Andrés Ortega holds a BA in Sociology from the Universidad de Complutense in Madrid, and a Master’s in HR Management from the Instituto de Empresa business school, and trained as an Executive Coach at the Escuela Europea de Coaching. An expert in people management and change management processes; his career ever since 1998 has always had close ties to the people management field. He has held posts in HR Management in various local and multinational companies in different organizational environments, ALSA and National Express (Travel Transport) as HR Development Manager and HR Deputy Manager (1999 – 2006) Sandisk Corporation as HR Manager in the Mobile Network Division (2006 – 2008), Maersk Logistics ( Logistics Division of the AP Moller Maersk Group) as HR Manager from 2008 to 2013 for Iberia, France and the Maghreb and leading European and global projects in HR innovation processes. He has undertaken consultancy work in strategic HR management with Humannova Consultores as Associate Director and also as an independent consultant developing innovation projects in talent management and digital transformation. Currently he is Head of Talent and Learning in ING Bank for Spain and Portugal. Parallel to his executive activity in the HR field he participates, co-leads and stimulates different projects: HR Innovation Area Leader at the Fundación Personas y Empresas of the BLC Group. Member of the Commission for Innovation in the Spanish Association of HR Managers (Asociación Española de Directores de RR.HH). Co-founder of The People Club, an initiative for multidisciplinary knowledge management through people. Co-organizer of TEDxAlcarriaST and Associate Professor at The European University and for the Senior Management Program in Digital Talent at the ESIC Business and Marketing School in Madrid, Spain.