Marc Vicente joins the organisation to lead ABA English in their next period of growth as they continue their international expansion especially into leading target markets such as China and Turkey. ABA English also intend to develop its learning language method into business orientated areas, offering employees the opportunity and tools to improve their English speaking skills in a commercial context. Marc joins ABA English with over 12 years experience gained in the digital and international eco systems. During his career he has held Commercial and General Management positions in the Travel industry, Gaming, eCommerce, Marketplace and with SaaS based businesses.
Originally from Barcelona, Marc was most recently based in Bordeaux, France where he held the position of COO for Cdiscount, part of the CASINO Retail Group. Cdiscount is one of Europe’s largest eCommerce players with over €3 billion in annual sales. He spent the previous four years working for Rakuten initially as the CEO for Spain and ultimately as the COO for the entire European organisation based in Berlin. His early career was spent in Product, Pricing and Analytics for lastminute.com, AVG technologies and Spainair. This breadth of international exposure combined with broad operational experience will be invaluable to ABA English during this next growth period.
“Marc Vicente is the perfect new addition to join and successfully deal with the new challenges we have set for ourselves here at ABA English, and has all our trust. His proven managerial skills, both operational and strategic, his successful track record and his approachable and committed leadership style, are noteworthy qualities of Marc which I believe will be key for developing the company over the next few years”, noted Javier Figarola, Board Director.
ABA English is a Barcelona based online EdTech organisation. Using their own proprietary technology and methodologies they provide remote video based English language learning to over 10 million users worldwide. Their offerings are available in over 170 countries and among the key tech territories are Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Spain. In 2016 ABA English raised $12 million in a growth capital round, led by Kennett Partners, a leading international growth equity firm and supported by Nauta Capital, the preeminent Spanish technology investment fund.
For more information visit www.abaenglish.com
