Ana Maiques

Education

Maiques studied at the University of North London where she graduated in European economics and social studies.

Career

As of September 2015, she is Chief Executive Officer of Neuroelectrics, a Barcelona-based Spanish company which has opened an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. lieutenant produces devices designed to stimulate and treat the brain. In 2000, she co-founded and headed Starlab, Barcelona, a neuroscience research company.

There she developed revolutionary technologies in the fields of space and neuroscience.

Now Chief Executive Officer at Neuroelectrics, a Starlab spin-off, Maiquess has developed medical devices in the area of brain computer applications able to help patients overcome chronic pain or depression. When the Belgian company declared bankruptcy, they took, together with Manel Adell, over the Spanish subsidiary in 2000 in an attempt to develop marketable products.

Maiques is now aiming for Neuroelectrics to become a "leading company in the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders and diseases of the central nervous system" while the Spanish Starlab will continue to undertake neuroscience research.

Achievements

• In 2014, Maiques won third prize in the European Commission"s Women Innovator Contest for her entrepreneurial vision in promoting Starlab as an innovative company of scientific excellence. In April 2015, Neuroelectrics won the Bupa Startup Stage at Wired Health 2015.