Ruben Llop

Experience

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  General Cable Corporation

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  Export Manager

  In this first period in this American multinational I was responsible for technical sales in more than 40 European, Asian, African and American countries.

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  Culligan

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  European Marketing Director

  In this American multinational, focussed in water treatment, I developed and implemented the sales and marketin action plan for all the European activities.

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  General Cable Corporation

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2004

  Director General Adjunto, Vice President and Managing Director

  Throughout more than 10 years in the North American multinational I have held executive and management positions in different countries and continents. Among them would be Vice President noted the US division of special cables, having also been Managing Director of a UK unit with overall responsibility for sales and, finally, being Deputy Director General of the European activities. Group turnover exceeded, in that period the two billion US dollars and my direct responsibility was 500 million dollars turnover (leading a team of over 2,000 people with 7 manufacturing plants in three different countries). Show less

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  Naturgas Energia, EDP Group

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  CEO and Board Member

  As CEO I have led a process of buying and merging subsidiaries (more than 12 companies) during a period of market deregulation (electrical and gas market). At the same time I have to deal with a mixture of public and private investors that, sometimes, defended different market priorities. The turnover of the company was well over a billion euros.Additionally I've been on more than 10 board of directors, including Bilbogas, Gasnalsa, Donostigas, Naturcop, etcetera.

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  Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, EDP Group

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Board Member

  As CEO of Naturgas I have been part of the board of the electric and gas company in Asturias, with a turnover in excess of two billion euros.

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  Pretersa Prenavisa Estructuras de Hormigón

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2013

  CEO and Board Member

  For six years I have been a shareholder of the company, a member of the board and chief executive officer of the company. In this period, in addition to managing the crisis associated with the Spanish construction industry, we have internationalized the company and we were able to occupy a reference position in the French market. Having the pleasure of directing and leading a team of excellent professionals and human beings we have overcome a huge crisis that has brought to the collapse of most of our competitors. Show less

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  Magnum Capital Industrial Partners

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2013

  External advisor and coinvestor

  In a first phase, as an external advisor, we analyzed a Spanish industrial company to assess both its business model, and its present and future performance. After purchasing it, and as a partner of the private equity company, we have managed the business and the relationship with key stakeholders at both operating and board level and, finally, we manage the divestiture.

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  EADA Business School Barcelona

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2016

  Associate Professor en el Departamento de Estrategia, Liderazgo y Personas

  In recent years I have been:.- Associate professor (2009-2013).- full-time research professor afterwords (2013-2016), .- Academic Director of the Department of Strategic Management and Managing People (2013-2014).- Founder and Director of The Transformational Leadership Center (2015-2016),.- and today, Associate Professor of the Department Strategy, Leadership and People.Our triple role is to encourage both management and leadership training according to the Values of EADA Business School, to develop practical research directly related with emprersarial world and its overall improvement and finally, to provide specific and specialized advice to both local and international companies adapting our services to the unique needs of each situation. Show less

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  Deusto Business School

  Oct 2010 - now

  Professor and Program Director
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  Institute for Transformational Leadership - IfTL

  Oct 2016 - now

  Founding Partner at Institute for Transformational Leadership

  WE MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO A RADICAL STEP UP IN PERFORMANCE The Institute for Transformational Leadership is a global education and consulting firm. We support private and public organizations, governments, family businesses and non-profits in their continuous transformational journey.Through ethical leadership and social innovation we aim to contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future for next generations while achieving extraordinary results.Enabling individuals and companies to reinvent themselves is at the core of everything we do. Founded in 2016, we were born from a common aspiration to combine both purpose and profit. Show less

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  Fundacion IfTL

  Jul 2021 - now

  Presidente del Patronato de la Fundacion IFTL