Juan Carlos Bernal

Partner, Valencia Digital Port Connect

Juan Carlos is a telecommunication executive with more than 34 years in international senior leadership positions, leading global and diverse organizations. Experienced in top management wholesale and B2B business relationship and digital infrastructure M&A operations.

He is currently partner of Valencia Digital Port Connect, a company that is promoting and developing the construction of an edge data center in Valencia with a submarine cable in Mediterranean sea.

In the last years he has been supporting strategy, business development and acquisitions of different digital telco companies, advising telco operators, infra companies and investors.

He is also independent board member of Center 3, a subsidiary of STC that runs data center and submarine cables businesses in Middle East region.

Previously he was working for more than 20 years for Telefonica in different management positions. His last position was Chief Commercial Officer into Telefonica Global Solutions, leading the international wholesale and corporate business with relationship with most of international carriers, OTTs and multinational corporates.

He is Telecom Master by UPM and PDD by IESE Business School.