Megavisionary Team

  • Nicolas De Santis, Founder & Chief Disruption Officer

    Nicolas De Santis Cuadra is Founder and Chief Disruption Officer of Megavisionary Labs and President of Gold Mercury International, the London-based think tank on global governance. A serial technology entrepreneur and brand strategist, he cofounded Opodo, which grew to €1.2 billion in sales, and was part of the founding team of Beenz.com, the world’s first web-based digital currency. He has also helped build and reinvent some of the world’s most iconic companies, including Coca-Cola, Santander, and Iberdrola/Scottish Power, now the largest sustainable energy company on the planet.

    With over 30 years of international experience, he is recognised for pioneering Enterprise Visioneering®, a discipline for creating multi-decade visions that align organisations with the future. He is also author of the forthcoming book Megavision® – The Magic of Visioning the Future, which introduces new frameworks for Enterprise Visioneering® and Future Worldbuilding®.

  • Andres Cardo - Head of Media, Education, Publishing, Entertainment

    Andrés Cardó is a strategic advisor specialising in the education, media, and technology sectors, with extensive international leadership experience. His career includes serving as CEO at Prisa, one of the largest media groups in the world, where he led Prisa Radio and Cadena SER. He has also held executive positions at Grupo Santillana and Prisa Holding. In addition, he has served on the boards of major organisations such as Vasta Platform, Grupo El Comercio, and PROEDUCA.

    Andrés brings deep expertise in strategic consulting, financial advisory, public affairs, institutional and business relations, corporate development, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), investor search, digital transformation, and sales & marketing models.

  • Giovanni Scapagnini Megavisionary Labs

    Giovanni Scapagnini - Head of Health, Biological Ageing & Longevity

    Prof. Giovanni Scapagnini is Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology at the University of Molise, Italy, and an internationally recognised expert on the biological mechanisms of ageing, with a focus on brain ageing and functional nutrition. Vice-president and founding board member of the Italian Nutraceutical Society (SINUT), he has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and organised numerous international congresses on ageing science.

    Earlier in his career, he worked at the Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore with Dr Robert Gallo, researching the effects of green tea polyphenols. A leading authority on polyphenols and dietary molecules, his pioneering 2002 paper in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry anticipated the potential role of antioxidants in preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia.

  • Maria Mateos - Creative Visualisation Lead

    María leads GENERATIONS, Megavisionary’s Generative AI and Creative Studios, where she works on Enterprise Visioneering® projects for global clients including Iberdrola, Google, Canal+, PRISA Radio, Los40 Music Radio, Santillana Education, Gestair, Induveca, Coca-Cola, and Scottish Power. With more than 20 years of expertise in corporate, product and retail branding, she has built a strong reputation for creative excellence using the latest creative technologies.

    A graduate in Fine Arts with honours from the Complutense University of Madrid, María specialised in graphic design and furthered her studies at the European Institute of Design, focusing on editorial and branding. She has won several national and international creative awards, and her work has been exhibited in cultural institutions such as the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, Toletvm, and the Signes Foundation in Barcelona.