HECTOR ARGUELLES currently works in the professional sports sector, as Head of Business Operations for the NBA (National Basketball Association) in Europe and the Middle East, based in Spain. In this role, he leads strategic initiatives and oversees the league’s day-to day operations across the region, following his 13-year tenure in New York as Vice President of Digital Partnerships. During his time in the U.S., he managed the NBA’s international digital media relationships with partners such as Amazon, ESPN, Rakuten, Tencent, Movistar, and Vivo, and previously led on International NBA League Pass, the league’s direct-to-consumer streaming service.
Before joining the NBA, Héctor spent six years in Germany working in software development and product management for Siemens and Nokia.
Hector has been a volunteer for the Olympic Movement since attending the IOA (International Olympic Academy) for the first time in 2002, including volunteer positions at Olympic Games, Mediterranean Games and Asian Games. He has worked closely with the IOA in various capacities, on multiple occasions as session coordinator, lecturer and also as President of the IOAPA (IOA Participants’ Association) between 2007 and 2013. Hector also served two terms as a board member of the International Pierre De Coubertin Committee (2010-2018).
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university in New Hampshire, United States.