The Spain-India Business Bridge, Madrid
Ralph Hays
Ralph Hays holds the Spanish end of The Spain-India Business Bridge, from Madrid.
Ralph Hays holds the Spanish end of the Bridge, from Madrid. He spent more than nine years with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, as New Zealand's Trade Commissioner for Brazil and Consul General in São Paulo, and then as Trade Commissioner for South Asia and Consul General in Mumbai until 2023. He went on to head trade and investment work at VFS Global in Dubai, helping government trade agencies, chambers of commerce and companies expand into new markets. Since 2025 he has been Director of International Business Development for ITUS Group, building partnerships between India and Europe in defence, maritime safety, search and rescue, and emergency services. He holds an MBA in marketing and international business from Massey University, and was born in Invercargill, New Zealand.
Why a club has a named host
In My Most Trusted people meet because a real person put their name to the introduction. So every club starts with one named host who answers for it, and a seat stays open rather than filled with a logo.
The India seat is open
The founding India host seat is open. A bridge needs somebody standing on both banks, and until the India host is named, every introduction that way runs through Ralph Hays alone. We are choosing that person now, one connector who already has a room of their own and wants to build their half from the first member onward.
Ralph Hays on the record
Ralph's LinkedIn is on a site we do not run, so you can check everything said here for yourself.
Where Ralph Hays meets people
Madrid, online.