Eugenia serves at the Board of Directors of Corporación Financiera Alba, a public asset management company with a diversified portfolio and CIE Automotive a public multi-technology component supplier for the mobility industry and Birks Group Inc, the leading jewelry retailer in Canada, headquartered in Montreal and listed in NY. She served at Ecoener, a public renewable energy company until May 2023 since the IPO in 2021.
She is member of the Board of Real Fábrica de Tapices (Royal Tapestry Manufacturing). She is Vice Chair of the Board of Oceana. She serves at the advisory Board of Delaviuda Confectionary Group, a private company in the food sector, since May 2023.
Eugenia is member of the Board of IC-A(Instituto de Consejeros y Administradores), co-founder of WCD (Women Corporate Directors) in Spain as well jury member at the European Innovation Council. She also serves at the editorial board of “Classpaper” magazine.
She is associated professor for entrepreneurship at IE Business School and of corporate governance at ECODA. She is Jury member of Harvard Alumni Venture competition and VP of the Board of Harvard Club of Spain. She founded “IE premium Business Observatory” at IE University. She was CEO of Carrera y Carrera jewelry company. Previously she was VP for Loewe International.
She has an Industrial Engineer degree of ICAI and Harvard Business School MBA. Awarded Best Women Executive of Spain in 2004 and Honorary Top 100 in 2022, Top Professor at IE MBA and was awarded by ICAI Premio Javier Benjumea in 2024.
Maria Eugenia has been married for 34 years and has three sons. She enjoys nature, culture and spending time with family and friends.
Full Name : Maria Eugenia Girón Dávila
Email : mgiron@megadvise.com
Research & Teaching.
EcoDa is an independent actor and a unique umbrella organization representing the main national institutes of directors in Europe.
The Centre, sponsored by MasterCard, conducts applied research on luxury and premium consumption and serves as a reference on state of the art thinking and trends in the premium and luxury industry. Leads investigative research into the impact of technology on consumer behaviour, values on consumer decision-making, and the links between consumption of premium products and services and global urban travel trends. https://www.ie.edu/ie-foundation/applied-research/chairs/observatory-premium-prestige-market/
One of the leading Business Schools in the world; The Financial Times ranked it the best Business School in Europe in 2012 and 2013, while Forbes ranked it #5 worldwide in 2013.
Centro de Liderazgo Collaborative. http://www.incae.edu/es/directorio/prof-maria-eugenia-giron.html
Fashion Management Executive Program. http://fashionluxuryprogram.elle.fr/faculty/
Awards for Sustainable Premium & Luxury Entrepreneurship in 2011 to presented by IE. https://www.ie.edu/business-school/the-school/newsevents/ie-business-school-awards-the-sustainability-in-the-premium-and-luxury-sectors/
Former CEO, leader, and entrepreneur in premium and luxury goods industry. Today combines the academic activity with a corporate governance focus serving at the boards of leading global companies (public and private) and institutions.
Designer, manufacturer, and retailer of jewelry, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States. The Group was created in November 2005.As of October 2017, it operates stores under two different retail banners: 28 Maison Birks stores across Canada (formerly Birks) and 2 Brinkhausstores in Vancouver and Calgary. Maison Birks has six flagship stores in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec and listed in NY stock exchange.
CIE Automotive is an industrial group specialised in supplying components and subassemblies for the automotive market. It is listed on the Madrid and Bilbao stock markets, and is part of IBEX35. With 98 manufacturing centers and 23,000 employees, it has presence in 4 continents and 15 countries. It focuses its activity on seven technologies – Aluminium, Forging, Stamping and Tube Welding, Machining, Plastic, Casting and Roof Systems.
Listed Spanish renewable energy company established 30 years ago by founder Luis de Valdivia. Specialists in developing, building and managing renewable energy. Ecoener builds and operates hydroelectric power plants, wind farms and solar photovoltaic plants. Seeks an environmental, industrial and social balance in every project. Member, Board of Directors. Chair Nominations and Remunerations Committee. Lead Director. https://ecoener.es
Listed Spanish investment holding established in 1986. The company is part of Grupo March, one of the main business and financial Spanish family-owned groups also integrated by Banca March and Fundacion Juan March. The strategic investments of the Group are made via Alba. Member, Board of Directors. Member, Operations Committee. Chair Nominations and Remunerations Committee. Member Audit Committee. http://www.corporacionalba.es/
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ICA, INSTITUTO DE CONSEJEROS Y ADMINISTRADORES. Madrid, Spain. Member of the Board, Member of the Audit Committee. IC-A is the leading institution to promote good governance in Spain by providing education and networking for non executive directors (NED)
REAL FABRICA DE TAPICES, ROYAL TAPESTRY FACTORY, Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1726 to supply Spanish royal palace and court with tapestries, is today the leading high-end tapestry and carpet designer and manufacturer counterpart of French Gobelins. Member, Advisory Board. http://realfabricadetapices.com/
FUNDACION PARA LA DIVERSIDAD, Madrid, Spain. Promotes diversity in the workforce. Chairman, Board of Trustees (2015). Member, Board of Trustees
OCEANA, Washington DC, US. Largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, protecting marine ecosystems and endangered species; founded in 2001. Member, International Board of Trustees. Treasurer 2014-Present. Member, Nominating Committee, 2012 - 2014
INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA (IE) UNIVERSITY, Segovia and Madrid, Spain. Privately held under-graduate school and one of the top ranked universities in Europe offering students an international, humanistic and entrepreneurial perspective. Member, Board of Trustees.
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GRUPO SUAREZ, Madrid, Spain. Private family owned company and jewellery retailers of Suarez and Aristocrazy brands, serving with the Chairman as one of the two independent members of the Board. Member, Advisory Board.
PEDRO GARCIA, Madrid, Spain. Private family owned company and luxury shoe manufacturer and brand; primary international markets include the US, Italy, and Hong Kong. Member (first independent member), Advisory Board. https://www.pedrogarcia.com/eu_es/
SAVELLI, Geneva, Switzerland. Start-up company developing a new luxury phone for women, currently on its Round-D capital raise. Independent Director.
SILVERCLOUD INVESTMENTS, London, UK. Investment vehicle for investments in luxury brands. Chairman of the Board.
LE CHAMEAU, France. First investment of Silvercloud. Chairman of the Board.
TRIAS, Madrid, Spain. Launching of a global fashion brand. Independent Director & Advisor.
GASTON Y DANIELA, Madrid, Spain. Private family owned company and home textile distributor of high-end brands in 20 countries. Member (first independent member), Advisory Board.
With a corporate governance focus serving at the boards of leading companies (public and private) and institutions as well as an entrepreneurial approach to the digital transformation as active business angel.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Brussels SME Instrument expert jury member, 2018.
Responsable to identify start-ups that develop innovative solutions for climate change, biodiversity loss and ocean conservation.
RISING TIDES EUROPE III, Luxemburg. European Investment Holding. Founder, Deal Leader.
RISING TIDES EUROPE II, Luxemburg. European Investment Holding. Founder, Deal Leader.
RISING TIDES EUROPE I, Luxemburg. European Investment Holding. Founder, Deal Leader. https://go-beyond.biz/about/news/1459159263-rising-tideeurope-90-women-across-4-continents-innovating-cross-border-angel
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GO BEYOND, Geneva, Switzerland. Early stage investing network. Led establishment of a chapter in Spain. Deal leader for 24FAB, on line rental of high fashion; Madrid, Spain. Member. https://go-beyond.biz/
SOUTH SUMMIT, Madrid, Spain. Investor and start-up ecosystem annual gathering. The event of reference for southern countries including Mediterranean and Latam. Member Advisory Board.
CARRERA Y CARRERA, leader of "Management Buy In” with PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTOR “3i” 1999.
Recognized with Javier Benjumea award by ICAI on 2024 and as best women executive in 2004 and Top 100 women in 2017
2024
The Javier Benjumea awards recognize engineers who have stood out relevantly with a public and well-known character, in the scope of the exercise of the profession, who have also provided outstanding services to the profession, to the Association, to the College or to ICAl Engineers as a social group.
2017
Recipient, Top Professor MBA, 2017, IE Business School
2017
Recipient, Top 100 women in Spain. Top 10 experts and thinkers.
2016
Subject of IE Business School multimedia case: “The Entrepreneurial Journey of a Manager” in the academic area of entrepreneurship.
2013
Member, Investor Panel, TU OPORTUNIDAD, Spanish Dragons Den, Madrid, Spain. Television series featuring entrepreneurs pitching business ideas in order to secure investment finance from a panel of investors.
2004
Recipient, The Best Women Executive in Spain Award by FEDEPE.
Author, editor and active content generator.
Environment advocacy and the impulse of diversity and women leadership shapes and impact everything I do. Active in civil society and committed to this purpose.
Oceana Vice Chair
Chairman Fundacion Diversidad (2016-2023)
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela.
Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Program (BSP)
"Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions,”
"Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance “
“Making corporate boards more efective”
Executive Education, Columbia Business School, NY, Digital Business Strategy.
YPO Singularity University Program, 2018.
MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, MA 1992. Consulting - Customer Loyalty, Estee Lauder International, New York, NY, 1992. Marketing Consultant to CEO, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 1991.
Bachelor & Master of Engineering Degrees, Technical School of Industrial Engineering (ICAI), Universidad Pontitificia de Comillas, Madrid, Spain.
“When you learn, teach. When you get, give” Maya Angelou.
Dedicated to culture, lifestyle and prestige goods
Member of the Board, HARVARD CLUB of Spain.
Member of the Jury, "Fuera de Serie" Awards
Member, Women Corporate Directors, WCD. Co-founder Spanish Chapter. Speaker at WCD Family Business Summit, NY 2016
Vice President, AED (Asociación Española de Directivos) Madrid
Member of the Jury. SPAIN NATIONAL FASHION AWARDS.
Member, Advisory Board, EMPRENDEX, Madrid, Spain. Provides entrepreneurs microcredits for projects serving the base of the economic pyramid.
Leading the program “Españolas por descubrir”
Advisor, ASHOKA SPAIN, Madrid, Spain. Provides support to advance social entrepreneurship globally as the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide with nearly 3,000 fellows in 70 countries.
Member, Advisory Board, THE SOUTH SUMMIT, Madrid, Spain. The major meeting point in Madrid for investors, companies and entrepreneurs. Member, Selection Committee, 2011 – Present.
Member, European Board, YPO (Young Presidents Organization) Madrid, Spain 2010 - 2011. Chair Madrid Chapter, 2005 - 2007 / Member, YPO/WPO, 2005 - Present
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