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Macarena Sanz received her Agricultural Engineer degree from University Politécnica in Madrid and her Executive Master in Business Administration from IESE in Madrid.

Her working life began at Accenture where she worked as a consultant. After almost 5 years of working in international consulting on projects for clients such as EADS and BP, she joined the IDAction team and founded IDConsortium. The main motivation to take this leap was to bring interesting international projects like the ones she had experienced in Accenture to Andalusia (her homeland). Within the first 3 years, she won 2 relevant European projects for the region, Fertiplus, and Fuel4ME. Now, Macarena is the managing director of IDConsortium.

She is a mother of two amazing children, and her family is her passion and number one priority in her spare time. She also has several hobbies such as swimming, Easter week in Seville, skiing, gardening, flamenco dancing, reading, traveling, photography and playing guitar.

Andrea Marí holds a Master in Industrial Management Engineering and a Bachelor in Industrial Design Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. As an entrepreneur, she participated in several business incubators, receiving numerous recognitions and awards. Throughout her professional career, Andrea has consistently focused on driving profit through innovation for the organizations she has served. Her multidisciplinary background encompasses identifying funding opportunities for the development of innovation, business, and entrepreneurship projects. She excels in managing portfolios of innovation projects across various industrial sectors, with significant experience in innovation ecosystems, such as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EITs).

Andrea is skilled in Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property (IP) management and exploitation. She has led prominent innovation network projects, including the Technology Transfer Network of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the network of innovation HUBs in Chile, both centered on technology transfer. Her extensive experience enables her to design tailor-made exploitation strategies that enhance the value of R&D results, including IP management.

Marina Predic is an agricultural engineer with a Master of Science (MSc) in viticulture and enology from the prestigious Erasmus Mundus’ Vinifera EuroMaster. Specialising in wine economy, marketing, and communication, her academic journey included renowned institutions such as L’Institut Agro Montpellier, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Università degli Studi di Verona, and Cornell University. Marina’s research contributions are reflected in her publication of a study on wine marketing in the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly in 2019.

In her professional journey, Marina has held diverse roles, serving as Communication and Project Manager at the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) and the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO). She also excelled as a Policy Advisor at COPA-COGECA, and her experience extends to her tenure at the European Commission, where she focused on the EU Organic Farming legislation. Her skill set includes certifications in EU funding and the LIFE Programme, along with proficiency in design tools such as InDesign and Photoshop. Additionally, Marina holds a diploma in Digital Video Production from the SAE Institute. She is fluent in multiple languages, including Serbian, Croatian, English, Spanish, and French.

Rosa holds a degree in Economics from the University of Salamanca. She has always held positions related to the financial management of SMEs, carrying out accounting, administrative and management assistance tasks.

It has a strong capacity for document management in applications for public funding.

She currently provides administrative support in all projects in which IDConsortium is involved.