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02Innovation & New Concepts

Concepts, formats and ventures — inside sport and beyond.

I help teams turn opportunities into concrete concepts, business cases and go-to-market plans.

Focus areas

  • Opportunity framing
  • Concept design
  • Business case & validation
  • Go-to-market
  • Audience strategy
  • Cross-sector ventures

Capabilities

  • 01Run structured discovery and opportunity framing
  • 02Design and prototype new concepts
  • 03Build business cases and validation plans
  • 04Define go-to-market and audience strategy
  • 05Design cross-sector partnerships and ventures
  • 06Sequence launch into realistic phases

Selected achievements

  • Concept, business case and roadmap for a cross-sector women's football venture
  • Repositioned matchday product driving 30%+ audience growth
  • New format designs adopted by a professional sporting organisation

Selected work

Selected work relevant to this profile.

  • 2013–2017

    Turning around an institution at risk of closure

    Governance and operational restructuring, brand renewal, digital distribution and sustained stakeholder work across four editions of a historic cultural institution.

    Continuity secured, first online edition and 30%+ audience growth.

    Strategy & Organisational DevelopmentDigital, Data & AI TransformationInnovation & New Concepts
  • 2005–2010

    Creating a new category from zero, without budget or backing

    Identified an unaddressed gap in an established industry, defined a defensible position and grew an international community around it.

    Six editions, first worldwide reference of its kind, later replicated internationally.

    Innovation & New ConceptsStrategy & Organisational Development
  • Ongoing

    Combining formats from separate industries around an underserved audience

    Publication, hospitality space, merchandise, events, documentary and a team, unified under a single brand ecosystem before that audience became mainstream.

    Multi-format concept validated; documentary selected at ten international festivals.

    Innovation & New ConceptsStrategy & Organisational DevelopmentFootball Strategy & Development
  • 2018–present

    Designing a custom decision-making system when no product fits

    Functional model, requirements translation and coordinated stakeholders around a modular platform built for real workflows, not reports.

    Seven seasons in continuous use, scaled from amateur to top-flight professional.

    Digital, Data & AI TransformationInnovation & New ConceptsFootball Strategy & Development

Education & qualifications

  • Executive programme in Strategy & Innovation

    Leading European business school

  • Data & business intelligence certifications

    Applied to elite sport contexts

Speaking

  • 2025

    The Future of Business: AI as a Driver of Change

    Practical AI use cases in football and sport

  • 2023

    Aggity Talk — Female leadership in technology

    Female leadership in technology and sport

  • 2022

    El talento, palanca de crecimiento económico

    Experience from the Executive Programme in Blockchain Business Models

  • 2023

    Sports Data Forum 2023

    Data ecosystems in women's football

  • 2023

    Football Analytics 2023 — Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    Data ecosystems in women's football

  • 2024

    Past, Present and Future of Aragonese Football

    Roundtable alongside leading figures from Spanish football

  • 2023

    Tour Universo Mujer Huesca — Foro Universo Mujer

    Appointed Official Ambassador for the Huesca edition, speaking alongside Olympic medallists

  • 2022

    11F — International Day of Women and Girls in Science

    Educational activities and publication

  • 2019

    Gender Equality in Sport

    Five educational workshops for primary and secondary schools

  • 2012

    Factoría de Innovación — EOI Seville

    Storytelling: where ideas come from

  • 2023

    FIFA Women's World Cup Final — Live TV Commentary

    Live TV commentary

  • 2022

    Mujeres Líderes campaign

    Promoting women in leadership and executive positions

  • 2023

    El fútbol todo lo-cura

    How the SD Huesca women's football project was created and has evolved

  • 2024

    I Jornada de Empresas y Fútbol Femenino — Networking

    Convening companies and clubs to build the business case for women's football

  • 2022

    Women's Empowerment in the Economy

    Panel on female leadership beyond clichés, from institutional and business perspectives

  • 2022

    Business and Sport — Tax Incentives for Sports Patronage

    How companies can support sport through the tax-incentive framework for patronage

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CV and profiles

CV and professional profiles

One multidisciplinary career, presented through different areas of experience.

  • 01

    Women's Football: Strategy and Direction

    Sporting direction, structure development, talent growth and professionalisation of women's football projects.

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  • 02

    Strategy and Development in Sport

    Strategy, consulting and project management for clubs, federations, leagues and companies in the sports ecosystem.

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  • 03

    Innovation, Data and Digital Transformation

    Design of solutions, new products and transformation processes connecting business, technology and people.

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  • 04

    Organisational Transformation and Project Leadership

    Design and execution of strategic projects, change management and coordination of teams and complex organisations.

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