About Us
GC MADRID
Global Chamber® Madrid
Global Chamber® Madrid helps members get business done across metro areas!
Global Chamber® is a thriving and collaborating community of CEO's, executives, and leaders growing business across 525 metropolitan areas. We leverage technology and our collective networks around the world to help member companies grow, reduce risk, be more productive, and succeed faster.
We are the only organization in the world with the mission to grow business from anywhere to anywhere while collaborating with every organization. We help companies, investors and executives around the world succeed across metros and borders.
Yuka Nakasone, Executive Director
Global Chamber® Madrid
Born and raised in Japan, Yuka started her globalization career in Boston, MA, USA in the mid-90s. With over 25 years of experience in the field, she helps SMBs to optimize their global operations and grow internationally with digitization and localization through her consultancy company, Global Bridge in Barcelona, Spain, where she enjoys a multicultural and multilanguage life with her own small Franco-Japanese family. She is known to be innovation savvy in the globalization industry with knowledge about the development of new technologies and techniques. She has recently started to teach digital transformation and globalization at La Salle, a graduate school for architecture and engineering of Ramon Llull University in Barcelona.
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Didier Lagae - Advisory Board Chair
Global Chamber® Madrid
Didier Lagae is the Founder and CEO of MARCO, a leading independent agency with 17 offices on 4 continents. Before starting MARCO now 20 years ago he held senior management position at Edelman and Weber Shandwick. He was also Global Head of Communications for The Body Shop and Head of External Communications EMEA for Levi's. Didier started his career in advertising and PR agencies and worked as a journalist. He is a recognized as Editor of Ejecutivos, Climate Leader, author of the book ‘A Country Brand, a Branded Country’, European and Global Communication Professional of the Year and Silver Star (Davos).
Advisory Board Members:
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Jihane Kettani
Jihane Kettani is the President of the KENZ Foundation and co-owner of MARCO, one of the most awarded PR agencies globally, known for building reputations and delivering results. As an Executive Board member, she oversees Finance and HR for a team of 140+ across 10 offices in 4 continents, supported by a network of over 3,000 consultants. Jihane also leads business development in French-speaking territories, including France, Morocco, and French-speaking Africa.
María Fernanda García
María Fernanda García Rodríguez holds a degree in Law from San Pablo CEU University ( University of Barcelona, Spain), a Master's Degree in International Law and Trade from Barcelona Bar’s Association (Spain) and an LLM in European Business Law – Pallas Consortium - from Radboud University (The Netherlands). She has also completed the Senior Executive Management (PADE) programme at IESE Business School in Madrid (Spain). María Fernanda speaks Spanish, Catalan, English and French.
In her role as International Legal and Business Affairs partner at Graells March Abogados, with great national and international exposure and with her proactive personality, her 360° vision and her global mentality, María Fernanda is also an entrepreneur engaged in tourism, agricultural and real estate businesses and projects, always characterised by internationalism and impact investment. She leads Vallformosa Foundation’s institutional and international relations, contributing to the creation of prosperity projects in the Penedès area, geared around triple sustainability and with a global vocation.
Her British background and a unique socio-cultural intangible rich in personal and professional experiences around the world, has led her to work in M&A deals and international business and projects, bringing in her transnational and strategic vision with clear leadership.
She is a regular participant in events, publications and interviews relating to business strategy, tourism and agribusiness, family businesses and the international spectrum of such an ecosystem.
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