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At PROA we understand communication as a strategic tool to build reputation, generate trust and face the most complex scenarios with solvency.
Valvanuz Serna Ruiz

Valvanuz Serna Ruiz

Managing Partner

Valvanuz Serna Ruiz is a specialist in corporate communications, mainly in the FMCG and professional services sectors. She has more than twenty years of experience in the creation, development and execution of comprehensive communication plans for national and international clients from different sectors. He has worked for clients such as Diageo, Talgo, Citigroup, Philip Morris, Colgate and Telefónica, advising them at crucial moments of change in the market. In 2015, she joined Lucía to lead PROA and position it as the benchmark consultancy for effective communication. Valvanuz took her first professional steps at LLYC, and after working at Porter Novelli and Ketchum, she was partner-director of the agency MC Dilo, where she designed and executed, for nine years, external and internal communication plans for Altran, eDreams, La Sirena, Hotel Alfonso XIII, Hotel María Cristina, 3i, KPMG and NEC. Her perfectionism and love of detail are reflected in everything she does, and transmitting her love of her craft to the PROA team is one of her priorities. She holds a degree in Law from the University of Cantabria and a Corporate Leadership Programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Deusto Business School. She is a member of Deusto Business Alumni.

Our team

Navigators

Julia Montoro

Julia Montoro

Director

Luis Barreda

Luis Barreda

Account Director

Claudio Capdevila

Claudio Capdeville

Business Director

Alberto Mendoza

Alberto Mendoza

Account Director

Paz Márquez

Paz Márquez

Consultant

Cristina García

Cristina García

Account Director

Carlos Pelaez

Carlos Pelaez

Consultant

Reyes Huete

Junior Consultant

Luis Herrero-Tejedor

Luis Herrero-Tejedor

Senior Consultant

Peiteado Sea

Health, Beauty and Wellbeing Area Director

Ana Heras

Ana Heras

Human Resources Director

Pablo de Villota

Pablo de Villota

Head of Sports Sponsorship Management

Ana Gómez

Ana Gómez

Director in Galicia

Carlos Salas

Carlos Salas

Training Director

Yago de la Cierva

Yago de la Cierva

Crisis Communications Director

Sergio Ponce

Sergio Ponce

Digital Brand Manager

Ben Kendall

Ben Kendall

Audiovisual Production Manager

Javier Zapatero

Javier Zapatero

Creative Director

Óscar Massó

Óscar Massó

Senior Advisor

Aníbal Villalba

Aníbal Villalba

Senior Advisor in Defence

Alfonso Moragon

Chief Financial Officer