Flavio Tejada is the Director of the Master in Real Estate Development (MRED) at IE University and European Strategic Planning and Advisory Services Director at Arup responsible for the property and cities advisory services across Europe.

Flavio’s innovative vision has focused on design strategic urban projects that allow cities to face 21st century socioeconomic and environmental challenges through a holistic approach. During his career, he has gained global experience through working with local standards and cultures in several parts of the world, including Europe, Middle East, LATAM and United States. He specialized in urban regeneration and retrofit development, with the application of the latest innovations in technology and social engagement. Flavio led different strategic urban interventions such as several regeneration projects, recently, he has led Madrid Nuevo Norte, the largest urban regeneration project in Europe or the Barcelona El Prat Airport Real Estate Master Plan, a new generation of airport-city development.

Flavio’s works have been widely recognized, including at the XVI Venice Biennale, where The Santander Waterfront was exhibited. Furthermore, this urban renewal project has recently received the “Albert Serratosa 2018 Award” Spanish Civil Engineering Professional Association and the Award “ASPRIMA” as the best real estate project in 2019 in Spain. Barcelona’s El Prat Airport Master Plan was commended at the 2018 European Urban and Regional Planning Award.