Asier Rufino

ASIER RUFINO is an international expert in fostering deep tech innovation ecosystems. He is co-founder and CEO of Tecnalia Ventures, Tecnalia’s venture builder. He has worked for: Accenture, BNP Paribas, The Parthenon Group-EY, and several start-ups always focusing on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship.

He is the co-founder of GYMCHESS; a non-exec director in six start-ups (e.g. H2SITE; Nautilus); a professor at Deusto Business School; a board member of TTO Circle (G-30 of TTOs in Europe); Jury of the EIC Accelerator. Asier holds an MBA from London Business School / Sloan MIT and a BA from Basque Country University-Université de Reims.