Pablo Soler Bach

Consultant to corporations and mentor to startups, with significant investor and manager startup experience and international business exposure, including periods at BCG and GEC.

Adjunct Professor at IE Business School and Visiting Professor at Università di Trento, lecturing on Finance, Innovation and Social Impact Investment.

Social Impact Investment, Stakeholder Capitalism and UBI (Universal Basic Income) advocate.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Consultant and advisor on new ventures, innovation, digital business and new technologies to start-ups, corporations and Corporate Venture arms, such as BBVA or Airbus, 2008 – Present

• Mentor in the international accelerator programmes of Start-up Bootcamp and Finnovista, 2012 – Present

• Advisor to foundations, corporations and funds on impact and sustainable investment development and strategies, 2016 – Present

• Business Angel and Entrepreneur in different fields, such as fintech, travel, e-health, online real estate, gamification or media, 2004 – Present

• International consulting and corporate finance assignments working for GEC Alsthom and BCG – The Boston Consulting Group, 1995 – 2003

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, IE Business School and IE University, Madrid, Spain, 2015 – Present

MBA, MiM – Master in International Management, MiF – Master in Finance, Executive Programmes, undergraduate programmes:

– Finance: Venture Capital, Private Equity, International Finance Management

– Entrepreneurship: Fintech, Insuretech, Business Plan and Fundraising, Business Development.

• Guest Lecturer, UAM – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2017 – Present

Master in Social Impact Investment and Master in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

– Ecosystem and investment tools

– Digital Innovation, new technologies and Fintech

• Guest Lecturer, Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy, 2020 – Present

Departamento di Economia e management – EIT DIGITAL Industrial Doctoral School, School of Innovation and Start-up Lab programmes.

– Digital Business and Business Growth Course

– Start-up creation Lab

– Fintech, Venture Capital, Social Impact investment

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• MBA, Business Administration and Management, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 1999 – 2000

• CEMS Master, International Business, HEC School of Management, Paris, France, 1994

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance, General, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, 1989 – 1994

• Lycée Français de Barcelone, Barcelona, Spain