Antonio Furones

Msc Civil Engineer graduated from the University of Cantabria (Honors), he began his professional career in the management (public and private) of the integral water cycle, initially from a technical perspective in Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia to move on, then, to management tasks in Aguas de Valencia and the Canal de Isabel II.

He has developed his consultant role in strategic and operational issues in the industrial field as a managing partner at Abantia Consulting, subsequently serving as DELOITTE Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) area, where he advised on restructuring, valuation and purchase-sale of companies, studying the existing business models and their viability. Also noteworthy is his managerial experience in the preparation and implementation of Strategic Plans and his performance in the Aguas de Valencia Group (Director of Audit and Internal Consulting) and as General Director and CEO of Grupo Tecopy, becoming COO for the South of Europe of the British multinational Tunstall. He is currently an advisor to several companies.

In parallel to his professional career, Professor Rodríguez Furones has maintained a close relationship with teaching in IE Business School. At the moment, he is preparing his doctoral thesis on comparative models of urban integral water cycle management.

He is the author of the blog elnietodenicomaco.wordpress.com (Twitter: @arfurones), and he has published several articles in different media and specialized magazines on strategic and organizational management of organizations, and on specific aspects of the water sector.

Education

• Msc. Civil Engineering Universidad de Cantabria (1992 — 1998)
• Programa de Desarrollo Directivo CYII IESE Business School (2009 — 2010)
• PhD in Environmental Engineering Universidad de Cantabria (2017 — 2022)

Companies

• Vicepresidente Mesa de Proyectos Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem (2020)
• Interim Management. Magtalent Magtalent Interim Management (2018)
• Professor Strategy, Industry 4.0, Blockchain EOI Escuela de Organización Industrial (2014)
• Associate Professor Strategy Instituto de Empresa Business School (2007)
• Chief Operating Officer (COO) for South-Europe Tunstall GmbH (2017 — 2018)
• General Director, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) GRUPO TECOPY (2011 — 2016)
• Technical Staff General Management Canal de Isabel II (2009 — 2011)
• Manager Deloitte (2008 — 2009)
• Senior Manager ABANTIA GROUP (2005 — 2008)

Skills

• Financial Modeling
• Valuation
• Blogging

Other

High Availability, Gestión del Agua, Formación de directivos en Operaciones, Formación de directivos en Estrategia, Strategy, Liderazgo, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Persona, Persona (arquetipo), Negotiation, Gestión de cambios, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, Entrepreneurship, Spanish, English, Análisis financiero, Planificación, Espíritu empresarial, Consultoría de gestión, Management Consulting, Estrategia, Corporate Finance, Gestión de proyectos, Change Management, Cambio organizacional, Planificación estratégica, Business Planning, Inglés, Negociación, Español, Plan de negocio, Liderazgo de equipos, Finanzas corporativas, Consultoría de estrategia y operaciones, Estrategia empresarial