Josep Piqué is one of the most prominent and multifaceted leaders of Spain, both in the business world as in political, academia, and intellectual fields. In his extensive and recognised professional career in the private sector he was, among other positions, an Independent Senior Director of AENA, Senior Adviser of the Boston Consulting Group, Dominical Director of Alantra Partners, Senior Economist of the Research Department at La Caixa Bank, Vice President of the Businessmen’s Circle, Member of the AIRBUS Board, President of Vueling, and Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the OHL Group

Currently, Josep is President of ITP Aero, President of Pasiphae International Consultant, Independent Senior Director of SEAT/Wolkswagen Navarra, AMADEUS, Abengoa and AENA and Member of several Advisory Boards (Stadler, Andbank, Alantra Partners, Network Steel, Herbert Smith Freehills, Atrys, among others)

In his public and political life, he was Minister of Industry and Energy, Government Spokesman Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Science and Technology, in various Governments of Spain between 1996 and 2003

Josep holds an economic and business sciences bachelor and juris doctor degree from Universidad de Barcelona (Cum Laude Award) and he has a law degree from the same University. He lectures economic theory in the Universidad de Barcelona since 1984

Manuel has more than twenty five years of professional experience of which spent more than ten years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Deloitte, where he accumulated extensive professional experience in all aspects of the Deal Continuum. More recently, he advised the XXI Constitutional Government of the Portuguese Republic (Ministry of the Sea), the Blue Fund (State fund managed by the National Directorate for Sea Policies “DGPM”) and performed several takeovers and due diligence assignments for venture capitalists

Manuel holds a certified in finance, accounting and business (CFAB) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and he is part qualified chartered accountant (ACA) from the same Institute. He has a degree in business management and administration from Atlântico Business School/IESFF (Porto)

Miguel is a professional and Business Angel with more than twenty years of experience of which more than ten dedicated to principal investment, business development and portfolio management. As Investment Director and Head of an Investment Bank Division, he led several transactions totalling EUR 500 M, in equity and debt instruments. He served in the Advisory Committee of a Private Equity fund and, as a Chief Financial Officer, led a successful strategic plan

Miguel holds a MBA from Harvard Business School (Massachusetts) and has a graduation in business management and administration from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon). He is a Member of the Industrial Working Group of SEDES - Associação para o Desenvolvimento Económico e Social

Paulo has over twenty five years of international business “blue chips” experience across Europe and Middle East, North and South America, and Africa with general management regional coordination functions. As a Senior Executive Director, Paulo led several takeovers, transformation, and negotiation assignments, such as for example, the post-deal integration of Mococa (Brazil) and Çarmosan (Turkey) into Royal Numico, the negotiations of two Joint Ventures in Argentina (Milkaut and Laboratórios Bago), as well as, the takeovers of Mococa, Infacare (South Africa), and Wyeth business unit (baby food producer/Canada). Moreover, Paulo has an extensive experience in several sectors like FMCG, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and logistics, where he gathered extensive knowledge in revenue and cost management, business development, procurement, and turnarounds, with a special emphasis in operational change and performance issues

Paulo holds a graduation in business management and administration from Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE)

Manuel is one of the most prolific and reputed Portuguese lecturers in finance. He is currently Associate Professor of Finance at Fuqua Business School, Duke University (“Entrepreneurial Finance”; “Raising Capital” – for MBAs) and a Research Associate and visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

He was also professor of “Futures and Options Markets” and “Economics of the Credit Crisis” for MBAs at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth University and “Finance I and II” for undergraduates at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Before academia, Manuel started his career at McKinsey & Co., where he worked on financial services, infrastructure and industrial manufacturing of heavy equipment projects

Manuel holds a Ph.D., Financial Economics from MIT Sloan School of Management (Massachusetts) and a graduation in business administration from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon)

João has more than twenty years of professional experience, of which more than fifteen in top global management and strategy consulting companies like McKinsey & Co. and BCG

During his professional career, he accumulated an extensive experience and expertise in large scale change programmes, commercial due diligence (private equity) and strategy projects. Currently, he is Partner at Roland Berger in the Lisbon office, where he leads the energy, utilities and resources sector, and the telecommunications sector

João holds a Ph.D., in economics from University of Chicago (Chicago) and a graduation in economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon)

Claudio is a Senior Adviser at Blackstone Spain and Portugal, Member of Patronato Fundación Plan International España, Chairman of Anticipa Real Estate and Aegon España, Chairman of the Advisory Board of SAP España, Board Director of HIP Hotel Investment Partners, Honorary Chairman of Círculo de Empresarios and Member of the Advisory Board of Instituto Franklin

Claudio worked at Banco de Bilbao, Dillon Read Overseas Corporation, and he was General Manager of Banco de Progreso. During almost fifteen years he was Managing Director, responsible for the Spanish and Portuguese businesses, and Member of the European Investment Banking Committee of Lehman Brothers, being also Chairman of the Iberia region for the private and investment banking and private equity business areas until 2004

Claudio was also Chairman of Círculo de Empresarios, from 2004 to 2012, and was also Chairman of Holcim España, Atlas Capital Private Equity, AON Spain and Board Director of PRISA. From 2007 to 2016 he was Senior Advisor of HSBC for Spain and Portugal and Member of the European Advisory Board. Up to September 2017, he was part of the Board of Directors of Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección

Emilio Novela is currently Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Commission of Talgo, Non-Executive Chairman of Itevelesa, Member of the Advisory Board of Trilantic Capital Partners and an Independent Director of Merlin Properties

In 1974, started at Banco Hispano Americano a long and fruitful professional career in the banking sector, where he became Co-Managing Director in 1986. In 1991, after the merger with Banco Central, he was Managing Director of Banco Central Hispano (BCH) and, until 2003 of Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH - merger with Banco Santander). He was also Vice-Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors of Banco Banif (Santander Private Banking). From 1983 to 1986, he was Financial Director of Empetrol (Repsol Petróleo) and between 1999 and 2003 Vice-Chairman and Executive Director of Vallehermoso, Spain’s largest real estate company at the time

Emilio was also Senior Adviser of Generali, Mercedes Leasing, Banco Urquijo, Cortefiel, Larios, Unión Fenosa, Capgemini, Ernst & Young, Dixi Media and Banesto (designated by Banco de España)

Carlos is an expert in the digital economy and in laws and regulations for the telecommunications sector. Currently, he is Chairman of the Digital Economy Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce, Senior Adviser of Telefónica Spain and Flint Global and Chairs the ESYS Foundation, a leading Spanish institution in the Cybersecurity field

From 1984 to 1989 he served as a State Lawyer in the Basque Country and the Ministries of Education, Justice, Economy and Finance of Spain. In 1989 he moved to the business sector as Secretary of the Board of Directors and General Counsel of CASA, a Spanish company that was part of the AIRBUS Consortium. In 1992, he was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary at IBM Spain. From 1995 to 2001 he occupied the same positions in Airtel, which became later Vodafone Spain

He was Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society from 2002 to 2004 in the Spanish Government and from 2007 to 2018 he was Global Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Regulation at Telefónica

António is a renowned Portuguese economist with an extensive track record of prominent positions in the private and public sectors. More recently, António was the Chairman and Executive Director of Banco Comercial do Atlântico (subsidiary of Caixa Geral de Depósitos) and a Professor at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão da Universidade de Lisboa, where he lectured different disciplines but with a particular emphasis on Industrial Organisation

Previously, he was the Chairman of IAPMEI (National Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation), Chairman and Executive Director of IPE - Investimentos e Participações Empresariais (State Shareholdings), and Chairman of CIMPOR - Cimentos de Portugal, and served as Assistant Secretary of State for Industry and Innovation at the XVII Constitutional Government of the Portuguese Republic

Isabel is the General Director of the Ocean Network Express “ONE” (merger of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and K Line) in Portugal. She started her career in the Deutscher Paket Dienst (Germany) and in 1997 she returned to Portugal to launch DPD, currently know as Chronopost

In 2004 she joined Garland as a Business Development Director, and in 2006 she was promoted to General Marketing Director of the company with the objective to develop the “all in one world” signature. In 2008 she moved to K Line Portugal as Regional Manager and in 2016 she was promoted General Manager of the companys

Miguel is currently Executive Director at CI&T for Southern Europe. More recently, he was chairman of the Board of TAP Air Portugal, Executive Director of AICEP (the National Agency for Trade and Investment), where he dealt with a large number of domestic and overseas entrepreneurs and, for several years, he was responsible for the research department at Banco Espírito Santo

Miguel was Secretary of State for Treasury and Finance at the XV Constitutional Government of the Portuguese Republic, an elected Member of the Portuguese Parliament, and a professor at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa