Neolith is the worldwide leading player in design and manufacturing of technical sintered stone (ceramic base) with presence in c.80 countries. I joined the Group to find a new shareholder to support the business plan that ended with Investindustrial investing in a majoritarian position in September 2019. I stayed as Group CFO and joint director of the national and international companies with the objective of leading the transformation to multinational standards for Finance/controlling… Show more Neolith is the worldwide leading player in design and manufacturing of technical sintered stone (ceramic base) with presence in c.80 countries. I joined the Group to find a new shareholder to support the business plan that ended with Investindustrial investing in a majoritarian position in September 2019. I stayed as Group CFO and joint director of the national and international companies with the objective of leading the transformation to multinational standards for Finance/controlling, Treasury/Risks, Admin, Tax, IT and Procurement areas (+ 60 people).In July 2022, Investindustrial left the company and CVC took its control.Achievements-• Internalize consolidation and budgeting processes.• Creation of a monthly reporting pack. Commercial and Industrial Business Units approach and Power BI use.• Business partnering mindset to increase value added by the department.• IT director plan. SAP 4/Hanna (main backbone), Salesforce and Success Factors implementation.• Kyriba (TMS) implementation and weekly Liquidity (13WCF and FY cash-flow).• Increase of liquidity through working capital improvements.• Share Service Center approach for treasury, admin and procurement.• Tax roadmap (transfer pricing policies, customs, intangibles and Tax Quarterly Reporting Pack).• Category buyers procurement structure and hedging contracts to secure energy Price. Show less

I joined the Senior Management Team in the implementation phase of a port terminal in Lazaro Cardenas (usd 1 bn) to consolidate and manage the Finance, Legal and Procurement departments with direct report to MD and functionally to Group CFO for CCO area.Achievements-• Termination of construction contract with ICA.• Stop blockage from Unions in port area and restart construction works.• Arbitration process against former contractor and settlement of claims.• Finance… Show more I joined the Senior Management Team in the implementation phase of a port terminal in Lazaro Cardenas (usd 1 bn) to consolidate and manage the Finance, Legal and Procurement departments with direct report to MD and functionally to Group CFO for CCO area.Achievements-• Termination of construction contract with ICA.• Stop blockage from Unions in port area and restart construction works.• Arbitration process against former contractor and settlement of claims.• Finance implementation for go-live (procurement, billing, accounting, reporting & controlling, legal & claims).• Concession renegotiation.• Restructuring finance department.• Stakeholder management (IFC World Bank, Unions, Port Authority….) Show less

CFO and member of Senior Management Team reporting to the Spanish Managing Director and the Group CFO. There were four areas reporting to me: finance & administration, reporting & controlling, IT and Legal.Achievements-• Setting of “20-miles” Company Strategy.• Hub-partnership collaboration with ML.• Concession reunification and extension.• CAPEX terminal adaptation to triple-E vessels.• Business intelligence (Microstrategy) implementation.I joined the company as… Show more CFO and member of Senior Management Team reporting to the Spanish Managing Director and the Group CFO. There were four areas reporting to me: finance & administration, reporting & controlling, IT and Legal.Achievements-• Setting of “20-miles” Company Strategy.• Hub-partnership collaboration with ML.• Concession reunification and extension.• CAPEX terminal adaptation to triple-E vessels.• Business intelligence (Microstrategy) implementation.I joined the company as CFO reporting to the Spanish Managing Director and the Europe CFO. There were different areas reporting to me (nearly 30 people in total): finance, reporting & controlling, IT (1,5 years), Continous improvement (1,5 years) and Legal. Show less

Baker & McKenzie is a global law firm that bring to matters the instinctively global perspective and deep market knowledge and insights of more than 3,750 locally admitted lawyers in 70 offices worldwide.Baker & McKenzie is the most established international law firm in Spain (200 lawyers) and a market leader in the local community. I joined the Madrid office as interim CFO reporting to the COO. My short-term objectives have been to finalise the 2011 statutory audit, to improve… Show more Baker & McKenzie is a global law firm that bring to matters the instinctively global perspective and deep market knowledge and insights of more than 3,750 locally admitted lawyers in 70 offices worldwide.Baker & McKenzie is the most established international law firm in Spain (200 lawyers) and a market leader in the local community. I joined the Madrid office as interim CFO reporting to the COO. My short-term objectives have been to finalise the 2011 statutory audit, to improve the reporting proceses to headquarters and the billing and collecting flow. Show less

ALDEASA Group is one of the most important airport retail operators with access to 245 million passengers basically through the stores in London Heathrow and Madrid Barajas. The sales are nearly € 1.8 billion. The group operates in 16 countries and belongs to AUTOGRILL GROUP.I’ve joined the company to head the Economic & Finance Department (40 people) of the parent group company, which is also the one who run the corporative group functions and reports to the CEO and the AUTOGRILL… Show more ALDEASA Group is one of the most important airport retail operators with access to 245 million passengers basically through the stores in London Heathrow and Madrid Barajas. The sales are nearly € 1.8 billion. The group operates in 16 countries and belongs to AUTOGRILL GROUP.I’ve joined the company to head the Economic & Finance Department (40 people) of the parent group company, which is also the one who run the corporative group functions and reports to the CEO and the AUTOGRILL Group. The main areas under my responsibility are: Treasury, Consolidation and Accountancy, Controlling and Reporting, Accounts with Thirds and Taxes.I attend the Senior Executive Committee and the Finance Group Committee meetings and I report directly to the CEO and CFO.Achievements-• Redefinition of the Department structure/functions: spam of control improvement (reduction, from 8 to 5, of the number of areas reporting to me) and integration in the SSC of the accounts receivable functions and non-trade accounts with suppliers.• Reorganization of activities and entities inside the group in order to separate the lines of businesses different than the retail ones: food & beverages and flight services. • First full set of consolidated financial statements under IFRS for the Retail Group independent from Autogrill Accounts.• Financing for the Group: multicurrency and multiborrower revolving credit facilities of € 650 million with a syndicate of banks and € 200 million from AUTOGRILL Group.Other projects-• Implementation of Hyperion for consolidation purposes. Reduction of consolidation reporting packages to AUTOGRILL. Show less

CAREY Value Added (formerly Losan Hotels World Value Added I) is a hotel investment fund mainly participated by Spanish saving banks (initially sponsored by Ahorro Corporación Financiera) and some family offices. In recent years, the fund has invested nearly € 600 M in acquiring 14 hotels abroad: USA (2), Germany (2), France (2), United Kingdom (2), Belgium (4), Italy (1) and Switzerland (1). Some hotels are directly managed by the Fund and the rest are being operated by big hotel… Show more CAREY Value Added (formerly Losan Hotels World Value Added I) is a hotel investment fund mainly participated by Spanish saving banks (initially sponsored by Ahorro Corporación Financiera) and some family offices. In recent years, the fund has invested nearly € 600 M in acquiring 14 hotels abroad: USA (2), Germany (2), France (2), United Kingdom (2), Belgium (4), Italy (1) and Switzerland (1). Some hotels are directly managed by the Fund and the rest are being operated by big hotel chains (Marriot, Steigemberger, NH, Barceló and Hotusa) under lease agreements.The Fund was run by a management company until the beginning of 2009. After the cessation of the management agreement, my priority was to set the new Financial Department from zero to recover the under-development in the Fund operations and to establish the required controls over the investment and the reporting process to our shareholders. My job was basically developed in a multinational environment (fund with 17 foreign companies).The Fund started a process in order to restructure its financial debt of nearly € 386 M some months before I left the company.I belonged to the Management Committee and I attended all the Board of Directors meetings. I reported to the CEO.Achievements-• Rebuilding of the accountancy and finance information starting from scratch.• Full renovation/change of the people working in the Financial Department.• Implementation of EXACT-Dimoni.• Recovering of more than one year of delay in the financial information.• Reinitiating relations with stakeholders.• Preparation of business cases to be discussed with the financial institutions in the debt restructuring process. Show less

Leading middle market private equity firm focused in Spain (Madrid) that closed important operations in the last decade. The invested capital of INVERALIA (including co-investors) in the 6 most representative investments (including 5 add-ons investments) reached € 185 M (2,8x gross return multiple and 23,4% IRR).INVERALIA most important shareholders are: the former shareholders of LARIOS GROUP, Banco Pastor, Sociedad Azucarera Larios and Ybarra family, among others.I belonged to… Show more Leading middle market private equity firm focused in Spain (Madrid) that closed important operations in the last decade. The invested capital of INVERALIA (including co-investors) in the 6 most representative investments (including 5 add-ons investments) reached € 185 M (2,8x gross return multiple and 23,4% IRR).INVERALIA most important shareholders are: the former shareholders of LARIOS GROUP, Banco Pastor, Sociedad Azucarera Larios and Ybarra family, among others.I belonged to the Management Committee and I attended all the Board of Directors meetings. I reported to the CEO.Main responsibilities-• Active participation in the investment/divestment process.• Financial and economic issues.• Reporting and controlling.Achievements-• INVERALIA was a start-up company so I had to set the Financial Department from zero.• 11 investments (€ 173 M) and 5 divestments (€ 192 M) of companies.• Corporate restructuring operations in the subsidiaries (5 mergers and 1 spin-off).• 13 complex financial contracts (€ 471 M) and 1 recap (€ 198 M).• Cooperation in 3 ERP implementations in subsidiaries.• Management of the Dorlast Group bankruptcy situation (7 companies).• Constitution of 2 new venture capital companies to raise new funds (€ 200 M) and a management company. Representative Investments: FAMOSA, EUROPASTRY, ZENA Group and Inversiones IBERSUIZAS. Show less

I worked for the audit division of the Malaga Office during 6 years reaching the position of Manager. I was appointed to be the Managing Director of the Granada Office before joining INVERALIA.Main responsibilities-• In charge of the audit of big consolidated groups and of personnel training of my team.Other projects-• Purchase of LARIOS Group by PERNOD RICARD.• Purchase of REVILLA Group by NAVIDUL Group.• Possibility of joint-venture LARIOS-SEAGRAMS.Main… Show more I worked for the audit division of the Malaga Office during 6 years reaching the position of Manager. I was appointed to be the Managing Director of the Granada Office before joining INVERALIA.Main responsibilities-• In charge of the audit of big consolidated groups and of personnel training of my team.Other projects-• Purchase of LARIOS Group by PERNOD RICARD.• Purchase of REVILLA Group by NAVIDUL Group.• Possibility of joint-venture LARIOS-SEAGRAMS.Main clients: LARIOS Group (spirit drinks), OSUNA Group (real estate), SANDO Group (construction), NAVIDUL Group (processed meat) and FINANCIERA y MINERA, ITALCEMENTI Group (cement). Show less