Henri Mennens

Dutchman, passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship. This passion he started in the Netherlands, leading one of the country's first innovation ecosystems that became a national best practice by bringing the main stakeholders of university, government and industry together to stimulate knowledge transfer, innovation and new business creation in the South.

He continued his career in Spain, developing Innovation and Entrepreneurship activities first as a freelancer and then for almost 10 years working for Spain's #1 multinational technology consulting firm Indra. With lots of fantastic teams he enjoyed the many challenges he had as an innovation expert and strategy manager at Indra Business Consulting, Indra International, and Minsait.

Then, he decided to start his own boutique innovation consulting firm in Madrid, helping all parties of the Triple Helix with their innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building.

Education

• Master in European Business - Erasmus program Solvay Brussels School
• Degree: MSc International Management Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
• Degree: drs. Business Administration Maastricht University School of Business and Economics

Companies

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program Lead EIT Manufacturing (2022)
• Mentor - IE Startup Lab IE Business School (2021)
• Mentor - Israeli-Spanish Accelerator Program Zakut Zakut Innovation Hub (2021)
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expert EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (2021)
• Program Leader Master of Design and Innovation at IED Madrid Istituto Europeo di Design (2021)
• Associate Professor of Business Design at IED Madrid Istituto Europeo di Design (2021)
• Director Incubation Program EAE Business School (2019)
• Founder and CEO innpulse Innovation consulting (2019)
• Tutor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Media Lab: Beyond Smart Cities GetSmarter - MIT Media Lab (2019)