Speaker Bio
President of Schneider Electric Iberia and former president of MONDRAGON Internacional.
With a degree in Economics by the University of País Vasco. Ugarte is the Zone President of Schneider Electric in Iberia. He joined Schneider Electric as Industrial Automation Vice-president and in 2018 he is appointed Zone President for the Iberian Zone. Previously he was president of MONDRAGON Internacional, managing several group companies in Morocco, Poland and France.
Ugarte is member of the boards of the UPM, (Polytechnic University of Madrid), AFME (Association of Electrical Material Manufacturers) and the French Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona. In addition, he is the author of three books: España está en crisis. El mundo no (Deusto, 2013), Más fuera es más dentro (Versuus 2018) and Macrotendencias. Las 5 disciplinas clave para la nueva gestión empresarial (gestión 2000, 2021).