ExEd Team

Montse has been working at ESADE since 1999. Over these years, she has been responsible for the ICT programmes, the OPEN programmes and some Executive Education international programmes. Currently, she serves as Product Manager for the OPEN programmes in Barcelona. She holds an undergraduate degree in Tourism Companies and Activities from the Universitat de Girona and a post-graduate degree in Events Management from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Part of the ESADE team since 1992. Certificate in Public Relations (Escuela Superior de RRPP de Barcelona). Alumni of the ESADE Executive Education program Strategic Communications Management. Currently completing a certificate in Humanities (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). Responsibilities at ESADE include both Open and Custom programs.

Employed at ESADE since January 1999. Has worked on both the OPEN and ICT programs. Currently responsible for Executive Development and Senior Executive programs. Certified in Managerial Sciences and holds a bachelor's degree in Economic Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona).

He holds and undergraduate degree in Economic and Business Science from the Universidad de Barcelona and an MBA from ESADE. Please contact him about any question you might have regarding programme financing.

Cèlia has been at ESADE for 18 years. She began as Secretary in the Dean’s Office of Management and Business Administration. She has also worked as Program Manager for both the Open programmes and In-Company Training. Currently, she is responsible for Executive Education Customer Service. Her professional career has always been centred on marketing and sales. She has also participated in various Executive Education programmes: The Sales Role under Review, Relational Marketing, Information Highways: Business Opportunities in the Firm, Development of Leadership Skills: Public Speaking.

Gisela joined ESADE in 2002. She works as Program Manager in the Open Programs area. She holds an undergraduate degree in Tourism from the Universidad de Girona and a Master in Marketing Management from the EAE. Please contact her about any question you might have regarding General Management programmes.

Véronique has been working for ESADE since June, 2005. She holds an undergraduate degree from the Institut Supérieur d'Interprétation et Traduction in Paris. She has ample international experience and, prior to joining ESADE, she worked in the Executive MBA Department at the HEC Business School in Paris. She is currently the Degree Program Manager in Barcelona for the Executive MBA and the Executive Master in Marketing and Sales programmes.

More than six years program management experience with ESADE for both Open Programs and In-Company Training. Former Program Manager for the DAF (Functional Area Management) programs; instrumental in its conversion into a professional masters program. Trained as an Industrial Technical Engineer specializing in industrial electronics, with a professional focus in customer service. Has completed various training seminars in ESADE Executive Education.

She has been on the Executive Education team since the year 2000, working as  Program Manager for In-Company Training (made to order for companies), OPEN programmes and international programmes. Currently, you can contact her about topics related to Custom Programs (ICT+LDP). She holds an undergraduate degree in Geography and History from the Universitat de Barcelona, and a degree in Business with a specialisation in Education Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She has also participated in various seminars at ESADE on Managerial Skills, Project Management and Commercial Management.

Four years of program management experience with ESADE. Bachelors degree in English Philology (Universitat de Barcelona), with a wide previous experience within this area (teaching and translation) . Currently has management responsibility within Open Programs, though she has coordinated several In Company Training and International Executive Programs. Currently responsible for the Executive MBA, Master in Operations Management and other open programs such as Integrated Healthcare Management and Management Control.

She has been working at ESADE since 1992.  She began as Secretary in the Department of Marketing Management though for the last five years she has been a member of the Executive Education team. Currently, she is Program Manager for the Custom Programs and Leadership Development Programs, including the programme developed with the multinational BUNGE. She is married and has one daughter. She holds an undergraduate degree in Philology from the Universidad de Barcelona and a Master in Marketing Management from ESADE.

She holds a degree in Public Administration and Management from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in  Barcelona and a degree in the Program for Management Development (PMD) from the ESADE Business School. She joined the latter in 1996 and currently works as Program Manager for Custom Programs – ESADE Executive Education.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Tourism Business and Activities from the Universidad de Gerona. She has been working at ESADE since July, 2006 as Program Manager for the Open Programs. Previously, she worked for the University of Chicago as Admissions Coordinator for Executive MBA programme and as Marketing Assistant

María Balbás is head of the Business Development area for the ESADE Executive Education programme in Madrid. She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a specialisation in Management and Marketing, an Executive MBA from ICADE-Universidad de Comillas, and an AMSEC Master’s (Alliance of Management Schools in European Capitals) from the Universidad Complutense and the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at UCD-Dublin. Before joining ESADE, she developed most of her professional career in Bankinter, holding various positions in different areas within the bank.

Patricia Cauqui is an academic collaborator in the ESADE Department of Human Resource Management, working as a professor and coach for the LEAD Programme. She holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the UCM, a Master’s in Sport Psychology from the UNED and an Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) from ESADE. In her first five years of professional activity, she worked as Project Manager for the former Soviet Union countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean. In Spain, she participated in the launch of Vía Digital as Director of Content Marketing, and in Ya.com first as Head of E-Commerce and later as General Director of its travel website, Viajar.com. As she is extremely interested in psychology and human relationships, in 2002 she changed her career focus and trained to become a coach (ICF). Since 2004, she has been providing executive coaching services for some of the most important Spanish and multinational firms, a job she balances with her academic work at ESADE. Since April 2005, she has been in charge of the ESADE/Community of Madrid LiderA Scholarships Mentoring Programme whose objective is the real incorporation of women into positions of responsibility.

Patricia Gómez holds an undergraduate degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She joined ESADE in Madrid in October 2001 as Program Manager for the Open programs. Currently, she serves as Program Manager for the Senior Executive Program and the Program for Management Development.

PhD in Business Administration, MBA (ESADE), Public Accountant and Degree in Economics. Director General of the Business and Social Development Foundation (Fundación para el Desarrollo Empresarial y Social). Former Business School Director General and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration (Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Argentina). Former Director of Human Resources and Corporate Development of the PROMOAUTO AUSTRAL group and former Director of Administration, Finances and Human Resources of Austral Matricería, a company belonging to the PROMOAUTO AUSTRAL group. Former Forum Chairman for the State Budgeting and Finance Office of the Argentine Republic. Former Deputy Director and former Director General of Budgeting (Province of Córdoba, Argentina). Former Deputy Director of the Department of Economics and Finances for the Faculty of Economics (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina). Postgraduate level professor and consultant in economics and business policy. Author of papers, conferences and dissertations on his specialty in Argentina, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico and Uruguay

Master in Business Management from ESADE. Degree in International Trade from Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, UADE, Argentina. He has participated in the Faculty Development Programme at Scuola di Direzione Aziendale, SDA Bocconi, Italy and in Universitatsseminar der Wirtschaft Schloss Gracht, USW, Germany. Professor of Marketing and Director of Corporate Development at ESADE Buenos Aires. He has served as Director of the Department of Commercialisation, Director of Commercialisation and International Trade and Manager of Executive Education Marketing, all at UADE. He has designed and participated as instructor in more than 200 open and in-company executive programmes and has collaborated with national and multinational companies in the telecommunications, hospitality, tourism, retail, automobile, food and drink, health and financial sectors.

MBA from ESADE and Cr. Pub . from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Founder and former Director of Executive Education and the Executive MBA at Di Tella University Business School. Former MBA Director and Professor at Di Tella University Business School. Assistant Professor at ESADE in Barcelona (1987-1992). Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. (1983-1986). Founder of and consultant at MATERIABIZ.com (2005), Grupo Extremo Sur (2002) and Media Clipping (2001). Consultant to the Instituto Superior de Economistas de Gobierno (1998). Business consultant in Argentina to the companies Arcor, Grupo Techint, Banco Hipotecario, Grupo Bercomat, Patagonia Argentina, Repsol YPF, Grupo Minetti, Transfertech, Minera La Alumbrera, Banco Santander Central Hispano and Fresenius, among others (1993-2003). Consultant to the Economic and Finance Division of BKBS in Barcelona (1988-1993). Book author and columnist with the Clarín newspaper.

Executive MBA, Postgraduate in Economics and Degree in Economics from University Di Tella. General Coordinator of Executive Education programmes and Academic Director of various postgraduate programmes at University Di Tella (Senior Management, Management, Managerial Development and Governmental Management). Degree and postgraduate level professor (Labour Economics, Managerial Decision-Making, Global Control, Business Economics, and the Finance, Banking and Business Simulator), at University Di Tella. Professor at Universidad Católica de Valparaiso and at ITBA. Director of Media Clipping and former adviser to the Secretary for National Economic Policy and former Economic Analysis Management analyst at BCRA. Consultant in various companies: Expofruit, Zucamor, Ingeco, Fresenius, Gambro, among others.

Engineer in Telecommunications from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (2001). She started her career with ESADE in 1996, first in the Data Processing Centre (presently TIC) and then in USIP, Educational Innovation Support Unit. Since 2004, she has formed part of the Executive Education team, holding the position of Programme Manager for ESADE Buenos Aires programmes and Academic Coordinator of Campus activities in the Southern Cone.

Currently preparing the final degree assignment for her degree in Communication Sciences specialising in Public Opinion and Advertising from Universidad de Buenos Aires. She has performed institutional and marketing functions at Universidad UCES (1998-2006). Before joining ESADE Buenos Aires (March 2007) she also acted as Corporate Manager at Wall Street Institute.

Degree in Social Communication, specialising in Public Opinion and Advertising (UBA) and a postgraduate in Strategic Management of Human Resources (Universidad de San Andrés). Before joining ESADE Buenos Aires (March 2007) she performed tasks in the postgraduate studies area at Universidad de San Andrés and was previously responsible for communication in the company EGO MKT Digital in addition to being an English language teacher.

Media analyst and currently preparing her final degree assignment in Social Communication and Journalism (Universidad del Salvador). She was MBA Programme Admissions Manager and Executive Education Programme Coordination Manager at University Di Tella. She previously worked as an accounts executive at Axioma Comunicación and in the Operations and Services Department at Indexport Messe Frankfurt. She has formed part of the team since 2007 July.

Degree in International Relations from Universidad Católica de Córdoba (2002). She has had links with ESADE Buenos Aires since August 2004, initially dealing with customer services and administrative assistance. She previously worked in the General Consulate of Peru in Córdoba and as an intern in the Argentine Mission before the UN Legal Affairs Commission.