MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE 1. Hotel Business Area Jaime Ozores (managing partner of the Norman Broadbent hotel chain) Management and executive talent search expert for hotel chains, tourism companies and restaurant chains. Norman Broadbent, a global leadership consulting and executive search firm. He works/has worked for: Meliá Barceló Occidental Hoteles Room Mate AC Hotels PortAventura Tui Travel plc. Grupo Zena Telepizza Grupo Vip’s Serunion Compass Group (Eurest). Toni Mascaró (eMascaró) Specializing in the strategic definition, development and deployment of Internet 360 projects for the tourism sector. Head of eMascaro, a leading company in the creation of internet projects for the tourism sector which boasts a portfolio of highly prestigious clients and is renowned for its innovation and creativity. He works/has worked with: Hotel Majestic Silken Rafael Hoteles Hotansa Axel Hoteles Hotel Wellington Ohla Hotel Hotel Central PGA Catalunya Ahotels Hotansa Chic & Basic Casino de Barcelona BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE - Ferrocarils de la Generalitat Miguel Vázquez (Managing partner of IREA) Managing Partner of hotels at Irea, a company that specializes in advising on hotel sales transactions, feasibility studies for new hotel projects and hotel chain search and selection. Irea, a company that specializes in providing consulting, financial and transaction advisory services in the hotel sector. He works/has worked with: Arthur Andersen Irea BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE 2. Restaurant Business Area Alfons Pastor (CEO of the Caterdata Group) CEO of the Caterdata Group With more than 20 years' experience at the helm of a number of hospitality industry supply companies. Caterdata is the publisher of market-leading magazines, RRR and Caternewsy H. He works/has worked with: United Biscuits Diversey Chefservices SepHoreca J.M. Vallsmadella (Managing Partner, Horeca Solutions Group) An expert in restaurant marketing and hospitality company management, with extensive experience in the creation of new concepts and sales and marketing campaigns for hospitality companies. He works at Horeca Solutions, a company specializing in providing consulting and training services for Horeca Group businesses: restaurants, cooperatives, manufacturers, distributors, etc. He works/has worked with: Planaction (hospitality consulting) Mazars Turismo Ibersol Restauraçao (Company with 400 restaurants – Marketing Director) El Moli Vell (deputy CEO) Horeca Solutions (Managing Partner) Albert Guerra (Partner and CEO of Gextión) Owner and CEO of Gextión with a degree in Economics from Nottingham Trent University. Holder of a Master's degree in Finance from the Centre for Financial Studies (CEF). Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the EAE Business School. Diploma in Business Studies from the UPC. Operational consulting and training company specializing in tourism, commerce, hospitality, leisure and cooperatives. He works/has worked with: - Gextion BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE 3. Product Jairo González (CEO, Sidorme Hotels) CEO of Sidorme and qualified roads, canals and ports engineer, with extensive experience in the analysis, evaluation and resolution of operational and financial problems. Turnaround Projects aimed at the corporate restructuring of manufacturing, distribution and service companies and Sidorme Hotels (hotel chain). He works/has worked with: Sidorme Vetrotex Acciona Agua Eldu Inypsa Turnaround Projects Cesar Fuertes (Barceló Engineering and Energy Efficiency Director) An industrial engineer involved in the design and coordination of the facilities in both urban and holiday hotel projects and head of the Department of Energy Efficiency for Barceló Hotels. Barceló Hotels is a leading company in the Spanish hotel tourism sector, with a national and international presence. He works/has worked with: - He has spent his entire professional career working at Barceló Hotels. Tomás Zamora Álvarez (PhD in Industrial Engineering) With a PhD in Industrial Engineering, he is head of R&D at Colchones Delax and Director of Innovation at the European Sleep Care Institute. He works/has worked with: Hábitat NH Tau Cerámica Roca Flex Pikolín Marmol Compaq Fagor Acciona y Teka BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE 4. Innovation Eduardo Olano (Managing Director, Balantia) Eduardo Olano is the managing director of Balantia, which has a mixed technical and financial profile that is implemented in the design of products and services associated with energy efficiency in the tourism sector. Balantia is the first Spanish company to specialize exclusively in energy efficiency in the tourism sector. He works/has worked with: - Balantia - Auna - Abengoa Quique Alcántara Alcover (Director of Innovation in Tourism, IBV Valencia Institute of Biomechanics) Director of Innovation in tourism at the IBV, he is an expert in person-oriented innovation, specifically in the emotional design of products and the study and design of experiences. The IBV is a technology centre specializing in the multidisciplinary study of human activities and related products and environments. He works/has worked with: Camper Superga Pikolinos Kerabén Tau Mondo Orbea Trango Adrià Soler Selga (fds Consulting) Expert in business strategy related to franchising, retail and restaurant services. He has been involved in the creation and development of business concepts since 1999. FDS, specializing in the development and expansion of business concepts in retail and restaurant franchising. BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE He works/has worked with: Il Caffé Di Roma Lavazza Chocolates Valor Cacao Sampaka General Óptica FCBarcelona Sara Lee La Caixa Foundation BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES MAGMA HOSPITALITY CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN HOTELS, TOURISM AND LEISURE 5. Start-up Maurici Segú Founder and director of Innovarout, a brand specializing in innovation projects. Helping company owners and directors from diverse sectors to develop concrete and effective innovation projects. He works/has worked with: Marketing Director for the Hotusa Group Marketing Director, Keytel Marketing Manager, TQ3 Travel Solutions José Luís Martínez Cofounder of Marca Cardinal, providing business creation and management expertise to companies and entrepreneurs, in addition to expert and economic reporting services. He lectures at the 'Tecnocampus', 'Institut d'Estudis Financers' and at 'IQS'. He works/has worked with: CEO of Dakota Box Cofounder of Working Oxygen, SL External Financial Director of Ediciones ADG Manager at Mazars Logistics management at Confecciones Fema. Jordi Safont General Partner at Lánzame Capital. Selection of and investment in start-ups with growth potential. Advising investors throughout the entire process of adding value to start-ups. He works/has worked with: Investor in Kantox Consultant for Treeple A Business Development Manager, Spain at Seed & Click Financial advisor at Gighub Venture Fellows Program for the NYU Innovation Fund Private Wealth Manager at Catalunya Caixa CEO and entrepreneur at Kiron BARCELONA – BOGOTÁ – BUENOS AIRES