Speaker Bio
Convinced that companies should be tools for changing the world, Carlota Pi believes we can all do our bit and, undoubtedly, she has been doing it for more than a decade at Holaluz. With tireless optimism and energy, she has revolutionized the Spanish electricity sector with her commitment to spearhead the transition towards home energy systems and relentlessly lead the journey of decarbonization for all. Holaluz – a project that began among friends in a bar and ended up disrupting the entire energy market – aims to power the world with 100 percent green energy.
Carlota is an industrial engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the electricity sector in Spain, the United States, and Germany. Conscious that the potential of women is often underestimated, Holaluz prides itself on being a 100 percent equal opportunity company and is constantly working to improve the work-life balance of its team. The company has made progress by equalizing the duration of maternity and paternity leave, offering a nursery service since 2015, and enabling quotas in some teams, such as technology.
Mother of 3 girls, Carlota Pi is passionate about dancing, an activity she commits to religiously each week. She also likes to ski and read. Above all though, Carlota says the best thing she does is being a mother.
Awards and recognitions:
- Executive of the Year Award by AED, SME category.
- Rei Jaume I Award of Entrepreneurship.
- Participant in Blackbox Connect, an elevation program for women founders sponsored by Google.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award from FEDEPE --Spanish Federation of Women Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs--.
- DonaTIC Entrepreneurship Award by Tertulia Digital and SmartCAT of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
- Innovation Award from FIDEM --International Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs--.
- One of the 100 most creative people by Forbes.
- eWoman Award for Entrepreneurship by PMP Prêt-à-Porter cases.
- Cinco Días Award to the most innovative Executive.
- Harvard Business School Case on Pricing Strategy.
- IESE Business School Case on Operations Strategy.
- IESE Business School Case on Finance.