Who are we?
Ester Vilajoana Eduardo
With a degree in Business Administration and MBA’91 from ESADE, Ester is the founder and director of BCN COACHING SOLUTIONS and co-founder of Team Coaching Europe.
Before discovering her true passion of coaching and training and reorienting her career towards serving people, Ester accumulated broad experience of 16 years in the corporate world.She started as an employee and later became self-employed: six years in FMCG marketing in multinationals (Henkel, Pepsico, Myrurgia-Puig), three years as an independent marketing consultant for SMEs, and seven years as an entrepreneur, co-creator and manager of an innovative children’s store concept (Babystock, the first outlet in Spain specialized in children’s products).
Ester Vilajoana has completed the First Cycle of the Degree in Psychology at the UOC (at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and has been trained at the highest international level in coaching and training at the most recognized centers in the United States and Great Britain.
She is a Certified Professional Coach (CPCC) by The Coaches Training Institute – USA (ICF accredited certification) and also has a specialization in each area of coaching in which BCN COACHING SOLUTIONS works.
Ester has developed the high level of services that BCN COACHING SOLUTIONS offers leveraging the following qualifications:
Ester works in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and Italian, having lived in different countries throughout her life and learning the different languages of her countries of origin.
Alicia Marín Muniesa
Degree in English Philology and Master in Neurolinguistic Programming.
Alicia is dedicated to Coaching and Training, collaborating with national and international consultancies since 2008. Previously Alicia acquired broad experience of 18 years in the business world. She worked in FMCG multinationals both in Germany and Spain (Henkel, Schwarzkopf Professional), where she held various positions within HR, Trade Marketing and Marketing.
Alicia has been trained at renowned coaching schools such as CTI (The Coaches Training Institute), CRR Global (Center for Right Relationship) and the Institut Gestalt. She has the following qualifications in tools applicable to Coaching and Training:
Alicia can develop her vocation and work in Spanish, Catalan, English and German as she has lived and worked in different countries throughout her career. Moreover, as demonstrated by the fact that she is an Associate Professor at IE-Business School (Madrid) for the “Cross-Cultural Workshop” course, she specializes in addressing issues of cultural differences in her sessions.