Pedro Febres

Owns commercial strategy and execution for a deep-tech post-quantum cryptography startup, including controlling a €2M pre-seed fundraising effort and developing enterprise business opportunities.

Opened new grain-import markets in Spain, Italy, France and Portugal, and developed an international commodity-trading business with approximately 200,000 MT annually and $4M in annual gross trading margin.

Built and operated a ship-operating firm from early stage, establishing legal, staffing, governance, finance, and commercial functions, and directed vessel sourcing and acquisition strategy.

Helped commercialize four AI-enabled SaaS/mobile products and developed investor ROI narratives supporting a $6M venture-capital raise.

Developed offshore-wind business opportunities across Spain and Portugal, engaging with developers, EPCs, OEMs and Tier 1/2 contractors across the supply chain.

Led fundraising, debt structuring, and investor engagement for a specialist maritime investment platform managing €50M–€100M in capital.

Worked across finance, grain procurement, maritime and air transport, legal/compliance and country-office stakeholders in a complex, donor-funded multinational environment, supporting oversight of approximately $1.2B in annual cereal procurement and $1.29B in logistics services across 71 countries.

Led business-innovation and organizational reform work, redesigning financing and supply-origin processes to improve operating efficiency.

Developed strategic work on sustainable food supply, sourcing, investment and long-term business strategy, and directed a precision agriculture study assessing asset strategy across manufacturing, processing, and global distribution.

Helped build a greenfield industrial project company, developing legal, staffing, governance, finance and supplier-management structures, and coordinated commercial, government, industrial-offtaker, EPC and financing workstreams for a large-scale industrial project with an estimated FEED investment of approximately $3B.

Owned bid strategy, proposal development, pricing, feasibility and commercial positioning for clinical research contracts, and developed pricing models and structured profitable client agreements.

Originated and closed 5–8 C-suite advisory mandates annually, generating $15M+ in annual billed revenue across international markets, and led the commercial pursuit lifecycle from opportunity identification through contract close.

Completed two years of medical studies at Universidad de Cantabria.

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Relations from the University of California, Berkeley.

Pursued an International MBA at Rome Business School.