TEAM
Phi Industrial Team
ALEXANDER WIT
Managing Partner
Alexander started PHI Industrial Acquisitions’ operations and so far, he has led PHI´s acquisitions and divestments. His background is operational, having started various companies in the past, and has been involved in managing change at various organisations. Alex launched his career working as a consultant for IVC, S.A. and Deloitte Consulting in Madrid, before establishing his own company, Dooyoo AG, in 1999. Headquartered in Berlin, Alexander served as a Board Member until 2006. In 2004, as CEO of an online travel company, he was responsible for growing and eventually selling the company. He obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration from Boston College, and obtained an MBA at Harvard Business School.
JORDI BRICIO
Managing Partner
Jordi has more than 20 years of experience in management, development and growth of companies in Europe. He worked as Director of Operations and General Manager in several industrial companies of international scope in Spain, Germany and France, before working at PHI Industrial. As co-founder of PHI Industrial and head of the Operational Management of the PHI Industrial portfolio companies, Jordi has led the operational change and the creation of sustained value in Innovation, Sales & Marketing, Operations… of more than 25 companies in different sectors (industrial, retail, luxury, logistics, services…).
Jordi is an Industrial Engineer from UPC University in Barcelona and has an MBA from ESADE. He has continuously developing his management and innovation skills in various forums and international universities (Stanford University, Singularity University…).
JAIME ECHÁNIZ
Director M&A
Jaime joined PHI Industrial Acquisitions in 2011 and is part of the M&A team. Previously, Jaime worked for 4 years at Deloitte, in the Private Equity Transaction Services (PETS) department in London and in the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) department in Madrid, providing advice on Mergers and Acquisitions and debt refinancing. Jaime holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Deusto and an Executive MBA at IESE Business School.
IGNACIO HORMAECHEA
Director M&A
Ignacio joined PHI’s M&A team in June, 2016 and is involved in the analysis of both potential acquisition and divestments. Prior to PHI, Ignacio worked within the Coporate Finance division at EY, where he was involved in the advice of Mergers and Acquisitions and the Valuation of companies. Ignacio holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University Autunoma of Madrid and a Master in International Management (MIM) at the IE Business School.
MATS PUJOLS
M&A UK
Mats joined PHI Industrial Acquisitions in 2020. He is part of the M&A team and currently works on the fund’s business development in the United Kingdom and internationally. Prior to joining PHI, Mats worked in London for several turnaround and special situations investors (Mutares, Sandton Capital) where he invested in underperforming and distressed companies. He previously worked in London and Paris for several leading investment banks (Greenhill, Rothschild) specialising in M&A and Restructuring transactions. Mats holds an MSc in Corporate Finance and Banking from EDHEC Business School.
CARLOS MORA-FIGUEROA
Associate M&A
Carlos joined the M&A team in October 2021 where he analyses and executes potential investments and divestments. Previously, Carlos worked for 1 year as a Corporate Finance analyst at Seabird Capital, advising companies from different sectors in M&A, Capital Markets and Valuation processes. Carlos holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
ELENA MIALDEA
Financial Director
Elena has worked in the financial department of companies like, Repsol, S.A. and Real Madrid, CF. In 2004 she became part of the S2G Team – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu managing clients such as Banco de Santander for which she was involved in financial auditing, and in SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) and Garrigues Sport & Entertainment where she developed functions in business administration of property, real –estate and artistic holdings. In July 2007 she joined PHI Industrial Acquisitions as Financial Director for the holding in Spain where she also participates in financial due diligence processes. Elena has a degree in Business Administration granted by Alfonso X el Sabio University and a Masters degree in encyclopedic Financial Management. Elena has also a Masters degree in Executive Finance granted by ESADE.
NOEMÍ BORREGO
Finance & Controlling
Noemí Borrego Bernal started her career at Deloitte in the S2G Team (General management services) in February 2011, working with clients such as Bankia, where she carried out auditing tasks, or Rovi Labotatories, where she developed accounting functions. In December 2011, she joined PHI Industrial Acquisitions as an accountant, supporting the Financial Director in accounting, consolidation and auditing tasks. Noemí has a Business degree from Extremadura University.
SANDRA ALIENDE
Finance
Sandra Aliende Corral joined the finance team in February 2020, performing accounting tasks and supporting the CFO in financial audits and reporting. Previously, Sandra worked for 7 years in Prague for companies such as Honeywell and Newell Brands. In the latter she worked in the financial department as a Senior General Accountant. Sandra holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Zaragoza.
Phi Industrial – Operations
ANDRÉS VILLEGAS
CEO at Bluesun Consumer Brands
Andrés is an Industrial Engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the FMCG Fabric Care and Home Care sector. He has completed a PDD at IESE and his professional career has been developed in the Operations area with a strong Commercial orientation. His previous stages in Persan and La Antigua Lavandera, as Operations Director and serving important FMCG chains such as Mercadona, DIA, IFA, Tesco, ASDA and as Contract Manufacturing for Henkel, Unilever and P&G stand out. He joined PHI Industrial Acquisitions in June 2015 assuming different responsibilities until reaching his current position as CEO of BlueSun.
FRANCESCO RUSSO
Vice-president of Operations
Francesco has 15 years of experience in management consulting, PE and general management. Francesco began his career in Marconi Communications, where he had marketing and finance roles. He then joined McKinsey & Company, where he led strategy and operational assignments for large multinational companies in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
In 2010 he joined JH Partners to help supervise the 2 Italian investments Frette and La Perla. He joined the management team of La Perla, first as head of strategy and finally as general manager. In La Perla, he led a variety of restructuring, brand identity and expansion initiatives. After the sale of La Perla Francesco joined PHI Industrial Acquisition to lead the fund’s business development in Italy.
Francesco obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration from Pisa University, and has an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.
ANA RODRÍGUEZ
CEO at Lladró
Ana has developed her professional career since 1993 in the field of consulting, and subsequently restructuring and relaunching business units, in companies such as ENDESA (energy), TYCO ELECTRONICS (industrial), SOLUZIONA (consulting and auditing), APPLUS (consulting and certification) and NEXGRUP (health services to companies). Ana co-founded in 1999 and managed for 3 years the technological services company AliterNet, S.L. Between 2001 and 2010, she has been Division Manager at Applus, and Business Unit Manager at Nexgrup. Since then, Ana has specialized in analytical cost control and optimization of management processes, both in industrial and service companies. Ana holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from UPC and an MBA from ESADE.
TONI FRANCO
CEO at LAPP Insulators
Toni is a Mechanical Engineer, Organizational Industrial Engineer and holds a Master in Operations. He started his career in 2001 in an automotive company. After working for a Start-Up setting its operations in Asia he continued his career for the following 10 years in multinational companies in different operations and business management roles in Europe and Asia where he resides several years.
In 2015 he started a collaboration with CoBe Capital, an american family office, specialized in Carve Outs as VP Operations, where he took care of part of the portfolio and analyzed new acquisition opportunities, where TechCo Security Turnaround highlights. From then onwards Toni has worked with several PEs and Private businesses leading Turnaround and Growth projects.
Toni joined PHI Industrial as Portfolio Director and he is currently CEO at Lapp Insulators Gmbh, which is PHI’s Fund III first acquisition.
ALVARO JIMÉNEZ-ASENJO
Task Force, Marketing and Sales
Álvaro has developed his career in the area of marketing and sales. He is an industrial engineer and obtained a Master in industrial business management. From 1999 until 2007 Álvaro worked as a key account manager at Bossard, a Swiss multinational group. In 2007 Álvaro joined the chemical company Panreac as commercial director, including sales, marketing and innovation management. He has also worked in different sectors such as public illumination maintenance, gas distribution and manufacturing of plastic injection equipment. Since October 2012 Alvaro is part of the Task Force team of PHI Industrial Acquisitions leading projects in the areas of sales and marketing.
CARLES BRUGADA
Task Force Finance
Carles is a professional of the finance area with a degree in Economics and Business Administration. In 1995-1999 he was cash supervisor at Tepsa logistics, a US-French joint venture of bulk storage of liquids. In 1999 he joined Telstar as controller and contributed to its growth by establishing new subsidiaries overseas. In 2007 he became corporate resources director in Telstar group in charge of finance, controlling, IT, legal, HR and M&A activities with global responsibility over 18 countries. He joined PHI in 2014. Carles is MBA by Instituto de Empresa, Madrid.
MANUEL SAMPEDRO
Task Force IT
Manuel has over 20 years of experience in IT and business processes reengineering, designing solutions and leading projects for key industry leaders in multiple sectors. Industrial Engineer and Executive MBA, Manuel has developed his career in Consulting and System Integration firms like AT&T, Deloitte Consulting, KPMG Consulting and Unisys, serving in different leadership positions as IT Strategy Manager, Supply Chain Management practice leader and Director of Security Services and Solutions.
LLUÍS-MARÍA MUNNÉ
Task Force Operaciones
Lluís-María began his career in 1992 at Consultor. In 1995, Lluís-María joined the industrial chemical group Pymag-Curtin in which he developed different functions related to operations. From 2004 to 2008, he was CEO of the group’s main company and led a restructuring process including the merger with its main subsidiary company. In 2008, Lluís-María moved to Grupo Inversud (Real Estate sector in South America). He was in charge of the Peruvian projects.
In 2010, Lluís-María came back to the industrial sector, joining the metallurgical company Isofix, S.L.
From August 2010, he worked for PHI Industrial Acquisitions restructuring Covit, S.L. and he was Managing Director of Covit, S.L. until August 2020 and in November 2020 he joined Adisa as Managing Director and he is now Operations task force.
Lluís-María has Economics degree from Universitat de Barcelona and is an auditor.
EDGAR BOCH
Task Force Operations
Edgar is an experienced COO (Chief Operating Officer), highly oriented to Business Development, Re-structuring, Innovation and Industry 4.0, with a demonstrated history of more than 20 years working in Global Worldwide Operations and Executive roles for multinational companies, mainly in the automotive industry.