Executive committee
Mentors


Galacteum
Ángel Pereira Rodríguez
Chief Innovation Officer
Profesional con más 16 años de experiencia trabajando en I+D+i, de los cuales los 10 últimos en el sector privado, específicamente en el sector de la alimentación. Especializado en proyectos de sostenibilidad y alimentación funcional. Actualmente ocupa el cargo de Chief Innovation Officer en Galacteum.


Corporación Laber
Antón García
CEO
More than 26 years of experience in the food industry sector. Passionate about his work, whose objective is to help the creation of innovative and functional products made in safe and responsible industries as a legacy for new generations.
Co-founder of a food company being manager, sole administrator and quality director for 10 years until in 2004 he founded Corporación Laber, currently with a staff of 70 workers. His functions range from general and laboratory management to acting as a consultant through the implementation of HACCP systems, IFS / BRC food quality standards in industries of all sectors with 100% success, being the first partner as a Consultant recognized by IFS.


Calvo
Antonio Cuevas Iglesias
Process Engineering and R+D+i Manager
Desde el año 2001 lleva vinculado a Calvo, entidad en la que ha trabajado como jefe de Investigación y Desarrollo y responsable de Ingeniería de Procesos e I+D+i, cargo que ocupa en la actualidad. Anteriormente, desarrolló su carrera profesional en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela como ingeniero químico y en el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas como ingeniero de simulaciones.


Viña Costeira
Carlos Alberte Pérez
Technical Director of Viticulture
Profesional con más de diez años de experiencia en el sector vitivinícola, especialmente en las denominaciones de origen Toro, Madrid, Ribeiro y Valdeorras. Ocupa la dirección técnica de viticultura en Viña Costeira, entidad que abarca más del 40% de la elaboración total de la D.O. Ribeiro.


Grupo Leche Río - LENCE
Carmen Lence Ferreiro
CEO
Passionate about leadership development and creating highly effective teams, she has developed her professional career in management positions in corporations and family businesses. During the last years, she has worked in the field of Executive Coaching and training of senior executives at an international level. She currently directs the Leche Río Group as CEO and is Chairman of the Board of Lence Torres S.L., a holding company of the Lence family.


Vegalsa - Eroski
Gabriela González Márquez
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Gabriela González has spent more than 10 years developing her career in the world of food distribution, training in different departments in Vegalsa-Eroski until reaching her current position, director of Social Responsibility. It was in 2014, after getting to know the company in depth in terms of market analysis, communication and institutional relations, that he decided to train in corporate responsibility at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, acquiring the necessary knowledge to start up his own CSR department in Vegalsa-Eroski until today.


Clavo Food Factory
Ignacio Losada Cardoso
Deputy Director General and Production Manager
Director de Producción en las plantas de Pontevedra y Valladolid, a cargo de 400 trabajadores.
Vicepresidente de Clusaga.
Socio y Consejero en la Sociedad de desde la fundación de la compañía en 1985.


Bodegas Martín Códax
Juan A. Vázquez Gancedo
General Director
Patrono experto del Observatorio Español del Mercado del Vino.
Profesor de Marketing en el Máster en Dirección y Gestión de Comercio Exterior de la USC.


Nueva Pescanova
Juan José De la Cerda López
Corporate Director of R&D and Quality
Director Corporativo de I+D y Calidad del Grupo Nueva Pescanova.
Desde 1991, responsable en las áreas de Calidad, Acuicultura, Marketing, I+D y Gestión de Proyectos del Grupo.
Presidente de Clusaga.
Miembro del Consejo Rector de Anfaco-CECOPESCA.
Miembro del Consejo Directivo de AIMEN.


Congalsa
Mónica Cascallar Latorre
R&D Manager
Directora del departamento de Innovación e I+D en Congalsa, donde previamente fue la responsable del departamento de planificación y producción. Las valores que definen los productos que desarrollan son: saludables, sostenibles, convenientes y placenteros.


CEAMSA
Pedro Arenas Barreiro
Institutional Relations and Open Innovation
Degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Master in management of biotechnology companies and Specialist in Pharmaceutical Marketing. He has dedicated his entire professional career to the dissemination, visualization and valorization of science in the market, with a special focus on the international launch of new innovative products, especially in the field of health, and the strategic planning of companies and entities in the sector life sciences.
Currently, he coordinates the Institutional Relations and Open Innovation area of Compañía Española de Algas, S.A. (CEAMSA), a pioneering company specialized in the production, elaboration and commercialization of natural hydrocolloids such as carrageenan, pectin, fiber, alginate or locust bean gum that are characterized, among others, by their stabilizing properties, gelling, thickening or texturizing.


Quescrem
Sergio Martínez
Managing Director
Dirige el departamento de Marketing de Quescrem, que incluye Trade y Comunicación. Amplia experiencia en el sector de la alimentación: nueve años en marketing y comunicación, cuatro años en comercio internacional, dos años en desarrollo de negocio nacional y seis meses en financiero.


CAPSA FOOD (Larsa)
Rubén Hidalgo
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
He is a member of the Cotec Foundation. He has collaborated in more than thirty research projects in fields such as renewable energy, the production of sustainable materials or in the development of city services. He has participated in various diversification projects in the business field and in the initial phases of numerous projects. Currently, he is the director of CAPSA V.I.D.A. an investment vehicle promoted by CAPSA FOOD to develop the food of the future.


Grupo Pereira
Ruy Andrade Pereira
Director of Communication and Business Development
Double degree in Business Administration from the University of Staffordshire (UK) and the Paris Communication Institute IICP (France) and the Food Chain Management Program from the San Telmo International Institute (Seville).
Director of External Relations (communication, marketing, press and institutional relations) and Business Development in the Pereira and Portomar group.


Hijos de Rivera
Yago Campos
R&D&i manager
Specialized in innovation management, he has led the R&D&i area at Hijos de Rivera for more than seven years, promoting research and transversal projects in the categories of Beer and Water, with an impact on new Products, Processes and Services. that respond to business challenges.
Promotors
Xunta de Galicia through IGAPE, GAIN and XESGALICIA promote BFFood, favoring the environment, as well as providing the institutional support and resources.
The Food Cluster of Galicia, CLUSAGA, plays the role of BFFood's Management Team, coordinating, managing and dynamizing the accelerator and the different agents that intervene at this open ecosystem.
Leading companies
BFFood has the participation of leading companies in the sector that contribute with knowledge, dedication and resources to the dynamization of the accelerator and to the mentoring of the participating projects.
Technical committee
The entities of the Technical Committee respond to the queries addressed to them regarding both the thematic orientation and the challenges of the program as well as the evaluation and follow-up of the participating projects in any of the phases. They also assume the implementation of the training program and the catalog of infrastructures, means and technical services.
Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee has business, technical, financial or other knowledge for the overall operation of the program or to support the development of the participating projects.