Jean Alain Jullien

Team member


Partner

Partner in Barcelona, has over 30 years’ experience in the environmental sector. Throughout his career at Veolia Environnement (former Compagnie Générale des Eaux and then Vivendi), Jean-Alain has held the positions of Sales Manager, Factory General Manager, and Latin America Development Manager at Sarp Industries, Deputy CEO of “Industrial waste” at FCC Environment, Development Manager at Onyx Spain and General Manager of Veolia Propreté Spanish Branch. Gentleman of the National Merit Order, International Trade Advisor of France in Spain, Jean-Alain is also a member of French Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Barcelona’s Board. He graduated in the Superior Institute of Management in France and can easily work in French (native), Spanish and English.


Josep Verdura

Team member


Senior Advisor

Josep has a passion for people, communication, and IT, which allows him to be constantly up to date and knowledgeable about emerging and future technologies. He is recognized as a visionary with communication skills to advise companies on digital transformation. Josep has a lot of experience acquired throughout his long professional life and has led large projects in companies, enterprises, institutions, and public and private organizations. He has worked in various sectors, finance, public administration, and technology manufacturers, among others, and as an entrepreneur in several of his own projects. Josep, is a specialist in organization and implementation of IT in companies, has a Master’s degree in Business Telecommunications (UPF), communicates in Catalan (native) and in Spanish and English. Continuous training provides him with specialization, these last years in information security and recently in blockchain technology.


Antonio Bernal

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Partner

He has a degree in Law and a PDD from IESE and is an expert in digital transformation and entrepreneurship.

Since 1999 he has been working in the digital marketing and advertising sector, in companies such as Havas Media. In 2003, he founded tthegap, a digital marketing and advertising agency with offices in Barcelona, Madrid and the Innovation Lab in Salamanca. he has collaborated on digital transformation projects in more than 30 sectors and worked for more than 400 companies. he is a Business “Angel” and Mentor for start-ups in various accelerators (Seedrocket, Numa, Start-up Ole) and has participated in “Raising” processes for numerous start-ups in the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem. Antonio Bernal Dionis is a Partner at You Are Capital with the aim of contributing with his experience in providing business in the digital and innovation sector.


Corinne Rifa

Team member


Senior Advisor

Corinne has more than 30 years experience in Finance as buy side equity analyst, risk management, and portfolio management.
Corinne was Head of European utilities and construction sector at CCF/HSBC.
She joined Amundi in 2010, as credit analyst and then was part of the Emerging markets portfolio management team, in charge of Latin America, until 2018.
After a training in Ferrandi in 2018, (French school of gastronomy in Paris) Corinne founded Plume, a French pastry and tea room in Barcelona and joined YAC in early 2022.

Corinne has a Master in management of EM Lyon and she is a graduate of SFAF (Société française des Analystes Financiers).She speaks native French, fluent Spanish and English.


Cristina Alloza

Team member


Partner

Partner of You Are Capital, with more than 12 years of experience in M&A, advising mid-market companies in their processes of searching for financing, capital increase, and buy/sell of companies, in the sectors of Retail, Luxury, Health Sciences, Technology, Services, Transport and Textile.

Previous experience in Management of Shared Services Centres (Finance, HR and Technology) and as a member of the Board of Directors, in companies of IT distribution, consumer electronics, technology consultancy, air transport and textile industry.

Degree in Business Science, complemented with a PDD from IESE (Management Development Program) and with specific training in Finance and Negotiation. She works in Spanish, Catalan (mother tongues), and English.


Florent Birling

Team member


Senior Advisor

Florent is a business development executive with a strong experience in software product conception. After 10 years of aeronautics innovation in European consortiums, he created different software as a service (SaaS) as COO in a start-up that was finally acquired by a Swiss multinational. He was in charge of the sales and developments of different products that were deployed in more than 40 airlines around the world. Close to the customers, he has a good understanding of the development cycle from custom software development (C DO178, iOS, Web), minimum valuable product, minimum marketable product until the delivery of a complete product of the shelf. He has also a solid experience in operations and in proposing B2B software subscription in a critical environment with 24/7 availability and full disaster recovery. He speaks French, Spanish, English and understands German where he finished his computer science studies. He also holds a PDD from IESE.


Hubert Wiese

Team member


Partner

With over 30 years in the management of luxury businesses: from 1996 to 2014 as CEO of Montblanc Iberia (Richemont Group) developing the brand in Spain and Portugal, writing and leather goods, watches and jewellery as well as creating the retail division from the beginning (including El Corte Inglés). Team member in the integration of the Italian brand Montegrappa into Montblanc International. Vice President of the Paseo de Gracia Association since 2011, providing support to more than 190 associates in different aspects such as security, local action plans and an international marketing plan. In 2014 he founded Alpervintage SL, a consulting firm dedicated to investment and management of companies in the field of Premium Services and Consumer Goods with Retail channel. He speaks German, English and Spanish fluently.


Daniel Martinez

Team member


Senior Advisor

With more than 20 years of experience in the field of water management, environmental services and civil works, he has held various responsibility positions at Aqualia (FCC), including Director of the Works Department and Director of Services, as well as in the Copcisa Group, as General Director of Coptalia.

In 2011 he joined the Remondis Group as Managing Director in Spain and was later appointed Member of the Board of Directors and director of various subsidiaries and joint ventures, actively participating in several M&A processes.

He is a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and has an Executive MBA from IESE. He can work in Spanish and Catalan (native) and in English.


Manuel Arbiol

Team member


Partner

Master’s in business management from ESADE and is also a Chartered Accountant. He first developed his professional career at KPMG, as director of the audit department and the M&A department. Later, he worked as a partner in an independent professional firm and has participated in various investment projects and business divestiture. He has acquired more than 20 years of experience in the process of buying and selling companies, especially in the industrial and services sector. Expert in: Business Valuations Due Diligence Processes Complex Negotiations.


Olivier Bertrand

Team member


Senior Advisor

Olivier joined You are Capital in October 2021, while maintaining advisory activities in the startup ecosystem. After an early carrer in process auditing and finance analysis, Olivier created, over 20+ years, several enterprise in the process & business software industry: consulting, directing project, publishing software ; building an expertise in process, KPI, finance and governance in sector such as manufacturing, distribution & wholesale, business services ; and collaborated in 10+ countries. Olivier holds one MBA in Finance (ESGF, Paris) and one in International trade and a long time expertise in tech, also trained in PCM (management technique used by the NASA). French native speaker, he is bilingual in English, intermediate in Spanish, and has basic knowledge of German.