PromoFarma
Montse Castro has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Montse currently works as a Finance Controller at PromoFarma by DocMorris since December 2021. Prior to this, they served as a Finance Manager at Psious, a leading virtual reality platform for Psychology and Mental Health, from July 2020 to December 2021. In this role, they were responsible for financial management, including closures, budgeting, rolling forecast, and preparing reports for the Board of Directors and investors.
From June 2019 to January 2020, Montse worked as an International Group Controller at Grup Giró, a sustainable packaging systems company in the horticulture sector. Montse reported directly to the CFO and was responsible for closures, reporting, and budgeting for various subsidiaries of Giró Group in the USA, France, Germany, and Mexico.
Montse also gained extensive experience at Hologic, a multinational medical diagnostics company, where they served as a Financial Controller from September 2004 to December 2018. In this role, they were responsible for finance and administration in Spain and Portugal, reporting to the Finance Director of EMEA. Montse'sresponsibilities included monthly closures, budgetary analysis, and variance reporting.
Earlier in their career, Montse worked as a Supervisor in the Outsourcing Accounting section of Deloitte's General Services department from November 2002 to August 2004. Montse began their professional journey at Arthur Andersen in December 1997, where they progressed from an Assistant to a Technician and then to a Supervisor. Montse provided accounting, financial, and corporate outsourcing services to both national and multinational companies and implemented Navision.
Overall, Montse Castro has a strong background in finance and accounting, with experience in managerial roles, financial control, reporting, and budget management.
Montse Castro completed their undergraduate studies in Económicas y Empresariales at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra from 1993 to 1997. In May 2020, they obtained a certification in "Excel: Crear un dashboard intuitivo e impactante desde cero" from LinkedIn.
PromoFarma
PromoFarma.com is the leading online marketplace of consumer health and wellness products, enabling thousands of customers to purchase the best beauty, baby and health products directly from hundreds of pharmacies and other health merchants. Founded in Barcelona, PromoFarma.com is operating in Spain, but it's already planning to export itssuccessful business model abroad.The company's innovative model is based on Spanish high retail pharmacies for a quick and profitable delivery of quality products from the most renowned brands. It is a new business model that combines online sales of consumer health products with the added value of their delivery from the local pharmacy channel. This marketplace enables users to order online and receive products at home with trust, transparency and convenience guaranteed.The company bases its value proposal on a wide catalog of 30.000 items, the best prices and an excellent delivery service. Currently, PromoFarma.com has a network of 300 pharmacies across Spain and more than 150.000 buyers, getting strong brand recognition thanks for its TV campaigns.PromoFarma.com is transforming the online health challenge into a marketplace that provides confidence to consumers who are interested in healthcare products with the highest pharmaceutical features.PromoFarma.com has been recognized by the magazine Actualidad Económica as one of the Best Spanish Startups for its innovation, talent and youth. Furthermore, in 2014 and 2015 it has been awarded with the popular prize of “Best Beauty and Personal Care Webshop”.