Esade Alumni renews its board and welcomes two alumni from the digital sector

Wednesday, 23 December 2020. Esade Alumni renews its board and welcomes two Esade alumni from the digital sector to continue bolstering the Esade Alumni community chaired by Maite Barrera (Lic&MBA 98).

The candidates in question are David Cerqueda, Chief Digital Officer and MD Diversification at Grupo Godó de Comunicación, and Josep Salvatella, founder and CEO at RocaSalvatella, serving once again as a board member. The experience of these two executives will enrich the board of directors and contribute to the Esade Alumni Strategic Plan and its four main areas: Get Involved, Be Global, Connected to Society and Esade Engagement & Contribution.

The Esade Alumni community consists of more than 65,000 alumni from over 100 different countries. This network is committed to contributing to the advancement of society and the development of sustainable business. This year, Esade Alumni Social has enabled more than 290 volunteers to take part in giving-back projects in 27 third-sector entities with more than 2,000 participants. In addition, Esade BAN, the ESADE Alumni business angel network, has invested more than €3m, funded 22 start-ups and handled 450 projects.

Josep Salvatella (EMBA 04) is the founder and CEO of RocaSalvatella. As an entrepreneur, he participates proactively in creating new business projects. He completed the Esade Executive MBA, and is now an academic assistant in the Esade General Management and Strategy department, and a tutor of new business projects. More than 25 years’ management experience in retail, higher education, contents companies and start-ups.

David Cerqueda (ADE&Lic&MBA 98) was appointed Chief Digital Officer and MD Diversification at Grupo Godó de Comunicación in 2011. He holds a degree in business administration and an MBA (Esade), a CEMS master in economics, finance and marketing strategy (HEC, Paris) and other qualifications. Prior to joining the Godó Group he worked at Goldman Sachs UK as an executive director. Previously he worked in the capitals department of BNP Paribas, at the head office in Paris.  As of January, he will be the director general of the financial authorities of Andorra.

The other members of the Esade Alumni board are:

• Maite Barrera (Lic&MBA 98), President of Esade Alumni
• Eugenia Bieto (Lic&MBA 73), guest member
• Antonio Delgado (Lic&MD 00 / DTI 02), guest member
• Raúl Andrés Díaz-Varela (Lic&MBA 92), member
• Javier Faus (MBA 95), member
• Ramón Forn (MBA 83), guest member
• Jordi Gallés (Lic&MBA 95), member
• Carmina Ganyet (EVV 03), member
• Olaya García (MBA Program 01), member representing the Esade foundation
• Miguel Montes (GEMBA 09), member
• Belén Moreu (MBA 99), member
• Tomás Muniesa (Lic&MBA 76), member
• Pedro Alfonso Parada (Lic&MBA 67), member
• Oriol Pinya (Lic&MBA 95), treasurer
• Ignasi Rafel (MBA 94), secretary
• Javier Sánchez-Prieto (DHD 03), guest member
• Joaquín Uriach (MBA 94), member
• Carlos Ventura (Lic&MBA 92 / EVV 03), member