Principal and Head of Media Practice at Valoris
Barcelona Area, Spain
Principal and Head of Media Practice at Valoris
Barcelona Area, Spain
Gonçal is Pincipal at the Barcelona office. Gonçal joined Valoris in 2000. At Valoris, he has directed teams in the Media, Internet, Publishing and Education sectors focusing primarily on marketing, commercial and strategy areas. He has focused on turn-around businesses, conduct due diligence analysis, launch start-ups or use new channels.
Gonçal has developed and implemented new business opportunities for media companies or investors such as Grupo Planeta, Groupe Edipresse, MC Ediciones, Encyclopedia Catalana, Grupo Zeta, Nmas1 and Apax. He also has worked extensively in the telco industry.
Prior to Valoris, he has worked in Andersen Consulting as a Senior Consultant in the Strategy Group of the Telco & Media Industry.
Industries: Media, New Media&Internet, Newspaper, Magazines, Books Publishing, Education and Telco
Skills: Corporate & Strategy Advisory, Marketing & Sales, Start-ups, Due Diligences, Direct Marketing, Sales Forces,...
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
December 2000 — Present (9 years 1 month)
Key projects:
- Main Spanish media group: Turn around for key subsidiaries, Global online strategic plan for the whole group across all divisions, Direct marketing strategy for the largest direct sales force in Spain, New business development and launch of 2 start-ups,...
- Leading Catalan editor group:Multichannel strategy for encyclopaedia business
- Leading Swiss editor of magazines & newspapers:Analysis of distribution alternatives in Spain
- Spanish magazines editor: Online strategy and online presence model its niche magazines
- Leading Belgium mobile operator: Design of loyalty plans for pre-pay & post-pay costumers
- 3rd German mobile operator: Business Plan for a Mobile Portal
- Main Spanish construction materials multinational: Launch of a B2B portal for customer care and e-Procurement
- Spanish Software vendor for SMEs: Analysis of business opportunities
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1998 — December 2000 (3 years )
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Military industry)
January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year )
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year )