Practices
The Journal & Company
About ARK Platforms

A studio, a portfolio, a promise.

ARK was founded on a simple conviction: that work of genuine quality is still possible, and that a small group of serious practitioners can deliver it across disciplines that are usually kept apart.

Our Philosophy

We take on what we can do well, and we refuse everything else.

The temptation, in a professional services firm, is to accept every engagement that walks in the door. We believe the opposite: that the most valuable thing we can offer our clients is the rigor of our selection. Every engagement ARK accepts is one we have chosen deliberately, staffed personally, and committed to finishing at a standard we can defend.

Our Story

A decade of practice, in six notes.

2016

A studio, in a single room.

ARK begins as a two-person software practice serving a handful of operating partners in Madrid and Lisbon.

2018

Design becomes a practice.

A dedicated design practice is founded to serve both external clients and our own emerging properties.

2020

Our first property opens.

A 14-key boutique property is delivered in the Algarve, marking our entry into hospitality as operators.

2022

Finance and audits formalize.

What began as informal advisory becomes a standalone practice serving family offices and operating companies.

2024

The ARK Journal and courses launch.

A quiet publishing effort and a small cohort-based education program are opened to the public.

2026

Seven practices, one standard.

Today ARK operates seven practices across three continents, bound by a single commitment to craft.

Partners & Principals

The people you will actually work with.

ARK has no junior teams and no client handoffs. Every engagement is staffed by partners and principals with deep practice in the work they are asked to do.

Elena Moreau

Founding Partner — Technology

Javier Ruiz

Partner — Hospitality

Sofia Clements

Partner — Design

Marcus Aden

Partner — Finance

Ana Villar

Head of Education

Tomás Iriarte

Head of Real Estate

Clara Dupont

Head of Audits

Rafael Stone

Head of Engineering
2016
Founded
38
Practitioners
7
Disciplines
3
Continents
Work With Us

We take on a small number of engagements each quarter.

If you are considering a project that warrants an uncommon level of care, we would be pleased to hear about it.

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