Isabel Aguilera

Former CEO Google and GE, Spain and Portugal

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Isabel Aguilera's Biography

Isabel Aguilera is a strategy, sustainability and innovation consultant with extensive management experience in the best valued multinationals worldwide (GE, Google, Dell Computer, Vodafone…). In addition to being a teacher and writer, and having started a business, she is a regular speaker at numerous forums, in which she stands out due to her proven experience guiding transformation processes and other areas of innovation and optimization in management. Isabel Aguilera's conferences are a meeting point and exchange of experiences, mandatory for any high-performance manager who wants to excel in the most demanding global corporate environments. Isabel Aguilera dominates the business spectrum in its entirety and from all its areas. She approaches topics such as internationalization and the technological future with cutting-edge knowledge. In her conferences, she offers valuable insights from decades of experience as a leader of the most influential business organizations in the world in personalized, segmented talks aimed at senior management profiles that seek to optimize their management or confront disruptive ideas from any perspective, based on their experience in different continents and sectors. In the academic field, Isabel Aguilera is a qualified architect specialized in building design and also an urban planner, from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville, and with various master's degrees and postgraduate courses from IE and IESE. Additionally, she is an associate professor at ESADE. Isabel is an independent director of several listed companies: the Mexican Cemex, the Spanish Lar España (Socimi), Oryzon Genomics (epigenetics), Clínica Baviera (80% owned by the Chinese group Aier), Making Science (advertising and digital technology) and the public entity Canal de Isabel II, a multinational specializing in water management. Isabel belongs to the advisory boards of Deusto and Omnicom PR Group and to the Board of SM Ediciones. Previously, she was President of the Social Council of the University of Seville, an independent member of the Boards of Directors of Indra, Banco Marenostrum (BMN), Aegón España, Emergia Contact Center, the Italian Bank Banca Farmafactoring, and the Moroccan company HPS (Hightech Payment Systems) payment solutions and the group of private universities, the American Laureate Inc., as well as the advisory councils of Oracle Iberia, the employers' association Farmaindustria, the Human Age Institute (part of Manpower Group) and Pelayo Mutual Insurance. She has belonged to the APD Council, as well as to the International Advisory Council of the Instituto de Empresa. Isabel Aguilera was president of GE in Spain and Portugal, general manager in Spain and Portugal of Google Inc., general manager of Operations of the NH Hoteles Group and CEO for Spain, Italy and Portugal of Dell Computer. She has also held various positions at Vodafone and Hewlett-Packard-Compaq. And she was a professor at Deusto Business School. In her entrepreneurial experience, she was co-founder, president and shareholder of Twindocs and continues to participate in various entrepreneurial projects and startups. She has been recognized with numerous awards by institutions and business associations (AED, FEDEPE, among others), as well as by national and international newspapers and publications, including the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, and other specialized technology media.

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ISABEL AGUILERA | Former CEO Google and GE, Spain and Portugal

SPEAKER TOPICS

Sustainability Speakers

Disruptive Innovation Speakers

Start-Ups & Entrepreneurship Speakers

Global Strategy Speakers

Women's Day Speakers

Women in Tech Speakers

Inspiring Speakers

Female Motivational Speakers

Future Trends Speakers

Future of Mobility & Smart Cities Speakers

Change Management Speakers

Gender & Equality Speakers

Culture Speakers

Artificial Intelligence Speakers

Vision & Strategy Speakers

Virtual Keynotes

Business Speakers

Technology Speakers

Isabel Aguilera Keynote Topics

"Live GREEN: Transformation towards a Sustainable Economy"

Isabel addresses climate change, technological transformation, and corporate coherence based on her experience in technology and sustainability committees. She provides insights into the global economy and compliance criteria, highlighting her contributions in the construction industry and comprehensive water cycle management.

Strategic Trends of the Future

In this, Isabel Aguilera explores various areas impacting corporate development, emphasizing the latest technologies, business models, talent evolution, management, and governance.

Transformational Leadership

Sharing her experience in leading and transforming organizations, Isabel focuses on her journey in multinational companies and its application in sectors such as tourism, health, and financial institutions.

"Innovate or Die: Innovation in the Corporate DNA"

Explores innovation as a fundamental part of competitive businesses, grounding concepts from different sectors and perspectives. Competitive strategies, business models, and organizational structures.

"Smart Cities for Smart Citizens"

Isabel, an architect and urban planner, analyzes new relationships between citizens and cities from technological, urbanistic, sustainable, and innovative perspectives.

"The Latest from Silicon Valley: Learnings from Google and Others"

Based on her annual visits to Silicon Valley, Isabel shares the latest trends, technologies, and business practices of the most innovative companies.

"Entrepreneurship... Not So Easy: The Experience of Failure"

Isabel reflects on the reasons for entrepreneurship, lessons learned from her failure as an entrepreneur, and how entrepreneurship impacts competitiveness.

"The Board's Vision on Strategy, Innovation, Sustainability, and Talent"

Isabel addresses the evolution of the role of boards of directors and the responsibility of administrators in different geographies and sectors.

"Water, a Local Resource"

Isabel relates climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comprehensive water cycle management, and economic impact from the perspective of different sectors.

"Diversities, an Augmented Reality"

The revolution of women and technology at the turn of two centuries has gone hand in hand. Ageism, multiculturalism, and other emerging diversities impact the triple bottom line, tracking new trends, and complying with new regulations and best practices required by investors... and the new generations of customers and employees.

Isabel Aguilera's Biography

Isabel Aguilera is a strategy, sustainability and innovation consultant with extensive management experience in the best valued multinationals worldwide (GE, Google, Dell Computer, Vodafone…).

In addition to being a teacher and writer, and having started a business, she is a regular speaker at numerous forums, in which she stands out due to her proven experience guiding transformation processes and other areas of innovation and optimization in management.

Isabel Aguilera's conferences are a meeting point and exchange of experiences, mandatory for any high-performance manager who wants to excel in the most demanding global corporate environments.

Isabel Aguilera dominates the business spectrum in its entirety and from all its areas. She approaches topics such as internationalization and the technological future with cutting-edge knowledge.

In her conferences, she offers valuable insights from decades of experience as a leader of the most influential business organizations in the world in personalized, segmented talks aimed at senior management profiles that seek to optimize their management or confront disruptive ideas from any perspective, based on their experience in different continents and sectors.

In the academic field, Isabel Aguilera is a qualified architect specialized in building design and also an urban planner, from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville, and with various master's degrees and postgraduate courses from IE and IESE. Additionally, she is an associate professor at ESADE.

Isabel is an independent director of several listed companies: the Mexican Cemex, the Spanish Lar España (Socimi), Oryzon Genomics (epigenetics), Clínica Baviera (80% owned by the Chinese group Aier), Making Science (advertising and digital technology) and the public entity Canal de Isabel II, a multinational specializing in water management.

Isabel belongs to the advisory boards of Deusto and Omnicom PR Group and to the Board of SM Ediciones.

Previously, she was President of the Social Council of the University of Seville, an independent member of the Boards of Directors of Indra, Banco Marenostrum (BMN), Aegón España, Emergia Contact Center, the Italian Bank Banca Farmafactoring, and the Moroccan company HPS (Hightech Payment Systems) payment solutions and the group of private universities, the American Laureate Inc., as well as the advisory councils of Oracle Iberia, the employers' association Farmaindustria, the Human Age Institute (part of Manpower Group) and Pelayo Mutual Insurance. She has belonged to the APD Council, as well as to the International Advisory Council of the Instituto de Empresa.

Isabel Aguilera was president of GE in Spain and Portugal, general manager in Spain and Portugal of Google Inc., general manager of Operations of the NH Hoteles Group and CEO for Spain, Italy and Portugal of Dell Computer. She has also held various positions at Vodafone and Hewlett-Packard-Compaq. And she was a professor at Deusto Business School. In her entrepreneurial experience, she was co-founder, president and shareholder of Twindocs and continues to participate in various entrepreneurial projects and startups.

She has been recognized with numerous awards by institutions and business associations (AED, FEDEPE, among others), as well as by national and international newspapers and publications, including the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, and other specialized technology media.