{"id":21673,"date":"2025-01-03T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/?page_id=21673"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:02:30","slug":"jesus-ponce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/en\/editions\/speakers\/jesus-ponce\/","title":{"rendered":"Jes\u00fas Ponce"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21673\" class=\"elementor elementor-21673 elementor-21672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a05b3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a05b3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74492401\" data-id=\"74492401\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-306bd958\" data-id=\"306bd958\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668b1fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"668b1fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jes\u00fas Ponce<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3729ed05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3729ed05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b3bb2bc\" data-id=\"6b3bb2bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40412d5a elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40412d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Jesus-Ponce-qzgfoplxini0sm373v9krpjqo7di6bjz4repzq2qq8.jpg\" title=\"Jes\u00fas Ponce\" alt=\"Jes\u00fas Ponce\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a69102 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71a69102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/adolfo-calvino-e1673340970895-q0g6p2ee7xbjk9pkg0zf55c83ikfz8p7ha9p7g0low.jpg\" title=\"adolfo calvi\u00f1o\" alt=\"adolfo calvi\u00f1o\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c39662a\" data-id=\"5c39662a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bf71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bf71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>President of NOVARTIS GROUP Spain<\/h3><p>He studied Business Administration at the University of Deusto (Bilbao) and Heriott Watt University (Edinburgh). He also holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Pharma Management from IE-Instituto de Empresa (Madrid).<\/p><p>He joined AstraZeneca in Spain after having held the position of consultant at Andersen Consulting for several years. After initially working in the IS\/IT Department, Jes\u00fas held various positions and roles in Marketing and Sales for Gastrointestinal, Infectious, CNS, Urology and Oncology brands.<\/p><p>In 2008 he moved to Portugal as Sales PC and Marketing Director, where he led the reorganisation of the company in parallel to achieving 24% business growth for two consecutive years.<\/p><p>Back in Spain at the end of 2010, he held the positions of VP Sales and Marketing Director, and was active in the implementation of the company&#8217;s regional and access structure. 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