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PaoCapital

Independent Board Director | Governance | Strategic Transformation | Bringing clarity to complexity

About Me

I sit on boards at moments when the way of deciding needs to evolve, when perspectives within the room diverge, complexity makes the path forward unclear, and alignment becomes the real challenge. That is where I contribute most. Having built and scaled technology companies, backed startups as an investor, and now serving on boards navigating business transformation, I bring something to the table the ability to translate complexity into shared understanding, and to turn divergent perspectives into decisions that everyone around the table can actually stand behind. Currently, I serve as an Independent Board Director at LUCTA, a global industrial company operating in over 100 countries, where I am also member of the Nomination Committee, and at MASTERTECH SCR. I also serve on the governing boards of key business institutions, including Tech Barcelona, Círculo Ecuestre, and BIGBAN Investors, contributing to the dialogue between established corporations, entrepreneurs and investors. Within the boardroom, I focus on what I call Board Diplomacy, not a methodology, but a discipline: creating the conditions for constructive dialogue, helping boards deconstruct complex issues, and building sustainable consensus without compromising independent judgment. Rather than advocating specific solutions, I bring clarity where complexity holds back good decisions. My career has never stayed in one lane, CEO three times, builder of technology ventures, investor in startups, board director in industrial and financial organizations, and that combination is what allows me to contribute with the perspective of someone who has both executed strategy and governed it. Board & Institutional Portfolio: Lucta · Mastertech SCR · TechBarcelona · Círculo Ecuestre · Bigban Investors Executive Education: ESADE (Family-Owned Business Board Directors, 2026–27) · LSE · Harvard-IESE · UCLA Anderson Recognitions: Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain · Europe's 100 Most Influential Women in VC · Investor of the Year D+I

Jurisdiction

Region: Europe

Experience

Seniority LevelBoard
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Independent Board DirectorLucta
2022 - Present

Independent Board Member and Member of the Nomination Committee (NRC). Lucta is an industrial group with over 75 years of history, operating in more than 100 countries across food, fragrance, and animal nutrition markets. As Independent Board Member and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, I contribute a cross-sectional perspective, bridging industrial tradition with evolving market dynamics, and supporting governance as the organization continues to grow internationally.

Education

Masters of Board GovernanceHarvard - IESE
2016 - 2016

Skills

Core skills10
Interests4
Languages2

Skills

Board Governance
Advisory Board
Board Diplomacy
translating complexity
strategy transformation
shareholders alignment
constructive diaglogue
independent judgment
bringing clarity
legacy

Interests

Board Governance
leadership
advisory board
board

Languages

English
Spanish