The Company

Board Of Directors

J. Almansa

Chief Executive Officer CEO
José Almansa Lapeira
José Almansa Lapeira, is Graduate in law, Attorney and M.B.A. by Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School)

José is also entrepreneurship and proffesor at IE Business School

Alvaro Sancho Chief Financial Officer CFO

Alvaro Sancho

Alvaro is also Professor and Director of the Entrepreneurship Management Department and Managing Director of the MBA programmes at IE Business School, a top 10 world’s Business School, ranked by Financial Times.

Alvaro manages a team of 150 people being responsible of supervising the implementation of the action plans of the institution, regarding MBA programmes and entrepreneurship activities.

Before IE Business School, Alvaro worked in Cemex, third world leader in cement sector, as a strategic analyst in charge of the international expansion of the company. His biggest project was the acquisition of an Egyptian plant with an investment of 200 million €.

Alvaro has an International MBA Degree from Instituto de Empresa of Madrid, Bachelor in Economy and is Phd candidate for Complutense University of Madrid.

Professional Background

CFO, and member of the Board of Directors, NISU Automotive, (2007 - present)
Associate Director, Entrepreneurship Department, Instiuto de Empresa (2000 – present)
Managing Director, MBA programmes, Instituto de Empresa (2003—present)
Director, International MBA, Instituto de Empresa (2000 – 2003)
Strategic Planning Analyst, Valenciana de Cementos (Cemex Group), Madrid, (1988-1999)
Strategic Planning Analyst of International Expansion of Telepizza S.A.
Founder and CEO, Baby Prix, Madrid (1997-1998)
Financial Advisor, Global Currencies, Mexico City, (MEXICO), (May- September 1997)

Chief Technical Officer CFO

Antonio Riquelme

With more than 20 years of experience in management positions at I.T. and technological companies, Antonio Riquelme is founder and President of the Board of NISU Automotive. Antonio is also Managing Director of NISU Automotive taking care of day to day matters.

In 1985 he started his entrepreneurial stage at the age of 22 while attending his industrial engineering studies, creating with 2 friends, a laser equipment manufacturing company for medical applications.

Professional Background

CFO, member of the Board of Directors, and NISU Automotive founder (2007- present)
Project Director in 2 business Initiatives: PH Hotels and NISU Automotive (2004-2007)
Director of Business Development and International Alliances, Cadmo Knowledge, Madrid (2002-2003)
Business Development Director, McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning International, Switzerland (2000-2002)
Director, Identitek, Madrid (1999-2000)
President & General Director, EDC, Madrid (1986-1998)

Paul Nicholson Secretary-General of The Board

Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson is native from New Zealand, and has lived in Australia, USA, UK and the last 8 years in Spain. Besides his position in NISU Automotive, he is a Director of Xspandus España which is focused on the distribution of sporting brands, the principal brand being Canterbury of New Zealand. In addition, he is a Director of an online travel agency group.

Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Paul worked for Morgan Stanley in London and Madrid and HarperCollins Publishers in Auckland.

Paul has an International MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Spain, is a chartered accountant from the New Zealand Institute and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland.

Paul is married with two children and resides in Madrid. Outside interests include rugby, golf, private pilot and skiing.

General Director of Software and Development

Wagner Oliveira

Mr Oliverira is founder and director of software development at NISU Automotive.

Mr. Oliveira has a large experience in software development and hardware / software integration. He is the developer of

"RideRunner" (formerly "RoadRunner"), the world's leading infotainment software for in-vehicle infotainment systems and CarPC's.

Mr Oliveira is graduated in computer science by the Western Kentucky University, USA receiving a suma cum laude for his Bachelor in Computer Science & System/Scientific Applications.

Professional Background

Software Development Director and NISU Automotive founder (Nov. 2007 - present)
Software Senior Engineer, Corporate Safe Specialists, Posen, IL, US (2002 - 2007)
Consultant, Network Computing and Communications,Western Kentucky University, US (1999 – 2001)
Consultant, Computer Information Services, Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY, US (1998 – 1999)
Computer ServicesConsultant, SETE – Telecommunications LTDA, Brazil, (1997 – 1998)
SoftwareEngineer, FRJ informática, Brazil, (1996 – 1997)

Directors committee

The Directors Committee of NISU Automotive is the governing responsible organ of planning the strategies and NISU's policies, doing a follow-up of the same ones, and advising in specific matters to the executive management team of the company. All this taking active part in the meetings of the Board of Directors of NISU.

All the members of the Directors Committee have a large, successful and proven business experience. The Directors Committee is composed by the members of the Board of Directors plus the following members:

Santiago Álvarez de Toledo Bandeira, member of the board of directors of CODESPA foundation, presidided by His Royal Highness the Prince Mr. Felipe de Borbon y Grecia, Prínce of Asturias.
Jesús Muñoz González, President of Valonsadero Inversiones.
Javier García Llop, Director of 'Box de Ideas', marketing communication and event management agency.
Margarita Garcia de la Calle, Managing director of Abaco Siglo XXI, HHRR consultancy firm.
María Pilar García Guijarro. María Pilar is also Senior Attorney at Lovells, one of the largest international business legal firms, where Pilar is responsible of projects development and funding.