Meet our team
Navio (or nao in Old Spanish) was the primary ship used by early Spanish and Portuguese explorers during the Age of Discovery. Their design made them ideal for navigating through uncharted waters to unknown territories.
Just like the navios of old, we help clients navigate the challenges of a transformation. With multi-disciplinary expertise from technology to store management, we help you build and lead programs to drive transformations and fuel growth.
Carlos D. Castelán
Founder & Managing Director
Before founding The Navio Group, Carlos was a Partner & Chief Strategy Officer at Conlego, a premier negotiations and … partnership firm. There he advised on growth strategy …
Toopan Bagchi
Senior Advisor
Toopan is a retail strategy, innovation, and transformation leader and advisor with over 15 years of global experience driving results.
Before joining The Navio Group, Toopan was Vice President…
Blog
Back to the future: five questions to help you jump ahead in 2020
To say that 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone is an understatement. The last six months have brought an enormity of difficulties and
“You’re on mute”: lessons learned during the pandemic that will help for the rest of 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way and the pace of how we work. If you are like me, my primary focus during the first few
Los Angeles field visit: Century City and Palisades Village
To see if malls are truly dying, we took a deeper dive at two of Los Angeles’ newest and hottest retail locations, Century City and
