor & a Singer from New York City. He has appeared in numerous commercials, TV shows and live productions including starring roles Off-Broadway in NYC. Bob is also a Recording Artist with 2 Vocal Jazz Albums under his belt. His latest album "Love to Me" released on Oct 2nd, 2017 world wide and hit the top 10 on 2 US Jazz Charts & remained on the Charts for 3 months.

Italian by birth, and after 19 years Barcelonian by choice. 5 kids fill my life with joy and responsibilities, while in my free time I run a consulting company in B2B sales transformation, give classes in sales and marketing in a few local business schools, and launch a SW startup. I am eager to contribute whatever I can to make Barcelona the greatest place to live and work...

I moved to Barcelona 2 years ago but I am working in Zurich and Brussels every week. Im 3 years an active rotary member and now looking at other organizations to make a change. I am currently doing my PhD in Medicine, I produce music in the techno scene in Berlin and play the Piano. Love water sports which is also why I moved to Spain, kite surfing, surf, sailing everything is here!

Eduardo is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur. He is Managing Partner of Pacific Community Management, an affiliate of Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), an impact-investing firm focused on consumer and hospitality brands with $60M under management. Eduardo serves on the boards of several PCV portfolio companies including ICU Eyewear, Pacific Catch and Pacific Pharmacy Group. Eduardo is the Chairman and co-founder of Resmex Group, Inc., which manages several different restaurant concepts in the Bay Area. Eduardo also serves as a board member of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, one of the biggest community foundations with $13 Billion under management. Prior to PCV, Eduardo co-founded World Wrapps Restaurants, a Nation's Restaurant News Hot Concept Winner, in 1994. He oversaw the growth of the company to a 26-store chain of gourmet innovative quick-service restaurants and raised growth capital from top tier venture firms. Eduardo co-founded and serves as Managing Partner of Brainstorm Ventures of San Francisco, a seed capital and early stage investment fund that has invested in 24 companies across the e-commerce and software sectors including companies like Opentable.com (public), Zappos.com (sold to Amazon) and Me.com (sold to Apple Computer). Eduardo is currently developing a luxury apartment complex in Barcelona called Palau Moxo. He is remodeling a 1770 landmark property that will bring a unique product to the historic center of Barcelona. Eduardo received an MBA from Harvard University in 1993 and graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego in 1989. Eduardo and his wife have three wonderful children.

My main roles in life are that of husband to my wife Antje and father to my sons Max and Vito. Professionally, I am dedicated to the mission of "helping people flourish in life through work". I pursue this mission mainly in the roles of Chief People Officer at Telemedicine Clinic, Director of the Conscious Capitalism Foundation Spain, and Board Member of Northland Controls.

CPB-lab.com. Also teacher at Barcelona (Instituto Europeo di Design), Luzern (HSLU), and Stockholm (Hyper Island). He is a facilitator and coach with extensive experience in education, design and business.

Paul has over 15 years’ experience in strategic consultancy for Financial Services across Europe, with proven success in leading the implementation of transformational projects. He specializes in commercial management and incentive models, as well as analysis and the implementation of productivity and efficiency improvements. Paul holds an engineering degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Science in Airplane Control & Flight Simulation Modelling from Delft University in The Netherlands. Paul is responsible for Bluecap's Commercial Effectiveness and Organizational Efficiency practice.

Founder of the FabCafe BCN, Mastermind at MOB (Makers of Barcelona) and Design Ambassador at W.

Pedro Vaz graduated in Modern Languages and Literature with a post-graduate qualification in Arts Marketing and Managing. Recently, he concluded his Masters at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Applied Theatre with Communities and Drama Education. He is experienced in creating and managing artistic projects, and a passionate theatre director and facilitator. He has worked in well-known

Founder, CEO and producer at Lukimedia, S.L., a production company specialized in Consulting and International co-productions. Lecturer at International Film Festivals, Universities and filmschools and with experience in the audiovisual field for over 20 years.