
Entrepreneur & board director & Business Angel with strong Internet experience
Spain

Entrepreneur & board director & Business Angel with strong Internet experience
Spain
General manager with strong entrepreneurial background and a 9 years 360 degrees experience in e-commerce & travel.
Passionate about building successful organizations and management teams in fast growing environment, to deliver maximum results by offering the best service to customers.
General management, people management, strategy, culture change, online and offline marketing, PR, business development, entrepreneurship, international development, online media market, commercial sales, e-tourism, pharmaceutical industry, Southern and Eastern Europe, South America.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
August 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)
SEII is a privately owned Portuguese holding company active in real estate, health related companies and internet start-ups.
At the moment its directors have controlling stakes in several companies, mostly in Portugal, Romania and Spain.
Group Portfolio:
- Internet companies: www.erepublik.com (invite only beta LeWeb3.com start up competition top 5), www.enetural.pt , www.fitnesskit.com , www.essential.pt , www.tevin.ro (dev centre)
- Internet Investments: www.livra.com , www.intellego.fr , www.yesnomayB.com ( Romania, Spain and Portugal), imodel.ro, trilulilu.ro (Romanian Youtube, top 5 website in Romania).
- Healthcare: www.centrofarm.ro , www.cph.pt , www.econutraceuticos.eu , www.distrifa.pt , www.farmaciaysalud.net , www.clarfon.ro www.plafar.net , www.sintofarm.ro
- Real Estate & Finance: www.generalcom.ro , www.totaleasing.ro
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Internet industry)
July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)
After a little more than 6 years in the lastminute.com roller coaster: from
start up phase to 1b$ trade sale; from London to Paris to Milan, I'm
getting off the pink train and catching a breath!
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
December 2004 — July 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Managing director of the lastminute.com Group (lastminute.it, travelprice.it, holidayautos.it) in Italy.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
April 2000 — December 2004 (4 years 9 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1999 — April 2000 (1 year)
Founder of the Livra Europe subsidiary now a board member since I joined lastminute.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 1998 — April 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Initial business was discontinued and mutated for the launch of Livra Europe
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
November 1997 — April 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Recently privatized Portuguese pharmaceutical laboratory, acquired by SEII
Role included: Market oportunity analysis (Portugal and Romania), Business development, M&A, Privatisations and new product launches
Bac B, 1981 — 1991
BA Honours degree, International Business and Languages
TIME sector ventures, innovation, entrepreneurship, contemporary art, smart people.
LeWeb3.com Special Jury Prize for erepublik.com (start up competition)