Chalhoub Group
Joaquín Mencía is currently working as the Chief Innovation Officer at Chalhoub Group since June 2022. Prior to this, they were an Associate Professor at IE Business School starting from October 2020. In addition, Joaquín has also held the position of Board Member at Havas Middle East, Wethenew, Scopernia, and Zbooni, starting from June 2023. From May 2010, they have been working as an Angel Investor, focusing on developing markets and underserved categories within developed markets. Joaquín has also held significant roles such as Managing Director in various companies including Tillster, Inc. (from November 2019 to June 2022), Keatz (from October 2017 to November 2019), and Uniplaces (from June 2016 to September 2017).
Joaquín Mencía completed their Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Navarra from 2001 to 2005. Joaquín then pursued an MBA at IE Business School in 2010 and at the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management in 2011. In 2012 and 2013, they took part in an Executive Education program at Stanford University, focusing on Venture Lab.
Chalhoub Group
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For over six decades, we have been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, we stand for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles. Website: chalhoubgroup.com Careers site: chalhoub.me/jobs Instagram: instagram.com/chalhoubgroup