Pablo Moro Casquete, formerly head of innovation at insurance firm Mutua Madrileña, has rejoined Spain-based telecommunications firm Telefónica, as head of new business for its Telefónica Innovation Investment subsidiary.
Telefónica runs six investment vehicles and has co-invested with public and private investors in startups based in Europe and Latin America. Its main corporate venturing fund, Telefónica Ventures, targets big data, blockchain and cybersecurity technology developers, including 4iQ and Carto.
Moro Casquete had previously been at Telefónica for more than 12 years since 2006, having joined its Wayra accelerator network in 2014 as manager of global partnerships for Telefónica Open Future, before managing strategic projects and then its startup portfolio.
Having joined Mutua Madrileña in March 2018, Moro Casquete’s role involved him devising innovation strategy for Open Innovation, which partners external startups and venture capital funds, and Internal Innovation, which focuses on intrapreneurship and intra-startup programs.
Photo of Pablo Moro Casquete courtesy of LinkedIn.
