Stefan Felix van Hemmen, DIRECTOR

Focussed on financial contracts and business insolvency, producing statistics on pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy procedures of legal entities and natural persons (fresh start). Strong research interest in institutional analysis, digital transformation and platformization in finance and education. Advisorship to public institutions and in the professional and legal field, notably including the Spanish College of Registrars, Catalan Council of Lawyers and the General Council of Economists of Spain. Invited to give seminars in entities as the Bank of Spain and in bank study services (Caixabank Research).

Mihee Seo

Entrepreneur

Alumni of the IMBM program (UAB); BA in Psychology and Business Administration, Ewha Women University, South Korea; US Certified Public Accountant, Vermont, USA; Expert in international strategic and project development consulting, founder of OASTA Consulting, formerly worked in the strategy team of Samsung Electronics HQ in the areas of business development, foreign alliances & investments and M&As.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miheeseo/

Joan Carles Suari

Professor at the University of Barcelona (UB)

He is a Doctor in Economics. He specializes in International Trade Practice after nineteen years collaborating with the Barcelona Port Authority in educational matters. After a trainee period at The European Commission in 1981, he has always been involved in European Union issues as a member of Team Europe (group of speakers supported by the European Commission on the objectives of the European Integration Process). In this field he specializes in Trade and Customs policies. He has teaching experience in Uzbekistan, Peru, Colombia, Morocco and in Syria.

Gabriel Izard 

Staff at Autonomous University of Barcelona

He is Economist and Doctor by the UAB. He also has a PDD degree at the Iese Business School. He teach at the UAB from the 90’s, about Distribution Channel Management, under the Marketing area at the Business Department. He also teach about Business in Action and International Marketing Strategies at the Study Abroad Program at the UAB. He has a long professional career and activities related to the retail industry, the use of information technologies, and with the economic news and press. He is from the beginning, the Coordinator of The  Master in Executive Business Management  that was launched in 2008 by the Business and Economics Faculty at the UAB.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaizard/

Miguel Angel Garcia Cestona

Professor of Managerial Economics at the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (UAB)

He graduated from Universidad de Zaragoza and holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, GSB. He is currently the coordinator of the DEMO Doctoral Program at UAB. Visiting fellow in ITAM, Kobe University, and Copenhaguen Business School. His research interests are in the fields of corporate governance, comparative institutional analysis and the theory of the firm. Recent papers deal with the governance mechanisms and efficiency of the Spanish Banks, Ownership and Corporate Governance, CEO turnover and employee participation. He has published, among others, in Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Operational Research and Strategic Management Journal, and several book chapters on Corporate Governance. He has served as a referee in more than 15 different journals. Among them: Academy of Management Journal, Economic Journal, Management Science, Corporate Governance International Review, Spanish Economic Review, Journal of Banking and Finance and Management Research. 

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-a-garc%C3%ADa-cestona-91614147/

John Slof

Associate Professor at the Department of Business at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

John Slof is currently associate professor (professor agregat) in the area of Financial Economics and Accounting at the Department of Business of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, after previous positions in academia and consulting at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Health Outcomes Research Europe. He holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology (1987) and a PhD in Business Administration from IESE Business School (2004). His main research interests are health economics and management accounting and control. His latest publications have appeared in the European Journal of Health Economics, the International Journal of Cardiology, and Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. While Dr. Slof has teaching experience in many areas of accounting and finance, his current commitments concentrate mainly on cost accounting and management control.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnslof/ 

Myriam Hikimura

IMBM teaching staff at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Myriam was born in Mexico where she studied Industrial Engineering (Tec de Monterrey) and a Master in Business Administration at Escuela de Graduados en Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (EGADE).  She worked for the Expansion Department for Latin America for Tec de Monterrey, and in 2003 she moved to Barcelona for continuing studying.  At 2005, she got a Master in Research at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, and started teaching at the Bellatera Campus (UAB) in the field in Marketing.  Since 2007 she has been teaching at different universities (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, CEA-University of New Haven, Arcadia University, Toulouse Business School, among others), specializing in Finance, Marketing, and Business, for undergraduate and graduate programs.

Rafael Fernández Santor

Holds a Degree in Economics and Business from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, an MBA from IESE Business School and a Certificate Program in Corporate Governance and Board of Directors from ESADE.  Deep and large background on executive roles within multinational companies, has served as Managing Director in IGEI Corporate Partners focusing on Strategy, Restructuring and International Business Development. Involved as Independent Member of several Board of Directors he serves currently in Pushkar Capital and Argent SBI Capital as Strategy and Investments Advisor and Partner. Lecturer as Associate Professor for graduate and post-graduate programs in Strategic Management at the Dept. of Business at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and at the Dept.  of Business at Universitat de Barcelona in Innovation & Entrepreneurship for technology-based corporations.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-fern%C3%A1ndez-santor/ 

Josep Rialp

Dr. Josep Rialp is Associate Professor in Marketing and Market Research in the Department of Business at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. He is author and/or co-author of different books, chapter books or papers in both national and international academic journals such as International Business Review, Advances in International Marketing, Journal of World Business, Regional Studies, Journal of Advertising, and Journal of Small Business Management, among others. His research interests are: Marketing metrics, SME management and marketing, interorganizational collaboration, and research techniques. Dr. Josep Rialp also serves as reviewer for different academic journals

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josep-rialp-2b9674b/

Isabel Martínez Cosentino

Associate Professor of International Business & Cross Cultural Management at the UAB. Fifteen years as Director of International Expansion at the Multinational Silestone. Bachelor of Business Administration and Management and EMBA at the University of Tulane of Houston. Marketing Communications Certificate Program, University of Houston, Houston, TX. Founder and CEO of crossculturalsolutions.es. Consultancy on intercultural communication for the cohesion of multicultural teams, hospitals, companies and organizations in the process of internationalization. The most recent projects include the design of the Talent Integration process for companies in mergers and acquisitions processes. Participates in the boards of directors of Fundación Esplai, Cosentino, Surister and Tick Translations. Member of the Board of Counselors of l'ODEE.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelmartinezcosentino/

Montserrat Guerrero

Marketing Manager at Embalajes RAJA® & Associate Marketing Professor

Montserrat has a large experience in strategic marketing, consumer centric & research in many sectors such as FMCG, IT, B2B and Services. She combines work in private industry with teaching marketing at the University. She has a clear customer focus and she's involved in the strategy of the company. Resourceful, analytical person, excellent communicator, team player and business oriented, she's able to explore different alternatives to achieve good results. Experienced in digital environments, proven experience of website analytics tools. Experienced in managing CRM tools.  Currently Montse is marketing manager in RAJA, she's Responsible for all aspects of Customer & E-Business Marketing, developing and setting the customer marketing strategy for the growth of the company.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/montserratguerrero/

Silvia Piqueras

She has a Degree in Economics and Business for Universitat de Barcelona (UB), specializing in Businesses Administration and Master of Public Administration for Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Currently, she is involved in a Ph.D. process on Entrepreneurship and Management at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Silvia is an outstanding international business development director with a strong combination of excellent strategic and implementation skills, and a well-proven record of successfully driving business growth to deliver substantial revenue, profits, and shareholder value. Particular expertise in the creation and expansion of new operations and ventures together with the management of international market development strategies. She has worked as a consultant in KPMG and Deloitte for many years, and a CEO of pharmaceutical industry in Barcelona. 

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvia-p-17b6138/

Joan Llonch

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-llonch-andreu-ph-d-24a79922/

Joan Anton Camuñas 

He holds a MBA from ESADE Business School (Barcelona). He also holds a degree in Philosophy and Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona, and a doctoral degree in Law from the Université de Montpellier (France).  He had been professor at ESADE Business School and he has also being teaching at the Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona (UAB) during more than 25 years. His areas of interest are: Strategic Management&Organizational Behaviour. He combines university and management consultancy at his own company CRS CONSULTORES S.A., and during some years as Managing Partner at KPMG CRS Peat&Marwick S.L. He works for public and private organizations and also for governments. Since 2004 he has achieved a remarkable experience in China, mainly focused in Sports & Leisure industry

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-anton-camuñas-feijóo-b3157317/

Pere Nicolas

Professor of Accounting and Finance with special interest in Management Accounting (Financial and Cost) and Business simulations. PhD in Business and Economics (UAB), MBA and MSc in Management Control (University of Pittsburgh). Former Director of the Business department in UAB and former Academic coordinator in the dual MBA program between HIBA (Syria) and UAB. Before joining the academia worked several years as area manager in manufacturing and service companies.

Xavier Gassó

Education: University degree in Entrepreneurship by UB (Barcelona), MBA International by La Salle (Barcelona) and Manhattan College (New York), PDG IESE (Barcelona), Executive Coach EEC/ICF (Barcelona). Professional activities: Chief Financial Officer for 28 years in diferent  multinational companies, CIRSA , Amway and Serunion (Elior Group). Executive coach. University professor in, European Business School, CEET, UAB,Toulouse Business School and IBEI.

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-gasso-b0b5819/

Pablo Cebriá

Co-founder, CEO, and principal lecturer

MS in Civil Engineering, post-degree in Data Science and Machine Learning at UB, and Executive Master in Business Analytics at ESADE. Expert in growing analytical cultures and implementing Data Science processes, he founded Todoesdata; a strategy consultancy focused on transforming traditional companies into Data Driven ones. He balances managing his company with being an Academic Director and principal lecturer of Executive Data Science at ESADE.

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablocebriacortina/

Pere Ortín

Professor at the Department of Business at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

He has lead several research projects and educative initiatives related with the economic analysis of organizations and more specifically the determinants and consequences of the adoption of different personnel practices.  Results of such initiatives have been published in top international journals as the Journal of Labor Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy or Technovation just for citing the most representative ones. For further details you can visit his google scholar profile.

Linkedin profile: (99+) Pedro Ortín-Ángel | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-ort%C3%ADn-%C3%A1ngel-19510848/

Facundo Garcia

Facundo has over eight years of experience working in HR roles in both national and global companies. His research primarily focuses on the application of social exchange theory to customer and patient services. Facundo also possesses teaching experience in various fields, including marketing and HR.

He holds a Ph.D. in Business from the Universitat de Barcelona. Prior to that, he obtained a BSc in Labor Relations from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, a master's degree in Business Research from UB, and a postgraduate diploma in Management from the University of London.

Linkedin profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/facundo-garcia-pereyra/

Magda Cayón 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magdalena-cayon-costa-phd-4543354/