Team – B&B Executive Leadership

Team

OUR TEAM

Our B&B Executive Leadership Team

B&B Executive Leadership was created to transform the way we view talent and professional careers.

B&B partners with companies around the world to help their clients acquire, develop, train, motivate, and engage their key employees.

Our multicultural approach provides a unique perspective for building diverse and inclusive businesses. We are experts in connecting cultures and human capital to foster growth and innovation.

Our teams include:

Specialists in identifying and attracting top-tier talent across all sectors.

Executive Search Team

Javier Cuesta

PARTNER NA & LATAM

Rafael Puerto

Partner EMEA

Support Team and Back Office

They ensure operational efficiency and a seamless experience for both clients and candidates.

Marta Matilla

CONSULTANT

Federico Torriente

IT, Marketing

Advisory Board

Composed of experts with diverse perspectives, it provides innovative ideas and strategic solutions in talent management.

Carlos Fernández

ESG AND MANUFACTURING B&B ADVISOR

Vicent Sos

TECH B&B
ADVISOR

Inés Gomís

INSTITUTIONAL B&B ADVISOR

Fernando Cuesta

ENGINEERING AND REAL ESTATE B&B ADVISOR

Innovation
through Diversity:

At B&B Executive Leadership, we believe that innovation comes from combining diverse perspectives. Our Advisory Board brings together experts from various industries to provide personalized and innovative solutions in People Advisory.

Combining Experience Beyond Talent Management:

At B&B, we go beyond the conventional by blending professionals from diverse industries. This fusion of fresh perspectives enhances our ability to provide innovative solutions in People Advisory.

Leveraging experience outside the talent management and acquisition industry, we create a unique synergy that directly impacts the quality of service we provide to our clients. This dynamic approach ensures that our strategies are not only informed by industry best practices, but also enriched by the broader landscape of business excellence.

Together, our Advisory Board forms a dynamic consortium, guiding B&B Executive Leadership to set new benchmarks in the people advisory services industry.

Executive Coaching Team

Sophie Castell

COACH

Fernando Arístegui

COACH

Pilar García

COACH

Vicki Lambiri

COACH & TALENT CONSULTANT

Lucía Ceja

COACH

Blanca Meseguer

COACH

César López

COACH & HR DIRECTOR

Deb Elbaum

COACH

Roberto Vázquez

COACH & CONSULTANT

Thais Santiso

COACH

Manuel Guerreiro

COACH

Beril Levi

COACH

Sylvia Sonnendrucker

COACH

Javier Criado

COACH

Luis E. Castañeda

COACH

Beril Levi - Coach

Beril Levi is a highly skilled professional specializing in leadership development, facilitation and executive coaching.

Beril’s unique ability to empathize and adapt to the needs of her audience makes her effective at all management levels.

Beril’s journey in the fields of leadership and coaching began in 2015. Since then, she has been passionately dedicated to helping professionals unlock their full potential. She is an ACTP-certified coach and holds numerous certifications from Blanchard programs, including Coaching Leader Action Profile II, SLII Leadership, Management Essentials, Coaching Essentials, Conversational Capacity, Building Trust, Essential Motivators, Courageous Inclusion, and Self-Leadership.

Additionally, she is certified in the Roche Martin 360 Emotional Capital Report for leaders.

Her extensive experience as a marketing and sales leader in major multinational corporations gives her a deep understanding of diverse business environments, which she seamlessly integrates into her coaching and facilitation practices. Before embarking on her coaching career, Beril spent over 16 years in international marketing and sales leadership roles at companies such as L’Oréal, LVMH, and Google, both at subsidiaries and headquarters. At Google, as the Director of Sales for key clients in Turkey, she transformed her team and achieved significant improvements in Google’s annual employee survey, Googlegeist. She also led the coaching and learning strategy for the entire emerging markets cluster during a critical period of organizational change.

Beril holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the School of Industrial Organization (EOI) and a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Université de Lille Charles de Gaulle. She is fluent in Turkish, Spanish, English and French, and feels comfortable facilitating in all of these languages.

Beril is also a senior advisor at Kodluyoruz, a Turkish social enterprise that is transforming Turkey into a tech talent hub. She is an associate professor and mentor at prestigious business schools in Spain, such as IE Business School and the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), where she trains the next generation of leaders. Additionally, she is a supportive coach for women through NGOs, helping them reintegrate into the labor market. On a personal level, she is a mother of two daughters and enjoys drawing, dancing, and writing.

“Beril helped me grow in my role as a leader. It was amazing to see how she leverages her skills as an experienced coach to transform individuals and the team, and develop their potential.” (Global Sales Manager, Global Digital Media)

Fernando Arístegui - Coach

Fernando Arístegui has developed his professional career as Human Resources Director for 12 years in both multinational and family-owned companies across diverse sectors such as automotive, retail, luxury hospitality, and renewable energy, while also having… taught subjects related to HR and leadership skills at various universities and business schools, including… ESIC Business School, University of Brighton (UK), CSHG (School of Hospitality of Galicia), École de Savignac (FR), Complutense University of Madrid, University of Vigo, IESIDE Business School, and CEAGA Corporate University, thus enjoying his passion for fostering both personal and professional growth and excellence.

As a coach, he joined The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) Co-Active Coaching Program, earning the Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) certification. CTI is the leading coaching school in the U.S., and its certification program was the first to be recognized as an Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) by the International Coach Federation (ICF), of which CTI is also a founding member.

He is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by ICF, an executive coach (Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, Zenger & Folkman Extraordinary Leader and Extraordinary Coach), and an executive advisor at IE Business School. He also received his certification as a team coach with ORSC (Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching) from CRR Global and is currently a facilitator at Lider-haz-go, one of the top coaching schools in Spain.

He has been an executive coach for companies such as Repsol, Bankinter, Abanca, Media Markt, SEAT, Renault, and the Volvo Group. Fernando holds a Law degree from the University of Navarra and a diploma in Education (CAP) from the same university. He also holds a Master’s in Human Resources Management from ESIC, an MBA from IE, a Master’s in Translation from the University of Vigo, and an Advanced Management Program (PDG) from IESE. He is also a PNL Practitioner with Joseph O’Connor and a certified analyst in PDA, MBTI, CRD 3D Assessment, and Firo-B. Fernando speaks Spanish, English, French, and German.

“Coaching is undoubtedly one of the best development tools; a direct way to go from where you are to where you want to be, unlocking your inner potential for your own fulfillment and for the benefit of the people around you in both your personal and professional life. I love witnessing that transformation through the coaching process and am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to improving lives and companies.”

Carlos Fernández - ESG and Manufacturing B&B Advisor

Carlos Fernandez is a visionary Hispanic food industry executive with proven business acumen based on more than 20 years of experience leading multinational operations with full profit and loss responsibility at the forefront of the plant-based food movement, providing sophisticated solutions to high-end segments of the food and beverage industry. Noted for pioneering and transforming a liquid food business franchise that synergized the preserving and filling business with the fruit and juice businesses, forged acquisitions, updated business strategies and drove profitability.

Mr. Fernandez restructured the organization into four key groups to support future growth and create synergies with newly acquired businesses. Recent work includes a diversification and expansion strategy to selectively expand new business segments, driving the business from $150M to $800M+ through acquisitions, new product development and organic growth. Completed (9) acquisitions since 2015. These efforts are supported by the development of far-reaching recommendations to transform the organization around Product Lines with clear management roles and to create business initiatives and expand multicultural hiring in the management team, emphasizing early career potential and talent.. In-depth knowledge of businesses in Latin America and Europe, as well as solid operational experience in manufacturing and Lean initiatives.

Named executive vice president of John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT) and president of Diversified Food & Health in August 2017, Mr. Fernandez oversaw sales and operations in Florida, California, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, South Africa, Spain, Mexico, Australia and Italy. His responsibilities included managing strategy, sales, marketing, production, engineering, purchasing, human resources, R&D, finance and administration. Managed the Strategic Plan, Sales and Operations Plan, Leadership Development Plan and Annual Budgets. Responsible for nearly 3,200 employees in 18 locations from the Division’s headquarters in the Tampa Bay, Florida area.

In October 2022, Mr. Fernandez moved into a corporate role, supporting strategy and M&A, driving corporate sustainability, liaising with key customers on their sustainability objectives to implement NPD and partnerships, exploring new food technologies, and deploying the marketing and sales plan to deliver JBT solutions for end-market segments.

From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Fernandez served as General Manager of the tomato and fruit business based in Parma (Italy) at FMC Technologies, and continued at JBT Corporation when it was spun off. In 2012, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fruit and Juice Solutions SAYS 2011 IN CV, and in 2014, he was appointed Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Food Technologies and elevated to President in 2015.

Mr. Fernandez joined JBT Corporation’s predecessor, FMC Corporation, in 1996 as a Business Analyst in Madrid, Spain, and subsequently held financial roles at FMC Corporation and its successor, FMC Technologies.

Mr. Mr. Fernández holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a degree in Law from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.