Since 2008 Fernando Sandoval has been involved in different activities within the Innovation Areas of Group Enel and Endesa (Enel’s subsidiary in Spain), with focus since 2012 on the collaboration with startups and the relationship with the entrepreneurial ecosystem, having been appointed Head of Enel Innovation Hub Europe in July 2017. This Hub, member of the ten-hub network Group Enel has opened around the world, develops Enel’s relationship with the European entrepreneurial ecosystems and scout those startups able to solve the innovation challenges of its divisions. Previously to Endesa, which he joined in 2001, Fernando worked for 8 years in managerial positions in the areas of Customer Operations and Marketing in the Telecommunications and Food & Beverage Mass Consumption industries. Fernando holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes and an MBA degree from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
