José Antonio Vega Vidal

Combining teaching and professional activity, prof. Vega works as a consultant and finance advisor having gained experience in the financial, technological, retail and air transport sectors, originating and carrying out strategy, innovation and commercial development projects in Continental Europe, the United Kingdom and Latin America. He is a member of the Iberdrola Chair in Economic and Business Ethics Chair at Comillas Pontifical University, where he conducts studies and research on private capital and socially responsible investment. He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Spanish Confederation of Managers and Executives (CEDE) and of the Madrid Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Managers (AED).

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Financial Advisor, Generali, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Advisor, Squadmakers, Spain, 2021 – Present

• PMO Manager – Global Supply Chain, British Airways (IAG), UK,  2018 – 2019

• Retail Director Spain – Country Head, Gateretail (gategroup), Spain, 2014 – 2018

• Strategy & Investment Manager, Alboran Corporate Finance, Spain, 2013 – Present

• Growth & Innovation practice leader, Consultia IT, Spain – Panama, 2009 – 2013

• Director adjunto de Estrategia, Grupo Cosentino, Spain, 2008 – 2009

• Manager de Estrategia & Operaciones FSI, Deloitte, Spain, 2001 – 2008

• Consultor Estrategia; Blue C New Economy Consulting & Incubation, Spain – Austria, 2000 – 2001

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, Operations & Decision Sciences, IE University, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Associate Lecturer, Economics, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), Spain, 2020 – Present

• Member of the Iberdrola Chair in Economic and Business Ethics Chair, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), Spain, 2020 – Present

• Invited Lecturer, Digital Corporate Governance – MBA, Donau Universität, Austria, 2022

• Invited Lecturer, Master Interuniversitario en Analista de Inteligencia, URJC, Spain, 2021

• Professor, Master in Financial Markets (online), Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), 2002 – 2008

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Master in Research in Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), Spain, 2011

• Executive MBA, IESE – Universidad de Navarra, Spain, 2008

• M.Sc. Economics & Business Administration, Speciality: Finance, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), España, 1999

• M.A. in Law, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI – ICADE), España, 1998

• European Financial Advisor (EFA), €uropean Financial Planning Association, España, 2021

• Executive Programs, IE Business School – CEIBS – University of Michigan – Harvard University – UNED, España – USA – China, 2002 – 2022