Ignacio Alcalde Marcos

Ignacio Alcalde Marcos serves as CEO of City Focus since July 2018, overseeing strategies for urban transformation and territorial development. Concurrently, Marcos holds the position of Senior Associate Expert at UN-Habitat and has been a Senior Advisor on City Solutions at TECNALIA Research & Innovation since January 2012, contributing strategic advice on urban development and technological innovations. As a member of the advisory councils for Mobility City and Spin (Ford Mobility), alongside membership in the Governing Board of Intelligent Urban Lab, Marcos engages in initiatives that promote new mobility concepts and digital innovation for smart cities. An academic presence is maintained as Director and Professor of the University Master in Urban and Regional Planning at Universidad CEU San Pablo and as a professor in the Smart Cities Program at Universidad Externado de Colombia. Prior leadership roles include Vice President at Fundación Metrópoli and Cities Lab, with a robust educational foundation in Urbanism from the University of Navarra.