Faculty & staff

Marta Rey García

Marta Rey-Garcia is full professor in the Marketing Area, Business Management Department, School of Economics and Business of the University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain.

Since she started her career as university professor in 2009, she has taught courses in several undergraduate and graduate programs at the UDC. Her research interests focus on civil society organizations, philanthropy, sustainability, social innovation and nonprofit marketing. She has participated in several national and international research projects (in some of them as the principal investigator) and supervised Ph.D. dissertations on those topics. She has been visiting researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School, the London School of Economics or Copenhagen Business School. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Chaire Philanthropie at ESSEC Business School. Since 2016 she is the academic director of the Global Civil Society Seminar organized by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the Harvard Kennedy School in collaboration with the Rafael del Pino Foundation.

Before joining the UDC she worked for the Barrié Foundation, serving as its managing director until December 2008. She has extensive experience in knowledge transfer to the field of nonprofit governance and management. She serves or has served in the boards or advisory boards of Fundación Rafael del Pino, Fundación Haz, the Spanish Association of Foundations and the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP).

She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies (First National Award, Extraordinary Award) and a B.A. in Economics (International Economics and Development), Universidad Complutense, Madrid. She obtained her Ph.D. at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid (Social Communication History). Master of Business Administration (MBA), Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York.

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Marta Rey is the director of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC and its postgraduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) since 2011.

 

Alejandro Fernández Marzoa

Alejandro is a PhD student in Economic Analysis and Business Strategy at the University of A Coruña (UDC). His broader research interests revolve around sustainability and social innovation as transversal topics, particularly applied to production and consumption, the fashion industry and non-profit organizations.

Alejandro holds a BA in Fashion Industry Management from UDC, receiving the Extraordinary End of Studies Awards from both the Xunta de Galicia and UDC. As part of his postgraduate education, he received an MA in Advanced Research Methods and Social Analysis Innovations and a title of Expert in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) from the same institution. He was also awarded a grant for student collaboration in University Departments by the Spanish Education Ministry in the Business Department at UDC (2023/2024).

Alejandro Fernández Marzoa (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) has been part of the Technical Secretariat of the INDITEX-UDC Chair of Sustainability since 2022 and its manager since 2024.

 

Vanessa Mato Santiso

Vanessa Mato Santiso is an assistant lecturer in the Business Organization Area of the University of A Coruña, teaching in the Degree in Fashion Industry Management and Master in Textile Technology and Sustainable Fashion (Campus de Esteiro, Ferrol).

Her research lines are focused on relationship marketing, multi/omnichannel strategies, management of non-profit organizations, social innovation, sustainability and social responsibility, participating in research projects, conferences and publications, at national and international level. She was assistant researcher for different European projects, such as “Policies and Tools for Mainstreaming 1.5° Lifestyles” (European Commission, H2020 Programme: 2021-2024) or “ITSSOIN – Social Innovation and Civic Engagement” (European Commission, 7th Framework Program: 2014-2017). She was also a researcher in the national project “Co-Creation of Value in Social Enterprises. Effects of the Omnichannel Strategy” (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España, 2020-2023). In 2018, she was a visiting researcher at the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University (Holland, Netherlands). In addition to his research experience, he has held various positions in companies (administration, purchasing department, tax, accounting, customer management and invoicing, etc).

Vanessa Mato (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) was the head of the Technical Secretariat of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC since 2015, and is the methodological tutor of collaborative service-learning projects of the CESIS since 2019.

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Vanessa Mato (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) is the head of the Technical Secretariat of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC since 2015, and is the methodological tutor of collaborative service-learning projects of the CESIS since 2019.

 

 

They have collaborated with the team of the Chair:

Violeta Bouzada Novoa

PhD candidate in Economic Analysis and Business Strategy at the University of A Coruña (UDC) and holds a B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations from the University of Vigo, a Master in Fashion Business Management from the University of Navarra and a graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) from the University of A Coruña.

Her research work is focused on the field of social entrepreneurship and circular economy applied to the textile industry. Sector in which she has developed his professional career performing various functions in the buying and product management departments of different multinationals in Germany, France and Spain. She is currently collaborating as an external professional the Degree in Fashion Industry Management (UDC).

Violeta Bouzada Novoa (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) served as part of the Technical Secretariat of the INDITEX-UDC Chair of Sustainability since 2021 and its manager until 2024.


Sofía García Torres (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) was the methodological tutor of collaborative service-learning projects of the CESIS between 2017 and 2019. She is currently a researcher at Deusto Business School.

Noelia Salido Andrés (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) was responsible for the Technical Secretariat of the INDITEX-UDC Chair between 2013 and 2015. She is currently an assistant professor in the Marketing and Market Research Area (Business Department) of the UDC.

Ana Felgueiras (alumni graduate course in Sustainability and Social Innovation (CESIS) of the Inditex Sustainability Chair at the UDC) was responsible for the Technical Secretariat of the INDITEX-UDC Chair between 2011 and 2013 and was the methodological tutor of the practical projects between 2014 and 2017. She is currently the manager of European projects in the Food Cluster of Galicia.