Spain

Fernando is an investor in Alternative Assets and is an Executive Senior Advisor to Corporates, Family groups and Asset Managers. Fernando is Emeritus Partner at Deloitte and President of the Spanish IMD Alumni Association.

He has a 30+ years international experience in deal making and financial & strategic advice. Throughout his career, Fernando has advised Corporates and Multinationals, Family Businesses, Private Equity Firms and Management Teams in complex transactions and strategic projects: M&A transactions, Private Equity transactions, Corporate Financing, Strategic Alliances and Joint-Ventures.

Flor de Esteban is the Lead Partner for Deloitte Digital in Spain. Over the course of her professional career, she has played a pivotal role in leading and participating in client-focused consulting projects across highly competitive industries, with a particular emphasis in recent years on the financial sector.

Since 2014, she has served as the Partner responsible for Deloitte Digital, specializing in helping clients drive differentiation and growth and  enhance customer engagement across all sectors, both domestically and internationally. She leads the design, implementation, and management of multi-channel customer relationship models, supported by business experts across various industries. Her expertise spans Customer Experience,  digital technologies, analytics, and design, with a strong focus on business transformation.

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.

Javier holds a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, an Executive MBA from IE Business School, and completed the Senior Management Program at IMD in Lausanne, along with executive education at MIT Sloan School of Management.

He currently serves as CIO Europe at Nippon Sanso, leading IT strategy across multiple European countries with a focus on modernization, cybersecurity, operational excellence and business alignment at scale.

Throughout his career, he has designed and executed large-scale outsourcing programs, led enterprise-wide digital transformations, and delivered tangible examples of connected factories integrating IT and OT technologies. He brings deep experience in IT organizational design and a strong understanding of how technology is reshaping leadership and decision-making within modern organizations.

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.

Accenture Managing Director leading the Global Consulting Centers (India, Argentina, Philippines, Costa Rica) growing the skills needed to successfully transform Enterprise Operating Models across Industries. I’m the Accenture representative in the Barcelona Global association that aims to promote and grow international and forward-looking business initiatives in Barcelona. I have led the Accenture support to Barcelona Global in the design of the Barcelona & Partners Agency that has been instrumental to attract the America’s Cup to Barcelona in 2024.

I have attended BPSE (Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives) and OWP (Orchestrating Winning Performance) programs at IMD.