Mario Fernández

PhD in Business Sciences from Comillas. He studied Law and Economic and Business Sciences (ICADE E3) at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid. Likewise, Mario Álvarez is an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley (US), and PDG (General Management Program) from IESE (Universidad de Navarra, Madrid). He is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Since 2012 he has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at ICADE.

He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Berkeley (subject: Competitive Strategy). He shares the academic world with his professional activity. Mario Álvarez has 23 years of experience in strategy and business management, having been CEO of Inforsistem (service company). He comes from the field of strategy consulting, where for 11 years he worked in prestigious North American companies (Accenture; Oliver Wyman, where he was a Partner). He currently runs Piedmont, a company that advises companies on business and management issues.

Education

• ICADE E3 Universidad Pontificia Comillas (1988 — 1994)
• MBA University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business (1996 — 1998)
• PDG IESE Business School - University of Navarra (2012 — 2012)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Universidad Pontificia Comillas (2016)
• Erasmus Program University College Dublin (1993 — 1994)
• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Companies

• Visiting Professor, Competitive Strategy University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2017)
• Managing Director PIEDMONT (2012)
• Part-time Lecturer - Strategic Management ICADE - Universidad Pontificia Comillas (2012)
• Director, BPO Services Indra (2011 — 2012)
• Managing Director Inforsistem (2007 — 2011)
• Partner Oliver Wyman (1998 — 2007)
• Business Analyst Andersen Consulting (1994 — 1996)