Vanesa Casan Ibanez

Seed investing & Collab- Partnering to fast innovate & scale-up Cleantech & Sustainable Solutions. Driving Business and industry collaborations towards Sustainable Development Goals.

I have worked in Oil & Gas, Chemicals, New Energies and Sustainability industry sectors for more than 15+ years. I held leading roles in B2B Business Development, Sustainable LCA Consultancy, Corporate Relations - Social Investment, Technology & Innovation, Digital Change Management, Optimization-Trading, Catalyst Sales, Manufacturing and Operations.

In my career, I have developed a broad range of senior trusted based relationships in public and private sectors, NGOs, Academia, Government, Corporates and Start-ups delivering long lasting value (Innovation institutes and universities AIDIMA/UPV/Cranfield/RSM, Government EA -UK and customers like BP, Shell, Repsol, Petro-Ineos and Start-ups in Tech, data, VR).

I am entrepreneurial, collaborative and critical thinker, strategic problem solver and win-win value creator. I use my analytical skills to support business decisions. I use my soft skills, collaboration, trust-based relationship approach with curiosity to effectively engage and uncover those truly valuable opportunities.

I am interested on new Energies, Cleantech - Decarbonization and Digital technologies for good. Those contributing to the market success of sustainable circular models such as decarbonization with H2 as a vector. I am active as an angel investor, startup BD advisor and developing further my expertise as Impact investor in web3-blockchain and gen AI technologies…