Katharine D´Amico

Katharine is Canadian, and a Professor in Communication Strategy, Leadership & Applied Neuroscience at ESADE Business & Law School, in the following programs:

• ESADE Executive MBA Program
• ESADE Executive Master Program in Digital Business
• ESADE Law School Global Governance, Economics & Fiscal Policy
• ESADE InnoEnergy Programs (SENSE & RENE)
• ESADE MBA FT Leadership Foundation Weeks
• ESADE Progresa Women´s Emerging Leaders Program
• ESADE MSC CEMS program

She collaborates with Executive Education and Corporate Programs in Microsoft Switzerland, Facebook & Amazon in Dubai, Pepsico, Group Bimbo, HP, General Electric, Lenovo, Bayer, La Roche, SEAT, Novartis, REPSOL, FIA University Leadership Development Program and the European Intellectual Property Office as well as the ESADE Diversity Initiative, ESADE Summer Intensive program for Georgetown University & Hong Kong University as well as regular Corporate Master Class sessions with ESADE Alumni.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

She is a well-known and highly requested Key Note speaker and program lead on Communication Strategy in Repsol Technology & Innovation Hub, La Caixa XXI Awards, EIT Health Europe, EIT Innoenergy, Engel & Voelkers, Agilent, GMAT Europe, SME Instrument Horizon 2021 and in International Congresses such as The European Women in Technology, the Professional Women´s Network and The European Society of Women Engineers. She is a Member of the Board of Directors at the ESADE Alumni Women Empowerment Club - CLUB WE 2022.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INVESTOR EXPERIENCE

She has a wide experience as a Professional Mentor in public speaking and deck pitch management. She has mentored more than 900 startups in the last 5 years. She is Mentor in-house for World class accelerators in Spain and the EU such as Conector, Nuclio, F10, La Caixa Premios XXI, Wayra Telefonica, Wayra SCALE Up Women, 5G The Thinx with the World Mobile Capital. Meridea Capital, & The IESE Women Bootcamp for Innovation in Health ( Speaker and Mentor), Mentor at ESADE Business Angels Network, Mentor and Evaluator for EIT Health EU, and Mentor with ESADE eWorks, and the ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute. Speaker at STEM Women´s Congress and the European Society of Women Engineers. She is CEO at SWALA Ventures ( www.swalaventures.com ) investing as Business Angel in tech start- ups at pre-seed and seed stages. , helping start-ups to raise +120 M € in public and private funds.

Companies

• MBA Full Time Leadership Foundation Weeks 2021 Esade (2021)
• Mentor ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute EEI Esade (2020)
• Mentor eWorks Esade Entrepreneurship Institute Accelerator Program Esade (2020)
• WAYRA ScaleUp Women Mentor 5G The Thinx Investor Pitches & Pitch Deck Management wayra (2020)
• Progresa Program for Emerging Leaders ESADE Business School, Deliotte & CEOE 2020 ESADE Business & Law School (2020)
• Progresa Emerging Leaders Program ESADE Business School, Deloitte, CEOE Esade (2020)
• Co Director WAYRA & ESADE Entrepresneurship Institute Bootcamp Women in Tech February 2020 Wayra (2020)
• European Women in Tech Series Speaker November 2019 ESADE Business & Law School (2019)
• Innoenergy Pitching Your Business Idea ESADE Business School Esade (2019)

Education

• PhD Candidate Leeds Beckett University (2013 — 2020)
• Board of Directors ESADE Alumni Women Empowerment Club WE Esade (2021.11)