Bio

Mar is a serial entrepreneur always venturing in innovative and disruptive sectors with social and environmental impact. She is the founder of SocialCar, a peer to peer technology platform that pioneered in the sharing mobility sector. Among its partners, SocialCar counts with RACC, UBER and AXA. The company has overcome regulatory risks and consolidated the concept of distributed peer to peer car sharing in Spain. She is also a founding partner of 19N Strategies, a public policy consultancy specialized in digital & platform economy. Mar is highly engaged with Spain's entrepreneurial ecosystem by mentoring & investing in digital startups in the very seed stage as a partner of Lanai Partners and Ship2B Ventures investment fund . Mar accumulates a broad international experience. Mar lived 3 years in China, where she co-founded Social Energy, a vertically integrated solar photovoltaic company with panel manufacturing in China and providing engineering, procurement and construction services in Spain, Italy and France. Mar also spent time at Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, where she worked as a consultant to Muhamad Yunus, the creator of the microcredits concept and Nobel Prize winner in 2006. Mar began her professional career as a tax attorney at Cuatrecasas Abogados, specializing in due diligence processes and restructuring of family businesses. She holds a degree in Law from the UAB and has expanded her education in France (Université de Montpellier), China (CEIBS), UK (Master in Law awarded by the School of Oriental and African Studies) and the US (Professional development program at University of California in Los Angeles). Mar speaks Catalan, Spanish, English, French and Chinese. She currently holds different board positions such as Vice President of Foment del Treball, the main Catalan business association, and also at Tech Barcelona. She is member of the Board of Directors of Fira Barcelona, ADigital and EIT Urban Mobility. Mar brings to these Boards the perspective of someone who has devoted her professional career to trying to change environments for the good with a digital perspective.