Services Track Record Credentials
Alberto Almansa

Results in VT & Higher Education

Leadership and advisory for education groups and Private Equity

15+ years leading and transforming education platforms. The best strategy comes from real experience, data and direct contact with the campuses.

Leadership, advisory and transformation of education platforms and groups

Working with education groups and investment funds in different formats adapted to their needs.

Leadership & Management

Managing Director / CEO

Your group needs an experienced MD who turns board strategy into real operations at the campuses.Full-time or interim executive leadership in VT and higher education.

Fractional CEO

You're in growth, transition or integration and need results and senior leadership, but without a full-time structure.Part-time general management with strategic and operational vision.

Strategic Consulting

Growth Strategy & Operations

You want to scale but the how is unclear: campuses, markets, professional areas.Expansion plan design and hands-on support in execution.

Diagnostic, Governance & Restructuring

Something isn't working but you don't know exactly what, why, or how to fix it.Operational diagnostic, governance redesign and KPI framework for groups that need restructuring.

Advisory

Education Due Diligence

You're interested in a campus or group and need to know what you're really facing.Strategic, operational, commercial and regulatory assessment from someone who has led campuses and education platforms.

M&A & Target Evaluation

Looking for acquisition targets in VT but the market is opaque.Target evaluation, identification of real synergies and risks that are only visible from real operational knowledge.

Post-Acquisition Integration

You've acquired an education group. Now comes the hard part: integrating without destroying value.Integration plan from campus operations to board reporting.

Operating Partner / Advisor

You have education portfolio companies and need someone who speaks the languages of the investor and the campus.Ongoing strategic and operational support, medium and long-term.

From consulting and technology to leading education groups

General management in VT and Higher Education. Corporate or PE-backed education groups. Previous experience in consulting and technology.

Teams +400 professionals Spain & LATAM VT & Master's
P&L up to €40M +15 campuses +7K students
2024 – 2026
Metrodora Education
Managing Director — Vocational Training
3 brands, 15 campuses, 8 locations, 28 qualifications. ~€17M.Healthcare, Sports and Technology. On-campus and Online. Post-acquisition integration of multi-brand network, family-owners and corporate developments. Outgoing and incoming PE.
Magnum Capital / Charterhouse
2024
IMF Business School
Managing Director
Spain & LATAM. VT, online master's and university centre. +100 qualifications. ~€40M.Turnaround with severe financial and operational distress: stabilisation and business model redesign.
CAPZA
2014 – 2023
Grupo Planeta
Managing Director — iFP
VT brand built from scratch. 7K students, 6 campuses MAD/BCN, 30 qualifications, ~€20M.From 0 to +€20M and 7K students in 5 years.On-campus and Online in Healthcare, Business, Technology, Social and Audiovisual. Previously Sales & Marketing Director and International Development Director. Education Advisor at Fundación Atresmedia (2016-2022).
Planeta Formación y Universidades
Previous
Emagister · Microsoft · Capgemini
Management in technology, talent, consulting and B2C/B2B education
B2C Director at Emagister. Senior Manager at Microsoft EMEA/LATAM. Talent Director Southern Europe at Capgemini.

Let's Talk

A challenge in your education group?
That's what real experience is for.

Alberto Almansa Monguilot — Managing Director and education advisor, Barcelona
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Education

  • PDD — IESE Business School
  • PDD (Leadership) — EAE Business School
  • Project Management PMI — Capgemini / Les Fontaines
  • Computer Engineering — UPC
  • Online courses at Stanford, Wharton, IE Business School

Publications

  • Companies and Dual VT in Spain — Fund. Bertelsmann
  • Intelligent Organizations — Ed. Empresa y Humanidades
  • Knowledge Management — IESE Business School

Languages

Native Spanish and Catalan.
Advanced English — consultant and facilitator in 15+ countries.
Professional French.

Academic

Associate professor and guest speaker at business schools and postgraduate programmes (IESE, ESADE, IE, EAE, UPF).
Master's in Consulting, Marketing, e-Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2001–2016).

Based in Barcelona, with national and international reach.