Spain

CEO & Founder, DILO Consulting Sàrl

María José has more than 20 years of international experience in journalism, strategic communications, stakeholder and reputation management, and public affairs. She has published numerous articles and research in prestigious magazines. DILO, her latest venture, has been successful in obtaining multi-million grants for deep tech and innovation start-ups from the UE Horizon program. Current projects include government and institutions advisory, and C-level executives and enterprises public presence consultancy. She was Editor in Chief at Foreign Economy, the leading magazine for foreign affairs in Spanish. She has received the Citigroup Award for Excellence in Journalism. She loved the Program for Executive Development (PED) and General Management she did at IMD Lausanne.

Executive Director of Mapfre Economics (Insurance Company MAPFRE’s economic research department)

He previously held several senior positions in various strategy and research departments in the private sector and continues to collaborate frequently with specialized think tanks such as the Geneva Association or FEDEA.  He focuses his work on the analysis of the global geo-economy and its effects on the financial and insurance sector in particular. Gonzalo is also a founding partner of two technology startups focused on finance and geopolitical analysis. Gonzalo holds a PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin.