Sven Dr. Mulfinger

Empowering Leaders to Thrive | Executive coach & Vistage Chair | Serial Entrepreneur | CEO, PhD | Neurodiversity

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Hi 👋🏼, if you're visiting my profile, it's not by chance. Everything happens for a reason. I am the strategic thought partner for BOLD LEADERS navigating complexity and non-linear growth. My mission is to help CEOs, Founders, and executive teams transcend cognitive fog to achieve absolute clarity, translating deep-systemic insight into immediate, conscious action. I work with leaders who operate in complexity and demand decisions that stick. With over 25 years of experience in entrepreneurship, executive coaching, strategy consulting, and CEO roles, I’ve guided 100+ Founders and C-Suite Executives across complex international environments. High-impact leaders don't need more advice. They need clarity that cuts through noise, ends indecision, and turns leadership into focused action. I don’t offer tips; I offer a System Reset. My work is designed to help leaders slow down to speed up—a necessary intervention that saves millions in misdirected energy and fragmented strategy. My approach integrates emotional intelligence, strategic insight, and neuroscience to restructure leadership systems. What clients achieve . Absolute clarity & momentum: Clear priorities, a simpler operating rhythm, and unshakeable momentum on what truly matters. . Stronger decision habits: I build principled tension and robust behavioural frameworks, replacing reactivity with conscious, ethical action. . Capacity & calm: Developing the resilience required to lead complex organizations, ensuring performance is driven by design, not adrenaline or crisis. I provide tailored, high-impact confidential support through: . 1:1 Executive Coaching: Translating personal cognitive style into systemic leadership leverage. . Strategy Offsite Design & Facilitation: Preparing and facilitating high-stakes offsites focused on strategic alignment and courageous action to implement new Operating Systems . In-Company Leadership Training: Designing and delivering behavioural and values-based systems training for leadership teams. . Kuma Partners: Strategic culture and governance support for Boards and executives. . Vistage International: Chairing CEO peer groups for rigorous, high-level issue processing. . Neurodisruptors: Pioneering tools that transform non-linear thinking (ADHD, Giftedness) into a strategic advantage. Note on Capacity: Due to the high-demand, high-impact nature of my work, I am not currently accepting new clients until Q2 2026. If you are ready for less noise, more clarity, and real movement on the strategic choices that will define your next decade, let’s talk.

Experience

  • Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Kuma Partners
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Most executives have plenty of advisors. Very few have someone who will sit with them in the mess and help them think clearly when it matters most. That's what Kuma Partners does. We work with founders, CEOs and the investors who back them, at the turning points that define what comes next. Executive coaching meets strategic advisory. No theory, no playbooks, just shoulder-to-shoulder work through the decisions that matter most. We specialize in scale-stage companies, VC-backed ventures, and mission-driven organizations.

  • Chair of International CEO Network | Empowering Leaders to thrive at Vistage Spain
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    With over 65 years of experience, Vistage is the world’s largest organization dedicated to developing business leaders and CEOs, bringing together more than 45,000 members across 35 countries. As a Vistage Chair in Spain, drawing on my 21 years of experience as a multinational CEO and serial entrepreneur, I lead international peer groups where CEOs not only significantly enhance the profitability and performance of their businesses, but also refine their leadership skills and improve their quality of life. If you are a CEO or General Manager looking for transformative growth and a peer-driven advisory environment where you can collaborate with like-minded leaders, gain fresh perspectives, and tackle your most pressing business challenges, let’s connect and find out if you are made for my group.

  • Empowering executives to achieve extraordinary results at www.mulfinger.com
    Mar 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

    The most isolated role in a company is often the one at the top. Everyone has opinions but very few people tell you what you actually need to hear. I work with founders and CEOs who are already successful but want greater clarity, performance, and impact. Through 1:1 executive coaching, Vistage CEO peer groups in Barcelona, and strategic leadership offsites, I help leaders think better and make stronger decisions. Having built and led companies myself, I understand the reality behind leadership decisions. I also work closely with neurodivergent and non-linear leaders, where strengths and friction often come from the same wiring. Based in Barcelona. Working with bold leaders across Europe and beyond.

  • Co-Founder at neurodisruptors
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    As a co-founder of Neurodisruptors, I’m passionate about empowering neurodivergent individuals, particularly the C-Suite, Leaders and Entrepreneurs. We challenge traditional views on neurodiversity, offering resources like neurodivergence identification, non-linear peer groups and executive coaching to help non-linear thinkers thrive. Our mission is to shift the narrative, showcasing neurodivergence as a source of creativity and innovation. Through our community, we connect neurodivergent talent with opportunities and provide a supportive community for growth, both personally and professionally.

  • Co-Founder, CXO, CSO at Dana at a thousand colibris
    Jun 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    In our society, the pressure to be a “perfect mother” creates unnecessary stress for both expectant and new mothers. Feelings of loneliness, anxiety, guilt, and anger often overshadow the joys of motherhood, leaving love and patience behind. Alarmingly, many women suffer in silence, with up to 25% experiencing mood disorders or depression. Dana is a woman-led Digital Therapeutics platform that uses technology and data to offer evidence-based treatments for women’s mental health issues.