Francisco Javier López Navarrete

CEO & Founder @ mindway

About

Francisco Javier López Navarrete is the Founder and CEO of Mindway, and the President of ELLE Education. An expert in the impact of design and innovation on business models, López Navarrete focuses primarily on the luxury and consumer goods industries. He has developed two programs at MIT in collaboration with Mindway: Innovation and Leadership for Luxury and Consumer Goods, and Innovation and Digital Disruption. In 2021, he led the Seminar Series in collaboration with the United Nations, a non-profit initiative aimed at contributing to individuals’ personal development through academic excellence and expertise. The series featured prominent leaders such as Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, and Prince Albert of Monaco.

Country

Portugal

City

Lisbon

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

English, French, Innovation Management, Strategic Thinking, Organizational Leadership, Business Planning, Luxury Goods, Entrepreneurship Education, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, New Business Development, Inglés, Liderazgo de equipos, Dirección, Negociación, Estrategia empresarial

Experience

CEO & Founder

mindway

2007-8 - Present · 19 yrs 2 mos

Madrid y alrededores, España

Founder of the Innovation and Digital Disruption Program of MIT Sloan School of Management & Mindway

mindway

2018-10 - Present · 8 yrs

President

ELLE Education

2009-9 - 2023-5 · 13 yrs 9 mos

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Director of the ELLE Innovation Leadership Program for Fashion & Consumer Goods Brands

MIT Sloan School of Management

2017-1 - 2020-2 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Founder & Director of the International Innovation Leadership Program for executives developed in collaboration with ELLE EDUCATION, MIT Sloan School of Management & Mindway. This program was taught by MIT faculty, international faculty, and the most relevant CEOs, founders, and Leaders of the Fashion and Luxury industry. During four weeks starting in Madrid, then Paris and New York, and ending in Boston, participants acquired frameworks to lead changes and disruption in the fashion, luxury, and premium goods companies.

Education

Harvard Business School

OPM 46

The Harvard Business School’s prestigious three-year Presidents Management Program (OPM), a world-class program for Presidents and Owners of relevant companies designed to improve leadership effectiveness, build strategic consensus and gain the skills necessary for future success.