Our team
Since 2019, we have been working to bring to life a project that drives us: leveraging on new technologies and electronic payments to build an application that is beneficial for local retail and the local economy.
Antoine Bahri
Founder
Engineer turned entrepreneur, Antoine co-founded a first payment application for the restaurant sector in Barcelona. His experience in retail and fintech led him to launch Carlo in Monaco and use the Principality where he grew up as a pilot city.
Passionate about fintech, Antoine's aspiration is building bridges for small and traditional businesses to digitally integrate and grow.
Kilian Bourcier
CITY MANAGER MONACO
Motivated and full of energy, Kilian is a passionate athlete and an entrepreneur at heart. As City Manager of Monaco, he represents the face of Carlo to our merchants. He ensures that we accomplish our mission and build a solid foundation to support our growth in Monaco.
Geoffroy Farrugia
Operations and Product
Conscientious and diligent Geoffroy has a real inventive spirit. His thirst for learning drives him to continually develop his skills and discover new improvement opportunities for our operations. Above all, he loves to surprise and impress our users with new features.
Rhea Tabbara
marketing
A pragmatist at heart, Rhea kicked off her career in marketing in the luxury retail space. She is passionate about creative brand strategy and has earned recognition at Carlo for growing company awareness & performance via content, partnerships and advertising.
Armand Bahri
Business Development
With a degree in business management and training in financial auditing, Armand is the person responsible for strategic leads and business development. He works in close collaboration with our various city managers to help our retailers to develop and grow with Carlo.
Marta Mas
Finance
Marta loves everything related to data. After 4 years at KPMG and a stay in Madrid as an innovation project manager at Naturgy, she joined her classmate from IESE Business School to develop Carlo. She helps the team make the right decisions using her magic Excel tables.
Camillo Rubesa
customer success
Dynamic and full of good humor, Camillo's mission is to ensure customer satisfaction. After studying hospital management, he decided to move into the world of startups and used his interpersonal skills to motivate and retain our users and our merchants.
Carlos Palencia
CITY MANAGER VALLADOLID
Coming from a true family of traders, Carlos specialized as a sales engineer and worked for several years for a multinational company. Motivated by Carlo's mission, he decides to undertake and launch the app in Spain, starting with his hometown Valladolid.
Candice Spagli
MARKETING
Imaginative and passionate, Candice is an adventurer at heart. After studying Communication, she embarked on a training course to become a full stack developer. Her desire to learn and discover drives her to constantly innovate. Its ultimate goal is to promote merchants and participate in the development of Carlo.
Xavier Albalate Acena
lawyer
Coming from a commercial family, Xavier obtained his law degree after studying at ESADE. His career led him to practice at the Bank of Spain, CaixaBank and the European Payments Council (EPC) where he specialized in payment regulation, an area that continues to fascinate him day after day. At Carlo, Xavier advises our development and accompanies us in the regulations, allowing him to combine his background with his passion.
Dr. Thomas Papanikolaou
Mentor
Thomas is an expert in business development and international trade. Executive advisor and business coach, he oversees startups and companies to help them create sustainable and profitable growth. Its ultimate goal is to contribute to the success of 1000 companies.
