José Pérez Melber

International CEO & Board Director | Scaling and transforming PE-backed Tech, AI & Business Services platforms | Ex-CEO VASS, Atento, Transcom | Ex-COO Orange España 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷

Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area

About

My professional journey has been shaped by a passion for transformation, growth, AI adoption and international business. As former Global CEO of the tech consulting firm VASS, and over the past 25+ years I have had the opportunity to lead and evolve organizations across the finance, telecommunications, technology, and business services sectors. Throughout my career, I have focused on transforming and modernizing companies while expanding their international footprint. This has included leadership roles such as CEO for the DACH region at MAPFRE, COO at Orange Spain, and CEO for EMEA in private equity-backed companies like Atento and Transcom, where driving sustainable growth and operational excellence has been at the core of my work. Beyond executive roles, I have also contributed at the governance level as an independent board director within Bain Capital’s portfolio, and I currently serve as Chairman of the Board of a company backed by the European renewable infrastructure fund Marguerite. My entrepreneurial spirit began early. In 1994, I co-founded Bodegas Señorío de Nevada, building the business from the ground up and successfully exiting in 2006—an experience that continues to shape my perspective on value creation and long-term vision. With a truly international background, I am fluent in English, German, Spanish, and French, and I bring a global mindset to every organization I engage with.

Experience

  • Chairman SotySolar (Marguerite & Plenium) at SotySolar
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    SotySolar is Spain’s leading solar energy solution company. We deliver turnkey photovoltaic, aerothermal, and EV chargers solutions in subscription model mainly for B2C customers across Spain and Portugal.

  • VASS ()
    • CEO VASS
      Jun 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Digital Transformation leader / 356M€ revenue / 5.000 employees / 26 countries

    • President VASS Foundation
      Jun 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Atento (9 yrs 3 mos)
    • CEO ATENTO EMEA (BAIN CAPITAL)
      Mar 2014 - May 2023 · 9 yrs 3 mos

      BPO Market Leader in Spain / Turnover 288M$ / Employees 14.000 Atento is the Spanish market leader in Contact Center services and Customer Experience process digitalization, with operations in Spain, Morocco and Colombia. Market leader in the Telco, Finance, Energy and Public Administrations industries. Achievements: ✓ Increased Multisector (non Telefonica) revenues by 14% CAGR, enabling client diversification from Telco into the energy, banking, insurance, public administration, retail, logistics and travel & leisure industries. ✓ Turned around Atento EMEA, loss making in Spain H2 2013 and H1 2024 2014, to an average EBITDA of 12% ✓ Founded Atento Digital in 2018, helping our clients to automate, digitalize, ominchannel and provide AI CX services. ✓ Digitalized Tefefónica’s B2C and B2B Customer Service processes, partnering with EY, through the largest Blue Prism project worldwide (+1500 Bots)

    • CEO GLOBAL CLIENTS ATENTO (BAIN CAPITAL)
      Mar 2014 - May 2023 · 9 yrs 3 mos

      Global Clients / 800M$ / Employees 78.000 In parallel to the EMEA CEO role, I managed Atento’s Global Accounts being fully accountable for 60% of the group’s revenue and indirect P&L responsibility in 17 countries. Our main global accounts were Telefónica, BBVA, Meta, Google, Samsung, TikTok and Alibaba. Achievements in 2023: ✓ Extended 3 years the Telefónica MSA - TCV 1,35 Billion€ ✓ Carved Out the Spanish BBVA operation - TCV 120M$ ✓ Google recognized Atento’s operation as worldwide Best Practice.

  • BOARD DIRECTOR NOVA AUSTRAL (BAIN CAPITAL & ALTOR) at Nova Austral S.A.
    Jul 2016 - Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Independent Board Director - NOVA AUSTRAL / BAIN CAPITAL - ALTOR / 110M€ In parallel to the roles at Atento, Bain proposed me as an Independent Board Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors at Nova Austral, a Spanish company participated by Bain Capital. Nova Austral is in the business of sustainable salmon farming. The enterprise raises high quality salmons in Chilean Arctic waters.

  • GENERAL MANAGER OPERATIONS - ORANGE SPAIN at Orange España
    Mar 2011 - Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    General Manager - Orange Spain / 5,3 Billion€ / 22 Million Customers General Manager of Customer Operations (Contact Center, Shops, Mobile and Online), Billing and Credit Management, reporting to the CEO, managing a 220M€ budget with 1.500 direct employees in the area plus 20.000 outsourced customer service representatives. Achievements: ✓ Digitalized, automated and introduced AI in all customer and billing processes saving 30% OPEX, while improving NPS ✓ Digital Champion Group Award 2012 and 2013