TEXTILE DESIGN FOUNDATION

Àngels Chacón holds a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona and has further training in talent management and international trade. Throughout her career, she has combined extensive experience across the business, institutional and associative sectors. For more than fifteen years, she worked in the export and internationalisation of industrial companies, particularly in Middle Eastern and Eastern European markets. She has also served as Managing Director of the Unió Empresarial de l’Anoia and Co-Director of the 4D Health simulation and innovation centre.

In the public sector, she has served as Deputy Mayor of Igualada City Council, Director General for Industry and Minister for Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, where she was responsible for areas including industry, trade, tourism, energy, universities and research.

In 2022, she joined LLYC as Director of Corporate Strategy, and she is currently Director of Fundació per la Indústria. Her appointment as President of FUNDIT brings a strategic and cross-disciplinary perspective, closely connected to the business community, innovation, education and industrial development.

Industrial Engineer with a Master’s degree in Water Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). With over 19 years of experience in the water sector in Spain and Mexico, currently he is the CEO of Aigües de Sabadell and the CASSA Group.

Genís Roca is an archaeologist and specialist in digital transformation processes, with extensive experience advising companies and institutions on strategy, digital culture, and innovation. He is the founder and president of RocaSalvatella, a leading consultancy in business transformation, and combines his professional activity with public speaking and teaching, being a renowned speaker both nationally and internationally.

Pol Gibert is an economist with a background in public administration and economic development. He currently serves as Secretary General for Business and Labor of the Generalitat of Catalonia, where he works to promote business activity, competitiveness, and economic growth, combining strategic vision with in-depth knowledge of the productive sector.

Eloi Cortés is the First Deputy Mayor and a councilor for the Sabadell City Council, with a career linked to public administration and the promotion of local economic development. He has held responsibilities in areas such as economic promotion, employment, and collaboration with the business community, working to strengthen the city’s competitiveness and growth.

Esteve Gené is a businessman and president of the Sabadell Manufacturers’ Guild, a long-standing and leading organisation in the industrial and textile sector. He has extensive experience in the business community, where he promotes innovation, competitiveness, and collaboration between industry, businesses, and institutions in the region.

Since 2000, Jorge Márquez Moreno has dedicated himself to User Experience design, currently as Head of Experience Design & Research at NTT DATA, leading a European team of over 700 people. He combines his professional career with teaching in design master’s programs and participating in events such as Barcelona Design Week. Author of UX for Business , he argues that experience design is a form of artistic expression that unites people, business, design, and technology through creativity.

She holds a degree in Business Administration from UPF and a Master’s in Advanced Human Resources Management from ESADE. She began her career in consulting at Accenture and later joined Sony Iberia, where she became Talent Director of the European Center of Excellence. She has developed her career in the pharmaceutical and financial sectors at companies such as Sanofi and CaixaBank Payments & Consumer, and currently leads the Talent Management & Organizational Development area globally at Mango, both at HQ and in Retail.

Leo Torrecilla Gumbau holds a Bachelor’s and an MBA (1998) from ESADE and a PhD in Political Science from UIC (1999). He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Moldiplast SL, Administrator of Torrinvest del Vallès SL, and Founder & CEO of Promocions Cerdanya Cal Duc SL. He is Vice President of the Sabadell Chamber of Commerce, President of its Industry Committee, and President of the Sant Quirze del Vallès Industrial Park Business Association. He is also a partner and board member of Sibilare, and co-founder and board member of the newspapers Diari de Sabadell , Terrassa , and Nació .

Elisabeth Martínez Guardiola has a distinguished track record in startups, private investment, and entrepreneurship. She was co-founder and CEO of Conector Startup Accelerator, where she helped accelerate more than 200 startups. She has also co-founded Nuclio and served as a strategic advisor on technology projects related to Big Data and artificial intelligence.

A telecommunications engineer from La Salle University and an independent consultant with extensive professional experience in management and digital transformation. Born in Sabadell, he has spent much of his career in the technology and finance sectors, serving as CEO of Eltec (now T-Systems), a leading company in banking and retail services, and holding various management positions at CaixaBank at a national level, including e-commerce director, marketing and advertising director, director of the real estate development business, and President of PromoCaixa. In 2022, he was appointed President of the Textile Design Foundation (FUNDIT), the organization that owns the ESDI School of Design.