Balvinder Singh Powar

Balvinder is a Business & Finance graduate who also studied a Masters in Mediation from the University of London. He has extensive experience leading business, social, cultural, media and technology projects in Spain and internationally. His main skills include communications (internal and external), creative & strategic input, business development & senior management, team leadership, relationship management & business mediation. Currently, he is a Founding Partner, Board Member and Director at BOOSTER Space Industries and AERDRON, innovative international Aerospace projects/consultancies with important stakeholders globally. He is also an Adjunct Professor and Business Mentor at IE and a qualified and experienced trainer, giving sessions on Leadership, Team Management and Motivation, Innovation Culture, Mediation/Conflict Resolution Skills, Entrepreneurship and the New Commercial Space Industry. He also advises many Innovation Projects Globally.

Corporate Experience

• 2010 – Present: Managing Director and CCO Spain BOOSTER Space Industries. Executive Board Member. May. BOOSTER is a Consortium of Leading International Companies working on an Innovative Sub Orbital Space Transportation Project
• 2014 – Present: CCO and Partner AERDRON. UAV Development
• April 2008 – July 2009: Senior Resolution Adviser TCM (Total Conflict Management), London
• November 2005 – April 2006: Country Manager East Timor, Intervida (NGO), Barcelona -East Timor
• 2004 – end 2005: Presenter, Reporter, Editor and Newsreader for TeleMadrid Spanish Public TV Channel
• 2002 – 2006: Director and Founding Partner of Cronotime S.L. (Madrid)
• Import, Distribution and Retail Company in the Luxury Goods Sector, specialised in Mechanical Watches
• 2003 – 2004: Senior Advisor, Santander Bank Cultural Foundation (Madrid)
• 2000 – 2002: Project Manager India, Juan Bonal Foundation (Madrid)
• 1999 – 2003: Project Manager International Technology Projects, Corporación Multimedia & Fancredits (including Hypermedia, Digisat, Sky, Static)
• November 2009 – April 2010: Advisor to the San Ezequiel Moreno Foundation (Madrid). Head of Business Partnerships, Intermediation and Mediation
• April 2006 – April 2008: Project Manager /Consultant, London and Madrid

Academic Experience

• 2011 – Today: Adjunct Professor IE Business School (Madrid)

Academic Background

• 2008: Masters degree in Conflict Resolution and Mediation Studies from the University of London, Birkbeck, UK. Passed with Merit
• 2008: Holder of The National Certificate in Workplace Mediation – OCN Accredited. Passed with Distinction and highest mark to date
• 2008: ILM Accredited Trainer
• 1990: De Montfort University, UK. Business and Finance Graduate
• Various courses successfully completed in Mediation, Law, Project Management, Ecology