Francisco Ibáñez

Francisco has close to 30 years of international experience as a Consultant, Fundraising Advisor, Managing Director and Entrepreneur.

He began his career at Accenture and McKinsey & Co., working with industrial, energy and telecommunications clients.
He then joined CEMEX as VP of Strategic Planning and was in charge of M&A, Business Development and Continuous Improvement projects in Spain, Egypt and Mexico. In 2004 he was elected Managing Director in Spain, leading CEMEX’s €500 million/yr. downstream businesses.

For the past 10+ years he has been working with tech startups and has founded 3 companies. In 2015 he joined EIT Digital to launch the business development and fundraising support services in Spain.
He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin.