Juan has over 30 years’ experience with an exceptional track record of leading strategic, business, and sustainability transformations that drive revenue growth while delivering meaningful triple-bottom-line impact across financial, social, and environmental dimensions.
He brings a unique combination of expertise spanning sustainability, corporate strategy, marketing, commercial leadership, business turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, FoodTech startups, organisational leadership and development, change management, innovation, consulting, and the design of new business models. This diverse experience enables him to successfully guide organisations through complex growth and transformation initiatives in rapidly evolving markets.
Recognised for his ethics, integrity, and purpose-driven leadership, he is known for innovative strategic thinking, talent development, high energy, resilience, and a consistent ability to deliver results that exceed objectives while creating sustainable long-term value. His leadership approach combines business performance with a strong commitment to people, purpose, and positive impact.
A Swiss-Spanish bi-national with extensive multicultural experience, he has developed a global perspective through international education and six expatriate assignments across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. This international exposure has strengthened his ability to lead diverse teams, navigate complex business environments, and build high-performing organizations across cultures and geographies.
From hidden vulnerabilities to future-ready solutions – our second Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute podcast puts the resilience of today’s food system under the spotlight and asks what it will take to strengthen it. Hosted by the KHNI and moderated by Mary Shelman, founder of the Shelman Group, this session brought together Wolfram Schlenker,…
Climate Week NYC is an international gathering that unites both seasoned and emerging leaders across business, technology, politics, academia, and civil society to drive climate action. The events program offers a remarkably diverse stage for more than 900 events, activations, campaigns, and networking opportunities. Spanning topics from Health and Energy to Finance and Food, Climate…
Sustainable Nutrition is a key Mega Trend shaping the industry in 2024. Food is at the heart of one of the biggest challenges of our time – how do we feed a growing population whilst managing the accelerated environmental degradation of our planet? We urgently need to find solutions. It is important that everyone in…
In this webinar, learn: How we can optimize plant based protein for taste and nutrition – what we do and don’t know about healthy diets and the role of protein sources How we can optimize new plant-based proteins for the environment – highlighting the trade-offs and unknowns of plant-based protein development Which new protein…
