With +** years of experience and a background in economics, I was leading the
consultants team in an accelerator that supports spanish startups and big corporations in their impact journey through acceleration and open innovation. Prior I was working for a IG Group, LSE listed financial broker, as a Marketing Manager for the portuguese market. I speak four languages and I have broad international experience, having worked and volunteered in 7 countries. HEAD OF ACCELERATION
Unlimited Spain Spain Dic 2018 - Oct 2023
Leading the implementation from scratch off all acceleration projects in Spain: logistics, acceleration/innovation methodologies, client management. Support business development by creating new business proposals. Speaker at industry events related to entrepreneurship/innovation. Managing consultants team who executed the programs. Accelerated +55 startups, from health, smart cities and agrifood fields. Our startups raised +48M€ and made +22M€ revenues after the program. Accelerator that operates in 3 countries and supported more than 1000 entrepreneurs worldwide. It connects impact startups with big coporations to foster business partnerships.
WORK E X P E R I E N C E
RAQUEL LOURENÇO
P r o g r a m M a n a g e m e n t - E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p - I n n o v a t i o n E D U C A T I O N
Bachelor in Economics
2006 - 2009
Nova School of Business and
Economics, Lisbon Portugal
Eramus Semester: Univ. Van
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009
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MARKETING MANAGER
IG Group Spain & Portugal Oct 2009 - Sep 2015
Created and implemented media plans, managed communications to clients, looked after advertising campaigns online/offline, monitored 6 digit marketing budgets, assisted UK based teams with the local SEO/PPC accounts and reporting results to senior management, managed content on all formats. Event planning from scratch (fairs, seminars, workshops). Execution of two re-brandings and the comunication campaign of the office launch in Portugal. Plus 50% market share in the portuguese market. World leader in derivatives trading and an established member of the FTSE 250: S K I L L S
Fast learner . Critical thinking .
Problem Solving . Active Listening
Adaptability . Risk-taking .
Project Management
I leaded and trained the consultants team who execute the acceleration and innovation projects and implemented the project management software for these programs. Set up of the acceleration platform for startups based on inhouse methodology. Responsible for handling clients and assisting new business. Sold retention projects that generated +500k€ revenues.
Strong business acumen, with experience delivering change to corporations while executing extremely complex projects worth +850k€ to companies like Lilly, Robeco and Unilever.
E X P E R T I S E A N D R E S U L T S
C O N T A C T S
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EU Citizen (Portuguese)
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FOUNDER & CEO
Voices of Women Spain & Italy Apr 2016 - Dic 2018 Partnerships (+16) management with academia, NGOs, local governments and corporates; communication plan and PR; fundraising campaign. 19 events were delivered across 4 countries summing 1000+ attendees. A platform that aims to foster social transformation by raising awareness about gender topics and mobilize civil society to act for gender equality. Several cultural initiatives were undertaken to trigger a public debate across 4 countries: Italy, Spain, Portugal and Denmark.
L A N G U A G E S
Portuguese: Native
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Hebrew: Beginner
Arab: Beginner
T R A I N I N G
Strategic Account Management -
2022 Queen’s University
Social Innovation Master -
Learning by Helping 2021
(online)
Social Impact Management -
Acumen Academy 2019
P L A T F O R M S
Salesforce . Clickup .
Hubspot . Wordpress
Mailchimp . Asana . Trello