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This list showcases the top Catalonia based COO’ operating in the Education space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Blair MacLaren
Founder & COO of Learnlife
Blair joined Active Venture Partners in 2007 after having finished his MBA degree in Barcelona. He has played instrumental roles in the negotiations of several transactions to date and was promoted to Partner in 2010. He is currently on the board of Restalo, Whisbi and Ticketbis. Before joining Active Venture Partners, Blair worked as a dual qualified corporate lawyer in the UK for 7 years with the Scottish commercial law firm Burness LLP. As an associate partner in the corporate finance team he advised start-ups, SMEs and large multinationals on all aspects of UK corporate law. He specialized in mergers, acquisitions, sales of companies and, with particular focus on the AIM market in London, IPOs, and completed transactions valued in excess of £180m in aggregate. In addition, he completed more than 20 corporate restructurings and joint ventures, and acted on behalf of management and investors in venture capital investments worth in excess of £20m. He also developed a niche expertise of share option plans. He managed cross-departmental transaction teams to review and propose deal structures, support negotiations, carry out legal due diligence and draft legal documents. Furthermore, he also gained work experience in the energy sector with the Procurement Department of the Power Systems Division of ScottishPower PLC. Blair was born in Scotland and has lived and worked in Scotland and Spain. He is fluent in English and Spanish. Blair studied for his honours degree in law at the University of Glasgow and Copenhagen Business School and received an MBA from ESADE Business School, Barcelona, in 2007.
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About Active Venture Partners, Learnlife: Learnlife builds an open ecosystem for a new lifelong learning paradigm to positively change education worldwide.
Marc Beltran
COO of BCN Drone Center
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About BCN Drone Center, Catuav, University of Victoria: A Global UAV Hub (1 of the only 10 in the world): Test Site + Drone Academy
Ariadna Alvarez Perez-Simo
Chief Operating Officer of Science Bits
Ariadna Alvarez Perez-Simo is the chief operating officer of Science Bits.
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About Science Bits: Science Bits provides teachers with lessons that help them teach science in a way, which engages their students.
Javier Falco Rossetto
Co-Founder & COO of Micuento
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About Micuento: Platform personalized stories for children.
Javier Falco Rossetto
Co-Founder & COO of Micuento
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About Micuento: Platform personalized stories for children.
Xavier Orri
Co-Founder & COO of Homuork
Xavier Orri (Co-founder & COO) grew up in Barcelona, a city he loves quitting from time to time only so that he can come back and enjoy it again. He holds a degree in Politics, one of his major vices; and a degree in Journalism that led him to Paris as a news correspondent for many years. He’s the creative mind of the team, a design obsessive who enjoys using words, forms and colors to affect and improve user’s experience in any field. If he’s not in front of his Mac, you’ll find him cooking with friends or reading some boring article.
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About Homuork: Corporate e-learning courses & platform