Josemaria Siota is the Executive Director of IESE Business School's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, has been designated Expert on Corporate Venturing at the European Commission and the World Economic Forum, and is a Harvard Business School alum. He leads cutting-edge research on open innovation, corporate venturing and technology transfer, working around the world with successful Chief Innovation Officers and top-tier academics, to create a positive impact in society.

Considered "one of the world's most influential speakers on corporate venturing" by the newspaper South China Morning Post, he has published books and studies on these topics for Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, MIT Technology Review, the European Commission, the World Economic Forum, PwC, Oliver Wyman, McGraw-Hill, Springer, and more. He spoke at conferences in Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, London Business School, Mobile World Congress, Web Summit, to name a few. His work has received mentions in media such as Bloomberg and Forbes. Previously, he worked at Deloitte.