Justo Alcocer
Partner and Financial Sector Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Former Partner-Director of Roland Berger (Spain). Former Director of Business Development at Banca March. Former Director of March-Unipsa Correduría de Seguros, Alba Participaciones and other group companies. Former Partner and Chief Financial Officer at McKinsey.
Philibert Afrika
Seasoned Development Economist, Founding member and Chairman, University of Kigali, Rwanda. He worked for 30 years at the African Development Bank, high managerial functions (Secretary General, Director of Policy, Operations and Regional Integration). Member Board, Access Bank-Rwanda. Chairman Board of Directors, Cogebank. Co-Founder and Managing Director, University of Kigali Center For Economic Governance and Leadership.
Julio Casal
Julio Casal has a BS in Physics from Complutense University of Madrid. He serves as a strategic advisor to venture funds, is on the board of several startups and serves as a security expert. He was CISO for several ISPs, before building the first white hat / pentesting team in Spain and operating IP Seguridad, an MSSP serving clients in the banking, government, and defense sectors. In 2007, Julio founded AlienVault, which has grown to become one of the most popular and widely deployed Security Incident and Event Management.
Alicia Coronil Jónsson
Chief Economist at Singular Bank. Former Head of the Department of Economics at the Círculo de Empresarios. Leader of the “Women to Watch” initiative at PWC and Member of the Advisory Board. She holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad San Pablo-CEU. She has published numerous articles in the press and in different books on subjects related to the information society and social aspects of economic policy, among other topics. In the year 2000, her essay “Europe and the Internet” received an Award from the San Pablo-CEU Institute of European Studies and Telefonica.
Ana Rosa Cortez
Experienced Financial Services Advisory Partner in KPMG with focus on market risk, accounting and capital markets regulations, also exploring and working with clients on finance and risk transformation projects. Seasoned IFRS accounting specialist primarily focused on investment and commercial banking subjects – current member of the Technical Experts Group at the EFRAG (advisory body to the European Commission on accounting matters). Investment banking structurer of transactions primarily driven by accounting, tax and regulatory aspects .
Nathalie Delapalme
Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Inspecteur General des Finances, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France (2007-2010). Advisor for Africa and Development in the offices of various Foreign Affairs Ministers (1995-1997 and 2002-2007). Advisor for the Finance and Budgetary Commission, French Senate (1984-1995 and 1997-2002). Member of the Board of IFRI (Institut Francais des Relations Internationales). Recipient of a number of awards and honours. She is Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in France.
Wael William Diab
BS and MS degrees in EE, BA in Economics from Stanford, MBA with honors from Wharton. David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Award for his leadership in Green Technology. Skilled in breakout technology with more than twenty years of executive experience at Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley. Industry expert on digital transformation including Artificial Intelligence (AI), industrial IoT, ICT sustainability and disruptive technologies.
Sylvia Rose Esterby
Professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Previous positions at Okanagan University College and the National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada. Canadian environmental statistician known for her research on water quality. Founder of the International Environmetrics Society (TIES). Elected member of the International Statistical Institute, Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association. 2013 TIES Distinguished Service Award. The Sylvia Esterby Presentation Award of the International Environmetrics Society was established in her name in 2018. Her research interests include statistical methods for water quality monitoring, sustainable agriculture and forest fire risk indicators. She has served in a number of capacities on the Board and Committees of the Statistical Society of Canada.
Muhammad Imran Qureshi
Professor of Management. Technical University of Malaysia Malacca | utem. Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship. Founding director of Connecting Academia, Society & Industry Alliance (Connecting ASIA) Research Network.
José Luis Martín del Yerro Coca
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with an Excellent qualification. Director, Associate Teaching Unit of Aesthetic Surgery, attached to the Hospital Universitario Quirón de Madrid. Director, Madrid Course on Aesthetic Plastic Surgery from 1996 to the present. Head of the Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid. Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida (1987) and in Plastic Surgery, Canniesburn Hospital in Glasgow, United Kingdom (1993). Secretary General of SECPRE. Delegate of Spain at EBOPRAS and at UEMS. Spanish delegate of IPRAS. Member of SECPRE, AECEP and ISAPS. Honorary Member of APRASSA and AICPE. Director of MARTÍN DEL YERRO-CIRUJANOS PLÁSTICOS
Joaquín Martínez
Head of Hematology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid. Director of the phase I clinical trials in Hematology. Director of the CNIO-H12O Hematological Malignancies Research Unit.
MD from the University of Granada, and PhD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the Cellular Therapy Program at the Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
Professor at the Medicine School, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Harvard University (Dana Farber Institute) and University California.
Andrew Mold
Chief, Regional Integration and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Cluster, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based at their Kigali office. Head of Finance for OECD Development Centre (Paris, 2008-2011), having previously worked for the United Nations Secretariat in Ethiopia and Chile and for UNICEF in Costa Rica. Masters degree in Economics and Politics of Development from Cambridge University. Editor of the European Journal of Development Research (2003-2009). Author of numerous research articles in a wide number of international journals.
Josep Pareja
Director of Medical Care for Infectious Diseases at QIAGEN, a key company in the in vitro diagnostics and life sciences sector at a global level. He holds a degree in Biochemistry from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has extensive experience in the biotech industry, has promoted the creation of start-ups, and has also been the Director of Medical Care at a global multinational company. During his career, he has given talks on different key topics in biotechnology, such as assisted reproduction, genetic manipulation techniques and infectious diseases.
Enrique Quemada
President of the ONEtoONE Corporate Finance Group. Chairman of the Board at Mergers Club. Member of the Advisory Board at FinTech Global Association. Member of the Advisory Board for Expansión and Actualidad Económica (Editorial Unit).
Emilio Rincón Paramés
Degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has worked in BANKIA as Director of Business for Companies in the Territorial Center and has been General Director of the Business Unit in Miami, as well as Director of the Business Banking Division for LATAM. He has been President of Madrid Management Company and Director of Metros Ligeros, Previously he was Deputy Director General and Commercial Director of BANDESCO, Manager of Companies and Director of Capital Markets of BANCO HERRERO, Account Manager of Companies of SAUDESBANK and Director of Agency of BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COMERCIO. He is currently a Director of Finanmadrid, Madrid Leasing, and Avalmadrid
Dr. Juan-Evangelista Ruiz de Burgos Moreno
Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Medicine. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Urology Specialist and teacher at Hospital Clínico in Madrid, Andersson-Baylor College in Houston, Royal Surrey-County Hospital in London, University Cambridge Hospitals and Military Hospital of Riyadh. Urologist at the Social Security, Hospital Ruber Internacional in Madrid and Barmen Hospitals of Wüppertal and Grösshadern of Munich University. Pioneer in cryosurgery for prostate cancer and kidney tumors, application of prostate laser, clinical application of autovaccines in recurrent cystitis and paraprobiotics for medical uses. Knight of the Military and Hospital Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Rosa María Sanz García
Director of Operations, EMEA Infrastructure, and member of the Steering Committee at Naturgy. President of Sedigas (Spanish Gas Association). Former Director General for People, Innovation, IT, Cyber Security, Customer Care and Procurement, as well as other global corporate functions at Gas Natural Fenosa. She Graduated from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with a degree in Industrial Engineering. She also holds a Business Senior Executive Master’s Degree from ESADE. In addition, she has a Global CEO Master’s from IESE, is an IMD High Performance Boards Program alumnus and holds an OBS Master’s in cybersecurity.
Pablo Villoslada
Doctor of Medicine, specialising in Neurology, founder of different biotechnology companies, medical devices and software based on artificial intelligence in California and Barcelona. Associate Professor, Stanford University and Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Dorota Witkowska
Professor of Economics, Finance and Statistics, University of Lodz (Poland) and University of Johannesburg (South Africa). Visiting professor, Shandong University, Shanghai University and Shanghai Lixin University (China). President, Current Economic & Social Topics Internat. Research Assoc.-CESTIRA. Member, Executive Committee Internat. Atlantic Economic Society (USA). Researcher in Warsaw University (Poland), Princeton University and Pennsylvania University (USA), Georg August University (Germany).
Justo Alcocer
Partner and Financial Sector Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Former Partner-Director of Roland Berger (Spain). Former Director of Business Development at Banca March. Former Director of March-Unipsa Correduría de Seguros, Alba Participaciones and other group companies. Former Partner and Chief Financial Officer at McKinsey.
Philibert Afrika
Seasoned Development Economist, Founding member and Chairman, University of Kigali, Rwanda. He worked for 30 years at the African Development Bank, high managerial functions (Secretary General, Director of Policy, Operations and Regional Integration). Member Board, Access Bank-Rwanda. Chairman Board of Directors, Cogebank. Co-Founder and Managing Director, University of Kigali Center For Economic Governance and Leadership.
Julio Casal
Julio Casal has a BS in Physics from Complutense University of Madrid. He serves as a strategic advisor to venture funds, is on the board of several startups and serves as a security expert. He was CISO for several ISPs, before building the first white hat / pentesting team in Spain and operating IP Seguridad, an MSSP serving clients in the banking, government, and defense sectors. In 2007, Julio founded AlienVault, which has grown to become one of the most popular and widely deployed Security Incident and Event Management.
Alicia Coronil Jónsson
Chief Economist at Singular Bank. Former Head of the Department of Economics at the Círculo de Empresarios. Leader of the “Women to Watch” initiative at PWC and Member of the Advisory Board. She holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad San Pablo-CEU. She has published numerous articles in the press and in different books on subjects related to the information society and social aspects of economic policy, among other topics. In the year 2000, her essay “Europe and the Internet” received an Award from the San Pablo-CEU Institute of European Studies and Telefonica.
Ana Rosa Cortez
Experienced Financial Services Advisory Partner in KPMG with focus on market risk, accounting and capital markets regulations, also exploring and working with clients on finance and risk transformation projects. Seasoned IFRS accounting specialist primarily focused on investment and commercial banking subjects – current member of the Technical Experts Group at the EFRAG (advisory body to the European Commission on accounting matters). Investment banking structurer of transactions primarily driven by accounting, tax and regulatory aspects.
Nathalie Delapalme
Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Inspecteur General des Finances, Ministry of Economy and Finance, France (2007-2010). Advisor for Africa and Development in the offices of various Foreign Affairs Ministers (1995-1997 and 2002-2007). Advisor for the Finance and Budgetary Commission, French Senate (1984-1995 and 1997-2002). Member of the Board of IFRI (Institut Francais des Relations Internationales). Recipient of a number of awards and honours. She is Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in France.
Wael William Diab
BS and MS degrees in EE, BA in Economics from Stanford, MBA with honors from Wharton. David Packard Medal of Achievement and Innovator Award for his leadership in Green Technology. Skilled in breakout technology with more than twenty years of executive experience at Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley. Industry expert on digital transformation including Artificial Intelligence (AI), industrial IoT, ICT sustainability and disruptive technologies.
Sylvia Rose Esterby
Professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Previous positions at Okanagan University College and the National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada. Canadian environmental statistician known for her research on water quality. Founder of the International Environmetrics Society (TIES). Elected member of the International Statistical Institute, Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association. 2013 TIES Distinguished Service Award. The Sylvia Esterby Presentation Award of the International Environmetrics Society was established in her name in 2018. Her research interests include statistical methods for water quality monitoring, sustainable agriculture and forest fire risk indicators. She has served in a number of capacities on the Board and Committees of the Statistical Society of Canada.
Muhammad Imran Qureshi
Professor of Management. Technical University of Malaysia Malacca | utem. Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship. Founding director of Connecting Academia, Society & Industry Alliance (Connecting ASIA) Research Network.
José Luis Martín del Yerro Coca
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with an Excellent qualification. Director, Associate Teaching Unit of Aesthetic Surgery, attached to the Hospital Universitario Quirón de Madrid. Director, Madrid Course on Aesthetic Plastic Surgery from 1996 to the present. Head of the Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid. Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida (1987) and in Plastic Surgery, Canniesburn Hospital in Glasgow, United Kingdom (1993). Secretary General of SECPRE. Delegate of Spain at EBOPRAS and at UEMS. Spanish delegate of IPRAS. Member of SECPRE, AECEP and ISAPS. Honorary Member of APRASSA and AICPE. Director of MARTÍN DEL YERRO-CIRUJANOS PLÁSTICOS
Joaquín Martínez
Head of Hematology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid. Director of the phase I clinical trials in Hematology. Director of the CNIO-H12O Hematological Malignancies Research Unit.
MD from the University of Granada, and PhD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship within the Cellular Therapy Program at the Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada.
Professor at the Medicine School, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Harvard University (Dana Farber Institute) and University California.
Andrew Mold
Chief, Regional Integration and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Cluster, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based at their Kigali office. Head of Finance for OECD Development Centre (Paris, 2008-2011), having previously worked for the United Nations Secretariat in Ethiopia and Chile and for UNICEF in Costa Rica. Masters degree in Economics and Politics of Development from Cambridge University. Editor of the European Journal of Development Research (2003-2009). Author of numerous research articles in a wide number of international journals.
Enrique Quemada
President of the ONEtoONE Corporate Finance Group. Chairman of the Board at Mergers Club. Member of the Advisory Board at FinTech Global Association. Member of the Advisory Board for Expansión and Actualidad Económica (Editorial Unit).
Josep Pareja
Director of Medical Care for Infectious Diseases at QIAGEN, a key company in the in vitro diagnostics and life sciences sector at a global level. He holds a degree in Biochemistry from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has extensive experience in the biotech industry, has promoted the creation of start-ups, and has also been the Director of Medical Care at a global multinational company. During his career, he has given talks on different key topics in biotechnology, such as assisted reproduction, genetic manipulation techniques and infectious diseases.
Emilio Rincón Paramés
Degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has worked in BANKIA as Director of Business for Companies in the Territorial Center and has been General Director of the Business Unit in Miami, as well as Director of the Business Banking Division for LATAM. He has been President of Madrid Management Company and Director of Metros Ligeros, Previously he was Deputy Director General and Commercial Director of BANDESCO, Manager of Companies and Director of Capital Markets of BANCO HERRERO, Account Manager of Companies of SAUDESBANK and Director of Agency of BANCO INTERNACIONAL DE COMERCIO. He is currently a Director of Finanmadrid, Madrid Leasing, and Avalmadrid
Dr. Juan-Evangelista Ruiz de Burgos Moreno
Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Medicine. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Urology Specialist and teacher at Hospital Clínico in Madrid, Andersson-Baylor College in Houston, Royal Surrey-County Hospital in London, University Cambridge Hospitals and Military Hospital of Riyadh. Urologist at the Social Security, Hospital Ruber Internacional in Madrid and Barmen Hospitals of Wüppertal and Grösshadern of Munich University. Pioneer in cryosurgery for prostate cancer and kidney tumors, application of prostate laser, clinical application of autovaccines in recurrent cystitis and paraprobiotics for medical uses. Knight of the Military and Hospital Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Rosa María Sanz García
Director of Operations, EMEA Infrastructure, and member of the Steering Committee at Naturgy. President of Sedigas (Spanish Gas Association). Former Director General for People, Innovation, IT, Cyber Security, Customer Care and Procurement, as well as other global corporate functions at Gas Natural Fenosa. She Graduated from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with a degree in Industrial Engineering. She also holds a Business Senior Executive Master’s Degree from ESADE. In addition, she has a Global CEO Master’s from IESE, is an IMD High Performance Boards Program alumnus and holds an OBS Master’s in cybersecurity.
Pablo Villoslada
Doctor of Medicine, specialising in Neurology, founder of different biotechnology companies, medical devices and software based on artificial intelligence in California and Barcelona. Associate Professor, Stanford University and Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Dorota Witkowska
Professor of Economics, Finance and Statistics, University of Lodz (Poland) and University of Johannesburg (South Africa). Visiting professor, Shandong University, Shanghai University and Shanghai Lixin University (China). President, Current Economic & Social Topics Internat. Research Assoc.-CESTIRA. Member, Executive Committee Internat. Atlantic Economic Society (USA). Researcher in Warsaw University (Poland), Princeton University and Pennsylvania University (USA), Georg August University (Germany).