Dushinka Karani

Dushinka Karani is a passionate of Marketing. She has been developing Marketing Strategies and implementing initiatives for more than 20 years. She is an expert in the fields of Marketing & Communications, Digital Marketing, Innovation, Sales and Trade Marketing, having worked as Marketing Director, Sales Director, Innovation Director for FMCG multinational and local companies and now works as Global Marketing Director at FundingBox, European leading distributor of funds for Deep Tech Startups and SMEs, helping them to digitally transform themselves and scaling their tech solutions to the most suitable investor, corporate or venture capital.

Corporate Experience

• Global Marketing Director, FundingBox, Spain, since 2020 - Present

• Marketing & Innovation Director, Calidad Pascual, Spain, 2010 - 2017

• Marketing & Innovation Director, Commercial Director, Export and Private Label Director, Mantequerias Arias, Spain, 2000 - 2010

• Account Manager, Grupo Moliner (outsourcing Procter & Gamble), Spain, 1999 - 2000

• Sales Controller, Emanuel Ungaro, Spain, 1998 - 1999

• Retail Manager, The Body Shop, Spain, 1996 - 1998

• Market Research Assistant, Unilever, London, 1996

Academic Experience

• Mkt. Fundamentals Coordinator, IE University, Spain since 2020 - Present

• Adjunct Professor - IE Business School & IE University, Spain, since 2016 - Present

Academic Background

• Advertising in Facebook, Facebook Academy, Spain, 2019

• Digital Marketing, Social Media and Analytics, IE Business School, Spain, 2018

• MBA in Master in Marketing and Sales Management – ESIC, Spain, 1998 - 1999

• LLB Business Law – City University, London, 1993 - 1996