He is the world’s leading champion of Project Management and Strategy Implementation, having created concepts such as the Hierarchy of Purpose, or the Project Manifesto. He has been recognized by the prestigious Thinkers50, who identifies the most influential management thinkers in the world, including Michael Porter, the late Clayton Christensen, and Liz Wiseman to name a few.

His work focuses on advising senior leaders on how to lead transformational change; prioritize and implement strategic initiatives; build high-performing teams; work across silos and become a learning organization; all essential elements to create a culture that strives for execution, excellence, and collaboration. 

He is the director of the Program Management Office at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines and Chairman of the Project Management Institute. Previously he worked as Head of Transversal Portfolio Management at BNP Paribas Fortis for the Executive Board, head of Post-Merger Integration at Fortis Bank, and spent a decade at PricewaterhouseCoopers, becoming the global lead practitioner for project management.

Born in Madrid, Spain, and educated globally, he is an Economists and has an MBA from London Business School, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Strategy and is fluent in five languages. Join me on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez.

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