Why us?

Traits that make us unique and highly competitive.

We are a BOUTIQUE

Direct, close and obsessed with your satisfaction.

We are not consultants, we are ENTREPRENEURS

Forget consultants who have never worked in a company. We have already lived it, we have empathy.

Som PROFESSORS, escriptors, ponents

The others work with our students. We set trends, with our own methodology and state-of-the-art techniques.

TRANSVERSAL Vision

Bringing best practices from other sectors.

RESULTS oriented, LEARN BY DOING

Impact and high efficiency.

We also EXECUTE

We get wet with you, day by day, side by side.

International Scope

Offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Casablanca (Africa), Miami (Americas) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).

Network of CONTACTS

Individuals, companies and institutions. LinkedIn +8000.

LinkedIn

+20,000 direct contacts

Team

Whoever tries, wants more

Our human resources are everything. We form a team of more than 50 specialists with diverse professional backgrounds in multiple specialties and sectors, most of them trained in prestigious business schools. We are prepared to be one of your team. Together we will turn your opportunities into great successes.

Joan Riera
PRESIDENT
“The secret is the team. To surround ourselves with the best, has proved to be the key to our success. Anyone who can surpass us in something is welcome to join”
Joan Riera is an Innovator, Advisor, Professor, Investor, Writer and Speaker, known for his unparalleled connection with people, his fierce passion, and his obsession to find entrepreneurial ways to drive positive change in the world. Joan has over 20 years of business success in the corporate world and then as an eight-time entrepreneur. Joan has been honored to participate in more than 400 projects and help over 50.000 executives from more than 60 countries transform and energize their lives and their organizations. To accomplish this mission, he founded Active Development in 2010, a consulting firm that offers specialized advisory in growth management, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship and sales. He is currently leading the company and participating in different projects in the field. He is a prolific thought leader and author, regularly expressing his views on business issues in public speeches, television appearances, and top publications. Joan is internationally recognized as a leading expert for Corporate Entrepreneurship. His latest book, Impulso, offers an accessible methodology to deploy intrapreneurship in the organizations. As a supporter of socially conscious ventures, Joan is proud to have designed and executed different programs for governments, institutions, foundations and NGOs, such as entrepreneurship camps for young gifted entrepreneurs or an incubator / accelerator for disabled entrepreneurs.
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Gala Micó
Operations Executive
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Jordi Pla
GENERAL MANAGER
“Customers demand excellence and results. Therefore, we have a good human team, knowledge and motivation”
Lic&MBA from ESADE and PDG from IESE. He has developed a long international professional career in the world of marketing, advertising and communication. He has had management responsibilities in Spain, the United States and in several European projects. An academic collaborator at ESADE, he is also an active lecturer and independent advisor to various business initiatives, as well as an active participant in business forums in the field of commerce and entrepreneurship. He has been an entrepreneur and is a private investor.
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Nacho Gallardo
SENIOR MANAGER
“Perseverance will prevail where all else will fail! The passion for innovation and growth and the ability of a talented team makes working at Active a pleasure”
Lic&MBA from ESADE, specialized in Marketing, Sales and Business Strategy. International experience in a Marketing Agency (5 years between Paris and London). Academic collaborator at ESADE and tenured professor at the ESIC MBA, where he also coordinates the Investment forum and advises the investors club. Private investor in start-ups in different accelerators and incubators, as well as an active speaker. He has been an entrepreneur and Director in the consulting field
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Jordi Riera
MANAGER MIAMI OFFICE
“The worst execution is the one that is not done”
Jordi leads Active Development for the USA. He has more than 10 years of experience in Marketing and Sales in the USA and in multinational companies in various countries. He also has experience in Business Development in Asia, New Zealand and Australia. His training includes the BA Honors International Business at the University of Westminster (London, UK) and also programs at the London School of Economics and the Business Institute.
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César Rabba
Consultant
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Irene Gassiot
CONSULTANT
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Ricard Huguet
SENIOR MANAGER
“It's more fun to be a pirate than to belong to the navy.”
Graduate in Pharmacy and MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management with an emphasis on Innovation. Their specialties are in the field of converting technology into business and commercial development. In 2003 Ricard was appointed Director of Innovation for the city of Barcelona. He is an entrepreneur, private investor and active speaker. He is a co-instructor with Henry Chesbrough and Ken Morse.
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Estefany Huenca
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Josep Alcover
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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Nanita Ferrone
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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José Miguel Caballero
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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Katherine D'Amico
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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Ximena Martínez
Senior Consultant
Being innovative is breaking the limits that you impose on your mind, it is finding the best version of yourself to open new possibilities in your environment.
Specialist in Talent Management, People Development, Selection and High Performance Teams. Graduate in Psychology from the Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago de Chile. Certified in international assessment tools, as well as in coaching by the Rafael Echevarría school. His teaching and research activity focuses on the evaluation of the person, new talent development techniques and Human Resources management. She is an active speaker in corporate entrepreneurship and talent management forums. He has developed his career in the field of clinical, organizational and business psychology. With more than 10 years of experience in HR Management and Direction. The case of Vodafone stands out, where it assumed responsibility for managing people in the field of distribution, creating and developing high-performance commercial teams in highly competitive environments with complex sales processes.
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Enrique Belda
Senior Associate
"In other times, literature was an art and finances a craft; Today the terms have been reversed."
Graduate in Economics from the University of Barcelona (UB) and Master in Project Management from LaSalle BCN (U. Ramón Llull), with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Innovation, Finance and Business Development, developed mainly in companies in the multinational and mass consumption. Enrique has a highly analytical and creative profile. Provides a strategic and business vision, betting on innovation aimed at achievement and results. With a great capacity for planning, management and development of processes, which also involve leadership of people and organization of transversal teams. Enrique provides the economic and financial vision in the projects, combining the rigor of his high analytical capacity, innovation and business vision.
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Marta Madeira
Senior Consultant
"When people go to work, they shouldn't leave their hearts at home."
Graduated in Psychology from the University of Coimbra (Portugal), with a Master's degree in clinical psychoanalysis completed at the University of Barcelona. Its main activity is based on the development of large work teams and the continuous training of people as HR Senior Consultant and Certified Coach. Marta is passionate about human management of organizations, team coordination, leadership and development to achieve high performance. Experience as CEO in the Psychology Department of Trasesa (Lisbon), leading psychological evaluation, counseling and coaching projects. It has also designed programs to improve mental and health status at work.
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Daniela Gomes
Senior Consultant
"In every adventure you have to put the best of yourself"
Graduate in Psychology from ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Portugal), with a Master in Forensic Psychology and Social Exclusion from the Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa. Extensive experience in individual and group skills development projects. Passionate about promoting healthy workplaces where the person plays a central role as an agent of change for well-being. Experience as coordinator of wellness teams in content moderation projects.
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Joan Riera

Founder and CEO of Active Development

Joan Riera is an advisor, professor, innovator, investor, writer and speaker, known for his ability to connect with people, his intense passion, and his obsession with finding entrepreneurial ways to generate positive changes in the world. Joan has more than 20 years of business success in the corporate world, as well as in the entrepreneurial world through the creation of 8 companies (the first, at 23 years old).

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Joan has had the honor of participating in more than 400 projects and helping more than 50,000 executives from more than 60 countries transform and energize their lives and organizations. To fulfill this mission, he founded Active Development in 2010, a boutique consulting firm that offers advice on growth management, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship and sales. He currently leads the company as president and participates in projects at the tactical level.

Joan has always been characterized by her enthusiasm and passion for the academic world, as well as her commitment to the development and empowerment of leaders. For more than 20 years his teaching activity focuses on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Lean Startup, Leadership, Strategy and General Management at ESADE Business School. Participate in benchmark programs such as MSC, MBA or EMBA, as well as flagship programs such as “The Journey Transformation” in collaboration with Singularity University or tailored programs for executives in companies such as Telefónica, Boston Scientific, Puig, Grupo Planeta, Pfizer, Repsol , La Caixa, LIDL, Danone, Porsche, Novartis, BBVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Abbott, Solvay or Adif.

At ESADE he also assumed different executive positions at the school and as an intrapreneur, he was co-founder and first General Director of ESADE CREAPOLIS, a business park that accelerates the innovation of corporations and startups, or co-founder of ESADE BAN, one of the most important business angel networks. prestigious in Europe.

He is a prolific author who regularly participates in presentations, media appearances and publications. Joan is recognized as an expert in Corporate Entrepreneurship for his 5 levers methodology that is reflected in his latest book IMPULSO, offering an accessible and comprehensive system to establish intrapreneurship in organizations.

Concerned about supporting initiatives with social impact, Joan is proud to have designed and executed various programs, not only for governments and institutions, but also for foundations and NGOs, such as a program for high-capacity entrepreneurs or an accelerator for disabled entrepreneurs.

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