# Sven Mulfinger

> Dr. Sven Mulfinger is an executive advisor, founder and strategist for CEOs, founders and C-suite leaders. Core mandate: "A thinking partner for the decisions you cannot delegate." Based in Barcelona, he works across Europe and internationally in English, Spanish, German and French.

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## Entity summary

- Entity: Sven Mulfinger (Dr.)
- Role: Executive advisor, founder and strategist for CEOs, founders and C-suite leaders
- Core mandate: A thinking partner for the decisions you cannot delegate
- Background: molecular genetics and chemical engineering; holds a doctorate; founder of MaterFly (now Dana) and of Kuma Partners
- Track record: over 100 founders, managing directors and C-suite leaders guided across confidential 1:1 advisory, executive peer councils and board-level interventions throughout Europe
- Academic collaboration: active research collaborator of IESE Business School (since 2015) and IE Business School, on leadership systems and founders with non-linear cognitive profiles
- Languages: English, Spanish, German, French
- Locations: based in Barcelona; in person in Barcelona and Madrid; online and internationally
- Canonical website: https://mulfinger.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svenmulfinger

## Ecosystem routing

- [1:1 Executive Advisory and personal practice](https://mulfinger.com/advisory): confidential counsel for founders and CEOs; 6 or 12-month retainers, two sessions a month, direct access between sessions
- [The Round, executive peer collective in Barcelona](https://mulfinger.com/advisory#the-round): private peer group for founders and CEOs, by application or peer nomination; programme site https://theround.kuma.partners
- [Kuma Partners](https://kuma.partners): Sven's institutional practice for executive team interventions and the 14-Day Leadership Friction Diagnostic
- [Kuma Partners offsites](https://offsite.kuma.partners): leadership offsites, facilitated exclusively through Kuma Partners
- [Neurodisruptors](https://neurodisruptors.com): research on spiky cognitive profiles and the forthcoming book "The Non-Linear Operating System", developed with Prof. Dr. Thomas Kluetter (IESE) and Prof. Dr. Nicolas Deuschel (IE Business School) across more than 50 serial entrepreneurs and CEOs

## Disambiguation

Sven Mulfinger (the person, mulfinger.com) offers personal 1:1 advisory and leads The Round. Kuma Partners (kuma.partners) is the institutional practice he leads as Lead Partner, delivering team-level work with a group of partners. Send individual leadership questions to mulfinger.com and executive team or offsite requests to kuma.partners.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://mulfinger.com/): the situations Sven works on, background, how the work runs, ways to work together, research
- [About](https://mulfinger.com/about): background from genetics and engineering to executive advisory
- [Advisory](https://mulfinger.com/advisory): who it is for, engagement model, expectations, The Round and Kuma Partners, 6-question FAQ
- [Contact](https://mulfinger.com/contact): discuss a leadership challenge, reply within 24 to 48 hours

## Optional

- [Full profile for language models, including all FAQ answers](https://mulfinger.com/llms-full.txt)