He has 24 years of experience in the TICC sector. He is a Metallurgical Engineer from the University of Engineering of the University of Porto. Regional Manager of TUV Austria in Iberia since 2022. Previously he held the position of Coordinator of the Materials Laboratory, ISQ Company for 9 years, where he began his career as an Industrial Inspector and Laboratory Technician. He is also an Advisor to all the companies of the TUV Austria group in Portugal and Spain (JECMA, QTEC and Global Inspection Services).

John is an accomplished international senior leader. Having worked all over the world for Hilti for over 20 years he then moved to the Exova Group. As group MD at Exova he was responsible for; Fire Testing, Building Products, Automotive, Calibration and Certification globally, as well as having led Exova Middle East/Asia as MD for a period of time based in Dubai. ​ John is now based in the UK. He has overseen and led multiple acquisitions and divestments in a variety of situations from growth to the recovery of debt and with a long experience working with private equity. ​

Founder and CEO at Checkfirst, helping businesses in the TIC space do better with reliable data and AI powered workflows. With over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor, he has been involved in creating and scaling simple solutions through technology-focused products across different industries, such as ComplianceTech, API First SaaS, FinTech, EdTech, HealthTech, LegalTech and PropTech. He is also an angel investor in around 20 blockchain projects and an angel investor in multiple start ups across Europe. At Checkfirst, he leads a team of driven and focused repeat founders who are passionate about helping TICC businesses reach their full potential by effectively leveraging AI to improve productivity and workflows.

Mining Engineer and EMBA. Passionate about Finance and Marketing. I enjoy working in the search and development of new businesses, and creating and implementing strategies for market growth and efficiency improvement. Today, from my position as Natural Resources Manager, I work to achieve excellence in quality and the best customer service, in all the services we provide from our three business lines (Minerals, Agriculture and Oil, Gas & Chemicals).

Since December 2022, Marta Escudero is the Regional Director for Europe (Assessment) at LRQA, leading global assurance partner . Based in Madrid, she has over 20 years of experience in the assurance sector. In 2001 she started in the TIC industry at EFSIS - a UK headquartered certification body specialized in Food safety - and since then throughout her career, she has held senior leadership roles in different CBs such as SAI Global and Intertek in Europe and America.

He has 27 years of experience in the Construction sector. He graduated in Civil Engineering from the Higher Institute of Engineering of Porto. C.E.O. of IRG Inspecções Técnicas, SA since January 2001. Previously, he held the position of Technical Inspector of the ITG Company Instituto Tecnológico do Gas for 4 years, starting his career in 1997.

Has 30 years of experience in the agri-food sector. He is an agricultural engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Manager of Kiwa Spain since January 2009. He held this position as Director of Latam from 2014 to 2017, and as Director of Portugal from 2018 to 2020. Previously, he worked as a Production and Export Quality Engineer in the citrus sector from 1994 to 1998. He subsequently founded several companies, including Grupotec, where he carried out consulting work, and later moved into the “TICC” segment until 2008, when he joined the international company Kiwa, continuing in the same sector.