Cristina Badenes (MBA’98) is Partner for Institutional Relations and Corporate Development at Meridia Capital. Question: Can you tell us about yourself and what you do? Answer: I am a partner for Institutional Relations and Corporate Development at Meridia Capital, a Barcelona-based private equity fund management firm. I joined Meridia Capital almost 10 years ago. One…
Prof. Luis Palencia Herrero began IESE’s MBA program in 1987 a year after earning his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Universidad de Cantabria. He worked in the private sector for three years before returning to IESE in 1992 to join the faculty of the Department of Accounting and Control. He acquired his master’s…
Marc Badia is an assistant professor in IESE Business School’s Department of Accounting and Control and first-year academic director. He holds an MBA from IESE and a PhD in financial accounting with distinction from Columbia University. Question: How did you decide to become an accounting professor? Answer: I was always a numbers person and really…
This interview belongs to the blog series featuring interviews with current and future MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at the IESE MBA Program. And now, introducing Mariano Torrente, magician and Student of the MBA Class of 2016. IESE: Tell us about yourself: Where are you from? What was your undergraduate degree and where…
IESE: Congrats on your acceptance to IESE. Where are you from? What’s your profile? Natasha: Thank you – I am very excited to start in a few short months. Even after moving about 25 times (and having to answer that question many times more), I’m still not sure how to answer! I was born in…