Alex Rovira heads the qualitative division of marketing consulting firm Salvetti & Llombart. He is coauthor (with Bernard Dubois) of the Spanish version of Understanding the Consumer.

Fernando Trías de Bes cofounded and directs Salvetti & Llombart. He is coauthor (with Philip Kotler) of Lateral Marketing.
They are professors at ESADE, one of Spain’s most respected business schools, and have worked with many top organizations, including Bayer, Chrysler, Credit-Suisse, Dannon, Frito-Lay, Hewlett-Packard, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Nestlé, Oxfam, Paramount, Pepsi, Sony, and Universal.