Ignacio Semerene

Ignacio Semerene has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Ignacio is currently the Co-Founder and Head of Product at Bags, a position they have held since November 2021. In addition, Ignacio writes a monthly newsletter called "121" on Building Better for X21, starting in July 2021.

Prior to their current roles, Ignacio worked at Monzo Bank, starting in December 2017. Ignacio held multiple positions at Monzo, including Chief of Staff to the CEO from June 2020 to January 2022, Director of People Product from August 2019 to October 2020, Associate in Organizational Scaling from November 2018 to August 2019, and Business Analyst in Customer Operations from December 2017 to November 2018.

Before joining Monzo, Ignacio worked at Appear Here as a Landlord Partnerships specialist from February 2017 to November 2017. Ignacio also gained experience at DigitasLBi as an Account Executive from September 2015 to September 2016, where they worked on innovative brand problem-solving projects and executed social strategies for clients such as Charity: Water.

During their undergraduate studies at Brown University, Ignacio held various roles. Ignacio served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant from August 2014 to September 2015, leading discussion sections on environmental issues. Ignacio also worked at the Brown International Scholarship Committee as President, leading a variety of initiatives from fundraising and event planning to curating lectures and expanding the committee's ambassadorship program, from an unspecified start date to May 2015.

Ignacio also served as a Student Lecturer at DESINE Lab from October 2014 to April 2015. Additionally, they were an Undergraduate Fellow at the Watson Institute from September 2013 to May 2014 and served as a Coordinator for the Student Steering Committee for SEEED at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse from September 2012 to September 2013.

Ignacio Semerene completed their high school education at Academia Cotopaxi from 2007 to 2011. Ignacio then pursued their Bachelor's degree in International Development at Brown University, where they studied from 2011 to 2015. Additionally, they had a brief period of study at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014 and 2015, though specific details regarding their degree and field of study were not provided.