Juan Carlos Ortega Goicoechea
CEO | General manager | Chief executive officer with MBA I’m a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience leading industrial and premium food companies across complex, high-performance environments. I've held CEO and General Management roles in family-owned and multinational businesses, driving strategic growth initiatives—including M&A deals—and successfully executing structured financing processes involving multiple banks. I’m known for performing under pressure, aligning diverse teams, and translating strategy into concrete, high-impact results. Complete professional competence in English (C1) having worked 2 years in UAE, French (B2) one year living in France (Erasmus) and Spanish. MBA at IE business school Finance course at Harvard business school M&A couse at Wharton FP&A | M&A | Board of directors | Distribution
Member of the Executive Committee, reporting to the Managing Director of the Glatz Group in Austria. Responsible for establishing and implementing the strategy for the manufacturing plant in Spain and the commercial subsidiary in Italy, leading a team of 60 employees. I lead inorganic growth (M&A) through the merger by absorption of the group’s Italian subsidiary, and by negotiating the acquisition of a sector company, with both operations expected to increase turnover by €12M and headcount by 50. I am in charge of designing and launching the investment plan (CAPEX) worth €1M in the past year. Secretary General of the Norpesco canners’ association and board member of Feicopesca.
Responsible of finance, administration, logistics, TI and general services of Spain´s 3 group plants. I am member of the board of directors, report directly to the group CEO, and lead a team of 16 people, I have managed the aquisition of 2 companies as well as the asessment of other M&A projects. Obtained a syndicated credit of €10 million with 4 banks. 𝗠&𝗔 | 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 | 𝗙𝗣&𝗔 | 𝗖𝗙𝗢
Finance director of Bilbao plant as part of an international multi plant group headquartered in Amsterdam with subsidiaries in 20 countries all around the world. Reporting to group CFO in Amsterdam and Nonferrous division President in London. Responsible of accountancy under IFRS and Spanish principles according to group standards and deadlines. Manage daily cash movements preparing cash-flow forecasts. • Secured €3M factoring and +2€M confirming line Deal with external auditors and legal counsel. Established budget control system reducing 15% expenses vs previous year. https://metalcorpgroup.com/bulk-ferrous-division/ 𝗙𝗣&𝗔 | 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 | 𝗜𝗙𝗥𝗦 | 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Arabtec and San José Joint Venture administration responsible of a €600m construction project. Managed accounting, human resources, general services and IT areas leading a multicultural team of 15 people. Controlled all the economic kpi’s, month closing procedure and reports. Cash flow control and reporting to Abu Dhabi head office and to Spain´s headquarters ensuring internal compliance procedures were respected. https://www.grupo-sanjose.com/construccion.php
CFO, reporting to CEO I had to deal with cash difficulties which I solved negotiatiating with banks a sale & lease back of non strategic assets so we got aditional €600.000 as well as renewing debt lenth conditions. 𝗖𝗙𝗢 | 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 |
Chief financial officer, member of the board, reporting to CEO; responsible of annual statements elaboration, reporting, and proposing actions to be taken. Implemented new ERP getting better control of production costs and inventories, saving €50m infinancial costs the first year. Budgeting and forecasting FP&A,, deviation analysis and margin monitoring. Cash flow and risk control avoiding unpaid receivables. Secured working capital facilities of €3 million and long term investment financing for aditional €3 million 𝗖𝗙𝗢 | 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 | 𝗙𝗣&𝗔
Reporting to national sales director and Spain's executive director. Planned and coordinated projects regarding distribution network. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 | 𝗙𝗠𝗖𝗚