Managing Partner

Jordi Blasco

Lawyer and founding partner, Jordi Blasco has gathered broad experience as an advisor in national and cross-border transactions since the early 90s. Apart from being the author and co-author of a series of articles in specialized off- and online magazines, Jordi Blasco is also an advisory board member in companies of different sectors. He is an associate professor at EADA. Jordi Blasco holds a degree from IESE, EADA, CCJCC, and UAB.

Industry experience:

Beverages; Education and training; Food; Information technology; Leisure; Media, printing, and publishing; Plastics.

Managing Partner

Martin Mayer

Economist and founding partner gained wide experience since the mid-90s in international corporate finance on both sides, in advisory firms as well as on the client’s side in stock-exchange listed companies. Previously, he worked in various countries in Asia, Eastern, and Western Europe. He is an associate professor at EADA. Martin Mayer holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Innsbruck and an Executive MBA from IE Business School.

Industry experience: 

Automotive; Business services; Education and training; Financial services; Food; Hotels & restaurants; Information technology; Insurance; Security; Steel, metal, and woodworking.

Member of the Financial Services Industry Group.

Partner

Marc Blasco

Chemical Engineer, MBA ESADE Business School.
Extensive experience in private equity and consulting (CAP Gemini), as an executive in several industries, including Chemicals, Food, and Engineering, and as C-level in Gambling (hardware and software). Joined ArsCorporate in 2012.

Industry experience:

Chemicals; Engineering; Food; Information technology.

Analyst

Lina Benchekroun

Currently a 4th year BBA student at ESADE in Barcelona, Lina is completing an internship at ArsCorporate as an M&A Analyst. During my studies at ESADE, she had the opportunity to be the Marketing Director of Ennova, the largest ESADE association. Moreover, she had the chance to do two internships in consultancy, one at NTT Data and one at PwC.

Analyst

Mireia Perarnau

Last-year student of International Business Economics at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. During her studies, she was part of the Pompeu Investment Club, studied at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, for a semester, and interned as an Acquisition and Sourcing Analyst in a Venture Capital.

Director of Business Development

Salvador Serra

Director of Business Development (ArsCorporate): September 2024 – Current Job

Sales & Marketing Manager (MST Holding). Barcelona. October 2021 – August 2024

Mission: Yearly Sales and Marketing Plan definition and execution. BPO’s international new business development within key strategic industries (automotive, banking, consumer electronics, healthcare and tourism).
Manage a Sales and Marketing Team: goal setting, motivation, coaching, problem-solving, support and joint visits to Key Accounts.
Achievements: +6M € new business recurring business after 2 years.

Client Delivery Manager at CPM International (Omnicom Group). Barcelona. May 2015 – October 2021

Mission: develop existing key accounts and generate new business. Successfully supported Inside Sales and Customer Service projects in fast-paced environments, leading some of the company’s most important campaigns
Main projects: I have been managing 5 major projects (Agilent Technologies, Intel, Shared Services, ViaVan and Harley Davidson) generating more than 5M € revenues yearly
Project related tasks: Operations support, Client Management, Finance (P&L forecast creation and reviews), Sales and Marketing (creating and participating in new business quotes and pitches)
Achievements: the Agilent project has received the following ECCSA (European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards) awards: finalists as “Best Team of the Year 2018”, “Best Partnership 2019”, “Customer Centric Project 2021”

Customer Satisfaction Programs in After Sales at SEAT S.A.. Barcelona. September 2012 – April 2015

Mission: led the design and development of Customer Satisfaction Programs in After Sales
Project related tasks: worked cross-functionally to implement those programs (Quality, Marketing, Technical Support, Customer Care, Sales and Warranty department)
Project-related tasks: ongoing support to the importer’s network: market status analysis (Customer Satisfaction, Phantom Tests and Auditing KPIs), root-cause analysis, action plan proposal and agreed measures monitoring
Achievements: 95% Customer Satisfaction KPI targets achievement within the International importer’s network. Importers network satisfaction with our support: average score of 4,2 out of 5.

Industry Experience:

Automotive; Business services; Electronics; Information technology; Wholesale.