CEng, MIoD, MIMechE, MScOriginally from the Chilean Patagonia, Juan Carlos has lived in the UK for almost two decades. His engineering background combined with a spirit of adventure has taken him from Chile to Canada, England and Scotland. During the first decade of his career, he worked as an engineer for multinationals such as Methanex Corporation, John Crane, Esterline and Ametek. His arrival in Scotland in 2011 marked the beginning of the second half of his career. This coincided with a shift in his personal goals that put him into a business path. He first built a small property portfolio and started to work for startups where he became a director and raised funding from angel investors. Years later, he started his consultancy company, began working on his own entrepreneurial projects and joined an international VC from Chile.In 2019, he started working with a family office from Chile, helping them to establish international business relationships. Since 2020 he has collaborated with ElTurf.com, a horse racing data and technology company, leading its international expansion.