Spanish delegation members Spanish delegation members

Spanish delegation members
Global Summit of Women
Kuala Lumpur, May 2013
Rosa María Aguirre
Margarita De Cos
Inmaculada Pérez Castellanos
Maria-Jesus Alonso
Women in Business
Antonieta Delgado
Ner
Marta Pérez Dorao
Rosa María Arias
Ana Durán
Mayvan
Oracle
Mercedes Barthe
Cavan Luxury Holding
Joanna María Bashford
Pilar Brujas
Mayoral
Mariola Cabas
Exce Consulting Group
María Paula Calvo
Scotiabank Group
WWF Spain
Pérez Castellanos Law & Business Consultancy
LaYomba
Group Lactalis Iberia
Montserrat Quintana Solá
Emma Fernández
Pascale Rahmani Bang-Rouhet
INDRA
María Eugenia Girón
Observatorio IE
Violeta Llano Grech
Farmacia Llano Grech
Ana María Llopis
Ideas4all
XYZ Piscinas
ExpresArte
Elisabeth Trallero
Congost
Antonia Trillo-Figueroa
Arcona Ibérica
Elvira Yebra Villanueva
Club Internacional de Marbella
Regina Llopis
Grupo AIA
Contact details Spanish Delegation
Mª Eugenia Castro Urrutikoetxea
EAMON, S.A
Maite Malvido
Artio
Rosa María Aguirre
Mayvan
My name is Rosa María Aguirre and I was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
I’ ve lived my whole life there, a beautiful city, Green Capital in 2012. You can check it wiht my D.N.I. :
16218148C.
I was a disciplined pupil in the “ Sacred Heart” college in Vitoria and also in the “Financial and Business
School” where i had my first contact with my future activity.
I have also studied french in the “Lenguage School” of Vitoria.
I started to work in my father’s familiar factory “Nicasio Aguirre”. My fisrt job; office of secretary for ten
years aprox. I could put in practise all my knowlege and i could develope my current.
In 1973, my husband and me started a new business project “Feragui Electricity”. That company had got
a lot of changes and it become in our actual enterprise “Comercial Mayvan” in 1984. We try to supply
our costumer whith the best electrical cables. We are specializing in that subject.
I am the financial manager of my own company currently.
Maria-Jesus Alonso
Women in Business
Experienced senior executive and board member, in Non-profit and Corporations. Advocacy and institutional
relations profesional for regulated industries (telecoms, food, and pharma).
Over 25 years experience in multicultural organizations, leading international teams in disperse geographical
regions: Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Latinamerica.
Entrepreneurial
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Health & Beauty products – retail and export (initiating)
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Founder & Partner – Women in Business – diversity programs for companies; women advancement
programs. Europe & LatinAmerica.
Corporate•CEO asset management company
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President, Cable & Wireless Spain. Director Public Policy & Institutional Relations – South & Eastern Europe,
Latinamerica
General Counsel & Board Secretary, GTS (Spain, Italy, Portugal) ; Orange in Spain; Tetra Pak Spain and
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Portugal. Legal Advisor SmithKline (Glaxo SmithKline).
Non-Profits
President - Association of Corporate Counsel Europe.
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VicePresident & Secretary General BPW-Madrid – member of Business Professional Women International.
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Former VicePresident International Cooperation EPWN-Spain
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, notions of German
Married, 2 sons
Rosa María Arias
Oracle
Rosa M. Arias is currently Senior Marketing Manager for technology solutions at Oracle for South Europe,
where she joined in 2006. She has over 16 years experience in Marketing and Communications fields for
Spanish and European markets in Telco and IT sectors. She started her career at Ericsson. In 1998 she
joined Lucent Technologies where she moved to Netherlands to an European wide position. There, she
also held senior positions in Global Crossing and Morse Integrated Systems.
She is the leader of the Oracle Women Leadership (OWL) in Spain.
Board Member of the European Professional Women Network.
Member of the Comms team of the Spanish Delegation at the Global Summit of Women.
Rosa M. was born in Madrid and has a degree in Business Administration and Marketing in CESMA Business
School and PDP (Professional Management Program) at EOI (Escuela de Organización Industrial).
Mercedes Barthe
Cavan Luxury Holding
Mercedes Barthe has developed her career in Luxury market: Fashion and Decoration.
After 12 years as Retail and International Merchandising Manager in Loewe, she is currently the Retail
Director of CLLH, a company running different luxury brands in retail as Missoni or Andrew Gn, as well as
developing a fashion and style life online site www.cavan.com ,which includes a selection of labels that
range from recognized designers to emerging stars.
“Retail in luxury fashion is always about listening and knowing as in many aspects of life”
Joanna María Bashford Fernández
Born in London (of a British father & Spanish mother) she has coincidentally, lived exactly half of her life
in each country!
BSC (Econ) degree (1982) from the London School of Economics, a Masters in E-business (2001) & is an
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers UK (1986).
Executive/managerial positions held in London and Madrid include banks & MNCs such as RBS, UBS,
Lloyds, PwC, Deloitte, Amadeus, B.A.T & G.E.
Teaching has always been an important ongoing activity for Joanna (CUNEF, Madrid Chamber of
Commerce, UE projects). Recently awarded with an International Campus of Excellence grant as a visiting
lecturer for a new bilingual business degree itinerary at Oviedo University, she imparted the somewhat
controversial subject “The Economics of Spain and the European Union”! Currently she collaborates with
UNIOVI in a CLIL/ bilingual teaching project.
Other activities include translation & revision work (economics, finance) & courses either as a speaker or
participant. She is considering a possible stay at a Chinese University in 2014.
Joanna is bilingual in English and Spanish, speaks fluent French and starter mandarin. Amongst her many
hobbies she enjoys innovative cooking and is preparing herself for Masterchef!
Pilar Brujas
Mayoral
Pilar Brujas, is a experienced Board member and Consultant with 20 years of experience in 2 leader
companies in their industries.
She started her career, being 21 years old, at Accenture, the Consulting group.
Her vast experience includes being CEO at Shopping Malls, retail and fashion business, leading the
international expansion in Asia.
She is board member at Mayoral, in the fashion and retail business. This brand is leader in Europe with +6000
points of sales worldwide. Pilar seats in different Boards: Mayoral, IESE Business School, TAC and iCMedia.
Currently, she is also responsible for the family office, evaluating investments in different industries.
She graduated in Business Administration and specialized in Finance from LSE, London School of Economics
+ MBA degree from IESE Business School.
Non Profit:
Board member at ONU platform for family, in Catalonia.
Languages spoken: spanish, catalan, Italian, French and English.
She is passionate about music, dancing and Opera, but specially sharing her hobbies with family and
friends.
Mariola Cabas
Exce Consulting Group
Mariola Cabas has been a board member and the head of Public Relations of Exce Consulting Group
since 2002. Exce Consulting Group is a consulting media holding company that has transformed the way
its client approach Marketing, Media Production and Communications. Despite the current recession,
Exce Consulting Group is steadily growing thanks to its creative solutions applied to a widely diversified
portfolio.
She is the Editorial Vice President of Taxi-Magazine, the first worldwide magazine and advertisement
platform focused on taxi clients as consumers.
She is also Co-founder and CFO of Rentima C. B., an asset management company focused on the
development of commercial real estate.
Mariola co-founded and worked as CFO in Pizza Queen, growing the concept of fast food franchising
from a family business to a corporation with 100+ points of sale.
Beyond her entrepreneurial activities, Mariola participates in initiatives like Icade Business Club,
Management Spanish Association (AED) and other forums to support the role of women in business.
Furthermore, Mariola also supports other social causes, such as charity marathons.
Mrs. Cabas holds a business degree from Pontificia Comillas University (E2-ICADE).
María Paula Calvo
Scotiabank Group
María Paula has over 30 years of experience in the financial services and banking industry, including local and
international assignments.
She started her career in Argentina at a brokerage house that was later granted a banking license. In 1995
she joined Citi, at the Internal Audit unit with regional scope covering Latin America. In 2003 she moved to
Citi’s Consumer Finance franchise in Mexico. She performed as: financial analyst, treasurer, trader, mutual
funds manager, internal auditor and credit officer. During 2002 she developed free-lance consulting projects
in Argentina and Italy. More recently she officed as Control and Compliance Head, CAO and Operations and
Technology Director. She was also a member of the Regulatory Risk and Audit Committees as well as member of
the Board. At present, María Paula is the Head of Integration for Scotiabank Group at Mexico’s Consumer and
Micro-Finance entity. She has a permanent seat at the Local and Executive Steering Committees and oversees
the effective inclusion of the company in to the new group´s policies, culture and standards. She supports
Operations, Technology and Enterprise Risk Management integration activities .
María Paula’s job was awarded as one of “Mexico´s 50 most innovative companies” in 2011, by Netmedia. She
was also recognized as a “Leader of Distinction” by Citifinancial International in 2007.
She is a strong advocate for diversity. As such, she’s been a founder member of the Citi´s Women Council for
Mexico; and a member of the Management Committee of AMME (Asociación Mexicana de Mujeres Ejecutivas)
María Paula is a CPA from Buenos Aires University, Argentina, and holds an M.B.A. from the Edinburgh School of
Business, UK. She was also certified through the CEO´s Management Program at Kellogg School of Management,
US.
She is happily married to Jose Luis and they have two sons: Nicolas and Lucas.
Mª Eugenia Castro Urrutikoetxea
EAMON, S.A
Mª Eugenia nowadays manages the family business EAMON, S.A, that being a family business takes the
helm when his father dies five years ago.
EAMON, was founded 25 years ago by a businessmen’s family that they were taking from the year 1925
working in transport of goods, expanding 25 years ago into the sector of the construction.
Mª Eugenia has a solid formation in business management and in his values, as the sustainable development, the equality or the social responsibility of the companies. M ª Eugenia nowadays is a member of
the association AED, in whom it takes part in diverse managerial forums and applies the more modern
technologies of management that they allow to support and to grow at this moment in the company.
EAMON’S challenges are: the people, based on the people and for the people.
Margarita De Cos
WWF Spain
Margarita de Cos is the Major Donors Manager for WWF Spain (World Wildlife Fund) since 2005.
Previously she worked in the private sector, being member of the Board of Directors of several Spanish
companies, and held different executive positions such as Director and General Manager of Fábrica
Española de Confecciones, S.A. (manufacture of military uniforms), Manager of energy developments in
FECSA (electrical company of Cataluña), Manager of corporate and foreign investment in Bufete Soler
Padró (Law offices) and Managing Director of INAC, S.A (Clinical laboratory firm).
At present she remains as Director of Rainsoft SL ( IT & Software development).
She is member of several management Associations (AED/CEDE, EPWN, IC-A, IWF) and she is the Chair
for GSW Spain and member of the international Planning Committee of the Global Summit of Women.
Ms. De Cos was born in León, Spain (1951), is married and has 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Ms de Cos
is “Licenciada” in Political Sciences (Madrid) and has a Master in Economics ( M.A.) (Ottawa, Canada)
Antonieta Delgado
Net World Servicios Informaticos
I was born in Peru. I studied Spanish Philology at the University in Trujillo city. I worked as Director of
Secondary schools for 15 years. And also I was lecturer at the Garcilazo de la Vega University in Lima. I’ve
finished a master at the Complutense University in Madrid – Spain.
I’ve lived in Madrid since 1988. Here I worked for American company in Marketing and micro-nutrition.
Currently, I have my own company “Net World Servicios Informaticos” for computer services and
maintenance.
One of my favourite hobbies is jewellery design of Peruvian silver.
Ana Durán
Group Lactalis Iberia
Ana Duran, Human Resources Corporate Director, Lactalis Iberia Group, Spain
Ana Duran is a seasoned professional in the field of human resources whose career has spanned
service in multinational companies based in the U.S. (General Electric, Bausch & Lomb, ADP), Japan
(Shinogi Qualicaps) and Europe. For all these companies, Ms. Duran has provided leadership in talent
management for subsidiaries in Spain, actually for Lactalis Iberia Group – a division of Lactalis Group, a
French family-owned company with 60,000 employees and a presence in 150 countries.
Emma Fernández
INDRA
Telecommunication Engineer and MBA from IE Business Institute, she has developed her professional
career in the Information and Communication Technology sector, in Alcatel and later in Telefónica.
In 1991 she joined Indra, where she has occupied several executive positions in different areas of activity
of the Company.
Before her appointment as Innovation, Talent and Strategy General Director in 2007 she was Corporate
Development and Commercial Director.
María Eugenia Girón
Observatorio IE
Maria Eugenia (www.mariaeugeniagiron.com) is Executive Director for IE Business School Premium and Prestige
Business Observatory, sponsored by Mastercard; the Observatory does applied research on luxury and premium
consumption.
Maria Eugenia is Chairman of Silvercloud (www.silvercloudholdings.com), the investment vehicle of Marwyn
Management Partners to invest in premium and luxury and Chairman of Le Chameau, first investment of the
fund.
Maria Eugenia is an entrepreneur with over 18 years experience in luxury goods industry. She led the management
buy in of Carrera y Carrera in 1999.
Her former experience at the luxury goods industry was at Loewe, the leading Spanish company.
She received an Engineering degree from ICAl Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and a MBA degree from
Harvard Business School.
Member of the international Board of Oceana; of the European Board of YPO (Young Presidents Organization)
and founder of YPO Madrid.
Maria sits on the on the Boards of Gastón y Daniela - luxury home textiles; Pedro García - high end fashion shoes;
Suarez - leading Spanish jewelry retailer and Savelli –luxury pones:
She is also Board member of Fundación para la Diversidad, “Spain Start-Up Summit” and IE University.
She is an active lecturer, teacher and advisor at various Universities and Business Schools. She teaches “Fashion,
Luxury and Creative Venture entrepreneurship at IE Business School.
Author of “Secretos de lujo” and translated to English as “Inside luxury” published in 2009.María is director and
co-author of the Dictionary for Luxury and Responsibility, published in 2012.
She was awarded as best women executive of Spain in 2004.
Violeta Llano Grech
Farmacia Llano Grech
I was born in Cangas de Onis, Asturias. In the North of Spain
I went to school in Gijon, while I was living with my grandparents.
My life at University was in Madrid, where I studied Pharmacist, staying at a university college where I
knew a lot of friends who were studying other careers.
I also studied a Master in Pharmaceutical Attention at Valencia University, and a practical
one in Asthma and “EPOC” attention, photoprotection, and other monographic training.
I am the owner of a Pharmacy located in the historical centre of Denia, and I have four (4)
employees. I have attended continued learning courses on people management for nine years.
Spanish is my mother tongue, I can now speak also Valencian, and can manage with English.
I am married to a merchant navy officer, we have a son (15 years old).
We now live in Denia, (Alicante), Spain.
Ana María Llopis
Ideas4all
Prominent business executive and online entrepreneur, founder and CEO of ideas4all. She
founded Openbank Spain’s first Internet banking company, and is currently non executive
Chairman of the Board of DIA and non executive Director for Société Générale and Service Point.
She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Uplaya.com Polyphonic, a start-up in the field of music
innovation, and of the International Women’s Forum in Spain. Vice-president of the José Félix Llopis Latin
American Art Foundation and member of Ashoka Spain’s Advisory Board, she was also part of the Advisory
Board for Electronic Administration in Spain’s Ministry of Public Administration between 2006 and 2010.
She has a PHD in Materials Science from UC Berkeley, and graduated in Physics and Mathematics from
Maryland University, Suma Cum Laude. She has been a non executive director for BAT, ABN AMRO and
Reckitt-Benckiser, and has held management positions in P&G, Playtex, Schweppes, Banesto and Grupo
Santander.
She is committed to promoting women’s advancement, especially at top management position and
Board participation.
Regina Llopis
Grupo AIA
Founder CEO of Group AIA artificial intelligence software consultants (USA Subsidiaries: EleQuant,
Gridquant). Founder of Poliphonic HMI and Music Intelligence Solutions.
25 years of Industry Experience transferring basic science to industry.
Recipient of awards including Ascamm Innovation Business Award 2010, 2009 top 100 personalities El País
newspaper, Spain. Member of IWF, IEEE.
15 years of Academic Experience: UC Berkeley, Universidad Simón Bolívar Caracas, Spanish Foundation
for Science and Technology Advisory Board, Barcelona Scientific Park Foundation Manager.
Mathematics BS High Honors Maryland University, MSc & PhD in Applied Mathematics UC Berkeley, IESE
and Kelloggs Business schools alumni.
Maite Malvido
Artio
Maite Malvido is a Career and Business Coach. Specialized in transitions, she works with MBAs and
Professional Women re-launching their careers after a break, starting a Business, or who want to move to
a different level.
She holds an MBA by IESE Business School, a Degree in Economics and is a Certified Coach of the CTA.
And member of the ICF. With 15 Years experience in Corporations, small Businesses and the start-up of
two Technology based Companies. She is still a partner and adviser for one.
An Entrepreneur by Heart helping Women getting their talents recognized is her most passionate
Adventure. Her Motto is don’t be satisfied with just a bit, go back fully.
In addition to working with individual clients, Maite created a variety of Virtual and Life Programs.
Her company is located in Antwerp, Belgium where she lives with her husband and two children.
Inmaculada Pérez Castellanos
Pérez Castellanos Law & Business Consultancy
CEO & Founder of Pérez Castellanos Law & Business Consultancy
Our company specializes in corporate services and company formation in the luxury and retail market for
over 25 years. We create opportunities for our clients to turn an idea into a successful business
Corporate Lawyer (1979 -1987), Providing tax and legal advice for KPMG Spain and later as an independent
business consultant to international companies.
Education
Master´s Degree in Corporate Law at Centro de Estudios Tributarios y Económicos
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid
Associations
Member, Global Summit of Women
Promotes Women´s entrepreneurship
Marta Pérez Dorao
LaYomba
Marta has worked as business and IT lawyer for more than 25 years, and has been General Counsel and
Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary to the Board to two multinational software companies for
the last 15 years. As responsible of all legal matters of both companies, she was in charge of all the corporate
projects as IPOs, M&A, investors relations and market authority relations, etc. As Legal Department Director,
she managed all the international negotiations, agreements related to the business and also employment
contracts, intellectual property etc.
Currently she owns a Legal consulting firm, Layomba (Spain and Colombia), and is partner at Women In
Business, a diversity consulting firm.
She works with European companies to open up business in Latinamerica, and she also is the representative for
Spain of the Free Trade Zone of Bogotá.
She actively works for the women´s professional development through several business women associations, as
European Professional Women´s Network, for which she co-organized the first gathering of European business women
in Madrid last year, and currently she is the President of the Madrid branch of Business Professional Women International.
She has been speaker in several Forums both in Europe and USA.
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Montserrat Quintana Solá
XYZ Piscinas
Founder and owner of her Company. XYZ Piscinas is renowned and recognized for its high quality in
swimming pools. Montserrat Quintana is for 20 years designing and creating Water spaces. During this
period she has build around 200 swimming pools in Spain.
Since 2010 she has incorporated landscapes, evolving from a hobby to a professional field.
Water has been her environment since she was very young, as she was awarded with the Spanish
championship in 100 meters breaststroke. Elite sports forges a special discipline and responsibility
character. This helps in the enterprise, and specially when the environment turns down. She represented
Spain in International Competitions.
After working for the family business, in the metallurgy industry , she came back to the swimming pools
again. At that stage she was managing Gilliam Diafilter Española, SA for Catalonia.
She was born in Barcelona, and she has lived in Majorca, Madrid and Barcelona.
Montserrat loves playing sports and specially golf and travelling around the world to visit gardens.
Pascale Rahmani Bang-Rouhet
ExpresArte
Pascale created ExpresArte in 1998. In her Drama Training Center she trains executives and middle
management in Personal Communication Techniques which results in a clear improvement of their
communication skills and personal mark. At present, the company enjoys great prestige counting among
its clients with important Spanish and multinational firms and financial entities.
Pascale holds an Acting/Drama Degree by La Sorbonne and has done postgraduate courses at the Arts
Conservatory in Paris and the Actor’s Studio of New York.
In 2011 she gained a certification as Executive Coach by the International Coach Federation ACC and
she is coach for Presidents, CEOs and Politicians.
Before creating ExpresArte she held executive positions in both public administration and private sector
companies.
She is fluent in French, Spanish and English.
Elisabeth Trallero
Congost
Economist, MBA, speaking 7 languages and travelling minimum 30% of her time, has 30 years’ experience in
management in industrial, high consumption and services companies.
After working 10 years in Marketing in multinational companies (CLOROX, CINZANO, PERNOD RICARD, SEALY…).
Nowadays, general manager and CEO of a family owned companies group in different business sectors like
promotional gifts, artificial plants and flowers, scents and perfumes...
CEO of Congost, a Spanish leading company manufacturing and distributing industrial plastic products for
maintenance. (www.congost.com)
Academically, Professor of global marketing and international business, as well as Coach and Mentor of
successful managers. Also a board member of the Spanish Managers’ Association AED and other established
companies and institutions in the country (CEP. ANAIP, AFAEMME,…)
Living in Barcelona, married with three sons with age 19, 15 and 12 respectively, is also president and member
of the EWMD (European Women’s Management Development International Network) in Spain and other
Professional Women’s Associations at a national and international level.
In 2011 obtained a certificate in Corporate Governance diploma from ICA, recognized in the UK and
internationally.
Currently preparing a book as co-author of “Business Protocol & Etiquette” to be published in 2014. At the same
time collaborates with the project of Ana Seminars in Cyprus, which is a company based in Limassol that offers
seminars combining Business Ettiquette, Business English and training sessions.(www.anaseminars.com)
Antonia Trillo-Figueroa
Arcona Ibérica
Antonia Trillo-Figueroa is a visionary thinker with a high entrepreneurial acumen. Her professional focus
is to approach new business challenges with her intrinsic flair for innovation, creative problem-solving,
high-energy personality and effective goal management skills to either lead the formation of start-up
companies or drive bottom-line improvements of already existing businesses.
In 2010 she joined the Spanish real estate company “Arcona Iberica, S.A.”. One of her current projects
includes the planning and execution of a large business park in south of Spain, with an overall footprint
of 3.000.000 m2 and with 1.600.000 m2 of buildable area.
In addition she serves as the director of another company, leading the planning and execution of
strategies to foster enhanced awareness of the company’s products and services, improving overall
management and organization and boosting the company’s sales. She is also currently leading the startup of a new software company dedicated to providing efficient energy saving solutions.
Elvira Yebra Villanueva
Club Internacional de Marbella
Columnist.
Journalist.
Director of the International club of Marbella.
Chairwoman of Europe House of Marbella.
Collaborator.
Tertullian in the radio station ONDA CERO.
Contact
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