EAE Business School presents the 12th issue of Talent Alumni Review
EAE Business School, part of the Planeta Formación y Universidades division, has published the twelfth issue of issue its magazine, Talent Alumnni Review, aimed at the School’s Alumni community. In this issue, the front cover features Verónica Fisas, the CEO of Natura Bissé and graduate of EAE’s MBA, who discusses her leadership of the cosmetic sector, with a turnover of over 90 million euros, in the magazine’s Profile section. She gives an overview of how she led a family firm to become a leading company that is conquering the world.
Another woman featuring in this issue of the magazine, specifically in the Women Initiative section, is Andrea Castillo, an entrepreneur who has launched her sustainability-based business venture, Recoambiente. Her client portfolio now boasts around fifty hotels in the Spanish capital, including NH and RIU, generating a turnover of over 1.1 million euros.
This issue of Talent Alumni Review also showcases the stories of Inés Lucía Ovejero, Ricard del Alcázar, Gianlucca Noriega and Laura Salmaso, former EAE students who have excelled in their respective professional fields, share their experiences in the One of Our Own section.
Meanwhile, the Alumni Around the World section gives us an overview of the stories of EAE graduates who are now working abroad, such as Leyre Ramírez, who lives in the Netherlands and works in the flower e-commerce sector. Moreover, the A Day in the Life section shares the story of Kristel Sakay, a fitness influencer and graduate of EAE’s Master in Digital Marketing & E-Commerce, who started her own sportswear and swimwear company focusing on women.
The magazine also contains contributions from our faculty, such as Tatiana Valoira, the Director of the Master in Fashion & Retail Management Barcelona-Rome, and Ramon Solé, Director of the Luxury Brand Management MBA, who analyse the fashion sector and the challenges it faces, such as sustainability and technology in the In Depth section.
Lastly, the magazine finishes with an interview with the CEO of Compo Iberia, Oscar Sinca, who shares some tips for the marketing area regarding how to break the mold and question everything, as it can all be improved.
With this latest issue, EAE Business School and Ramón Abella, the new President of Alumni EAE and Director of Intersafe Iberia, hope to inspire future students through the success stories of our graduates.
“I am embarking on my new stage as the President of Alumni with this new issue of Talent Alumni Review, filled with stories focusing on you, after your time in the classrooms of EAE Business School. Thanks for your efforts, resilience, creativity, adaptability and capacity to see opportunities in problems and embrace keen and non-conformist spirit of surpassing ourselves”, explained Ramón Abella, the President of Alumni EAE.
ENTREPRENEURS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IMPROVING HEALTH
In the Entrepreneurs section, we highlight the story of Luis Valiente, who, after graduating from EAE’s Global Executive MBA, applied the knowledge he had acquired to detect and capitalize on a market opportunity by creating a way to accelerate the development of medications and enhance the effectiveness of clinical trials through Artificial Intelligence. This is the mission of iLoF, the start-up that he founded based on the premise that every person needs personalized treatment.
"As the CEO and Co-Founder of iLoF, a high tech, high growth business, it is very important to make sure that my team and I grow at the same pace as the business. This is a really common problem for start-ups: the companies grow exponentially, but the executives often grow linearly”, acknowledged the EAE graduate.
Another success story of the entrepreneurs who started out at EAE is Silvia Escámez, the Founder of Finteca and Prohipotecas, who combined her entrepreneurial vocation and her experience in the banking sector to create and launch two financial consultancy and management platforms. The first offers information and financing for people looking to take out a mortgage, while the second is a tool for real estate agents.
EAE AMBASSADORS 2023
The second edition of the EAE Ambassadors section focuses on the 10 best ambassadors of the EAE community, which includes students, alumni, faculty members and employees of EAE Barcelona and EAE Madrid. The Ambassadors exert their influence within their respective circles, recounting their EAE experience in person and digitally, sharing their participation in the School’s events, recommending activities, leaving interesting reviews, making proposals for improvements, and so on. Their communication actions are converted into points which, in turn, earn them benefits and rewards for forming part of this new community.
Moreover, the Elevator Tips section shares useful advice for our alumni’s professional lives from four EAE lecturers: Anna Ripoll, the Director of the Master in Customer Experience; Estanis Iglesias, a lecturer on the Master in Big Data & Analytics; Alejandro Casero, a lecturer on the Master in Digital Marketing & E-Commerce; and Esther González, the Director of HR Master programs at EAE Business School.
Last but not least, all the latest developments at EAE can be found in The Insider, a section with all the most important news, events, presentations and appointments within the EAE community, such as the Annual Alumni Reunion, the yearly Talent EAE event, the EAE Impact Awards, and much more.
