Currently, Head of New Ventures at Telefónica Innovation Ventures (Corporate Venture Capital of Telefónica with a current portfolio of 11 startups directly invested and, as a limited partner through 11 Venture Capital Funds, in +100 startups. Telefónica is one of the Top 15 Telecom companies worldwide, with 40Bn+ revenues. Prior to that, I was Head of Innovation at Mutua Madrileña (MM), responsible of defining and launching new products and services to the market. MM is the second largest non-life insurance Group in Spain, with 5+ Bn€ premiums. I was also member of Antai Venture Builder Board of Directors (1st Spanish Venture Builder that launched companies like Wallapop, Glogo…). Before, I worked in Wayra (Telefónica Seed Stage Corporate Venturing Unit) managing the portfolio of their +500 startups and partnerships between them and Telefónica. Also, I started my career working in several positions related with product management and business development in Telefónica Spain. Mentor of several startups in the Spanish and Brazilian ecosystem. Passionate about sports, geopolitics, venture capital and innovation. Executive MBA at IE Business School, Master of Marketing at ESIC Business School and Business Administration at Valladolid University and Bucks New University. My specialties in startups and innovation are focused on Fintech, Cyber, IoT, Video and Health.
She is a graduate in electronic engineering, specialising micromanufacturing, from Wilkes University (USA, 1996). She began her career at Harris Semiconductors and later at Lucent Technologies, working on the PEBB project for the US Government. In 2003, she returned permanently to Spain, where she has held various positions of responsibility at various internationals, until in 2019 she founded L’OLA Consulting, a company that covers posts as interim management in various companies with occasional needs in areas of Management, Operations or Logistics, focusing on digitalisation and new technology integration processes (blockchain, smartcontract, IoT, sensoring, etc...). She has jointly led a blockchain startup for to manage and digitalise first-mile data for the food sector.
She joined INCIBE in February, 2020, as the manager of Enterprise and R&D Support area. Lola is also a private investor focused on giving visibility to STEM projects led by women, as well as projects that promote growth and competitiveness in rural areas. She actively participates as a mentor in the STEM TALENT GIRL programme, which aims to inspire, educate and empower girls and women to work in technical fields. In her spare time she also mentors women in rural Leon.
Lola is an Expert Evaluator for the European Economic Commission (REA) for the FP7, Eureka and H2020 programmes, besides Denmark Fund Investments (DFIs) and INNOWIDE, and she was on the jury of the 3rd Edition of the CSIV (China Spain Innovation Venture) in Madrid and the final of StartUp Olé in Salamanca. In 2018, she was selected for the Promociona VI Edition programme, an Executive programme for Women in Senior Management, run by the Government of Spain, CEOE and ESADE.
Rosa Díaz Moles holds a degree in Exact Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid and also studied a General Management Program from the IESE Business School. She has been part of the INCIBE team since June 2019, first as the Deputy Director of Companies and Professionals, then as Deputy Director for Business Support and R&D&I since September 2019 and as General Director since November.
With a solid background in the ICT sector, Rosa Díaz has held different managerial positions in companies such as Sage Spain, where she became Director of Operations in the SME and Self-Employed and Training Division, Santander Elavon Merchant Services S.L., where she was Support Director and Panda Security where she worked as the Country Manager Iberia for almost four years.
She belongs to different groups whose objective is to bring visibility to women in jobs in ICT, particularly in the cybersecurity sector. She has also been an INCIBE cyber-cooperator since May 2018 with the aim of spreading and raising awareness among young people and families about the importance of cybersecurity in order to be safer in our digital lives.
Idoia has in-depth knowledge and proven experience in Cybersecurity operations and management, Global Defence Capabilities, and IT Risk and Technology Management with more than 20 years of experience in executive positions in multinational companies (IBM, Andersen, BearingPoint and Santander).
Besides working at Santander, she is part of the International Security Advisory Board of Telefonica since 2018.
In Santander Group since 2006 in different roles, I have been fortunate in the last 3 years to be part of the transformation of Cybersecurity into a completely Global unit that is a reference and model in the sector, working for the Global CISO (Chief Information Security Officer), Daniel Barriuso. She is currently leading the day-to-day supervision and coordination of all the CISOs of the Group entities, including the digital units.
Frequent speaker at cyber security conferences and an industry champion for women and girls in cybersecurity and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Founder of Women In CyberSecurity Spain (WICS) in 2018 and part of Santander Women Network (SWN).
She has a degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Valladolid, an MBA from the Autonomous University of Madrid and more than 20 years’ experience in the technology sector. Susana has worked for leading companies in the sector and, since joining IBM in 2006, she has held various posts related to technological infrastructure, the cloud, data and artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. She is currently the Director of IBM’s Security Unit for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel.
Carlos Acha Ledesma is graduated in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He has a Master of Business Administration from the Instituto de Empresa (Executive MBA).
His career has been spent at ALSA since 1999, working in various areas of management of the organisation’s passenger transport companies, participating in its growth and internationalisation processes.
In 2001, he was appointed CEO of ALSA Chile, where he led the company for 3 years.
In 2004, he was appointed Director of Organisation and Corporate Services at ALSA, a post he held until 2014.
He has been Chief Operating Officer since February 2014.
In April, 2017 he combined this with the role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at ALSA.
CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) – ISACA, Madrid / CSSA (Certified SCADA Security Architect) - IACRB / PCI Professional – PCI Security Council Studied Computer Science Management at the Pontificia de Comillas University.
With more than 20 years working regarding Information Security / Cyber at companies like Deloitte, SIA Group or IBM. The main activities along his career have been related to GRC, Internal and External IT Audit, Risk/Process Assessments in national and international projects and coordinating the implantation and configuration of several technologies (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, GDPR, DLP, SIEM...)
Dr. Industrial Engineer from the University of Seville (1995). His teaching career began at the end of 1989 at the University of Seville, obtaining the position of Titular Professor of the University in 1997. Professor of Systems Engineering and Automation at the University of Jaén since 2002. President of the ICT Sector Commission of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) and member of the extended executive Commission of the CRUE. President of the Association of Public Universities of Andalusia (AUPA) since December 2018