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Description

Expert consultant in **organizational transformation**, with over 20 years of experience in **various industries**, including **technology**, **pharmaceuticals, and banking**. Her focus is on cultural change management, sustainability, and **aligning business strategy with talent development and organizational culture**. She has led digital and cultural transformation processes in highly regulated environments, driving improvements in operational efficiency and fostering a continuous growth mindset.

Additionally, she holds a Doctorate in legal interoperability for virtual infrastructures in bioinformatics, providing her with in-depth knowledge of data management, privacy, and regulatory compliance in advanced technology sectors. Maria has worked on implementing regulations such as GDPR and designing legal strategies that facilitate collaboration among international teams, ensuring compliance with global regulations.

She stands out for her **ability to integrate technology into organizational processes and her skill in working in agile and remote environments**. Throughout her career, she has proven to be a natural leader, promoting inclusion, diversity, and sustainability in all initiatives she leads. As a consultant, she brings a strategic and holistic vision that drives the success and growth of organizations in highly competitive markets.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Madrid (up to 50km), Barcelona (up to 50km), Sevilla (up to 50km)

Self-Employed
Consultant - Strategic Advisor (People, Transformation, Compliance, Sustainability, Culture)
January 2022 - Today (4 years and 7 months)
Madrid, Spain
Talent. Define the skills that are needed and working with the teams so they connect with their full potential. Enable reskilling and upskilling to enhance the culture. Align digital tools and behaviours. Work on Diversity and inclusion. Diversity in the largest sense: Behavioural, age and generations, cultural and gender. Cultural transformation in Companies enhancing Talent and People and aligning processes. In change management sustainability is key so adressing ESG is a goal.
EJE&CON Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s
Motivational Speaker
September 2019 - Today (6 years and 11 months)
Madrid, Spain
The Spanish Association of Executives and Directors (EJE&CON) is a non-profit organization that promotes the presence of women in senior management positions and boards of directors. Founded in 2015, it is composed of more than 1400 professionals from large companies, executives committed to talent without gender or generational biases. Among the most relevant projects are the EJE&CON Awards for Talent Without Gender, which recognize organizations working to promote equality, and the EJE&CON Code of Good Practices for Talent Management and Business Competitiveness Improvement, which currently has more than 180 adhering companies. More information at https://ejecon.org/ I participate in the EJE&CON community "Here Are They" as a speaker. Non-profit organizations
ING España&Portugal
VP Human Resources. Head of People Services
July 2020 - October 2021 (1 year and 3 months)
Madrid, Spain
ING is a Technology company focusing on banking services. In Spain more than 2000 people working there in two businesses retail and wholesale. VP of Human resources focusing on HR transformation tu build a data-driven culture. HR operations
Integration and alignment of the team.
Talent review of the team (strong upskilling and reskilling of the team). Sustainability Training: Upskill employees on sustainable practices within their roles, promoting awareness and responsible behavior (Environmental).
Agile coach to create autoorganized teams.
Prepare the processes to an RFP to externalize payroll and migrate from People Soft to Workday.
Data (accuracy, reliability, structure). Prepare for automation. People analytics. HR transformation
Processes review
Establish and lead the design of the processes to automate, boost effectiveness in HR operations and develop People Analytics to make dashboards. HR management
Establish a good level of collaboration with Unions.
Diversity & Inclusion: Integrate D&I initiatives into talent review and upskilling programs to foster a diverse and inclusive workforce, reflecting the communities we serve (Social). New Ways of Working
Draft and implement the 100% flexible remote working policy to achieve a cultural and behavioral change. Wellbeing & Work-Life Balance: Design HR processes and remote work policies that prioritize employee wellbeing and reduce environmental impact through reduced commuting (Social, Environmental).
Build on employee experience and engagement. Strategic HR projects

Development of the data culture. Achievements: consolidate the HR operations team to promote status quo questionning. Prepare the basis on automation on human resources processes. Prepare the migration of the payroll #HR transformation #People #Cultural Change #Growth mindset, #Digital transformation #Innovation #Data Driven #Talent Management #People Development #ESG