Corporate Finance

Tomás has more than 20 years of experience working as a Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as a consultant for various leading venture capital and private equity firms. He has advised many leading multinationals and important medium and small sized companies on how to improve their business strategies and reduce their structural costs in Spain, France, Portugal, Colombia and the United Kingdom. Tomás has worked in many industries including, Automotive, Food, FMCG, Telecom, Agriculture, Pharmaceutical, Banking, Information Technology and Aerospace industries.

Tomás is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Valladolid and he has an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Tomas also has been a guest lecturer in the field of strategy, finance and business administration at several prestigious business schools for over 20 years.

Luigi has had a long career in the international financial sector, where he has been part of the senior management of institutions such as Grupo Generali in Trieste and AllfundsBanc in Madrid, where he held the position of CFO in both cases, and Mapfre in Madrid, where, in addition to CRO, he was Deputy Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations. Previously, he was Vice President of Credit and Rating at Morgan Stanley and Vice President of Rating at CITI in London and at Banco Exterior de España in New York, where he began his professional career in 1992. He is currently involved in training and consulting in the financial sector.

Luigi holds a degree in Economics from Luigi Bocconi University in Italy, and has obtained FRM certification from GARP and GREA certification in Risk Management for Insurance Companies. He has also published specialist articles on Solvency II for the insurance industry.

Julián Romero is currently President of the Spanish Observatory for Sustainable Finance. His career has spanned various institutions and different investment banking activities. After working in the investment banking departments of Dresdner Bank and Banco Exterior de España, he joined BBVA's Trading department. In 2005, he became Head of Bond Syndication for Europe. In 2017, he created the Sustainable Bonds group at BBVA. Having witnessed the birth and evolution of green bond markets, he has been his institution's representative in the Green Bond Principles since 2014.

He holds a degree in Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. He has a master's degree in Responsible Banking from the IEB and a course in Sustainable Development from Columbia University.

José Antonio has more than 25 years of experience in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity Investments, Corporate Development. He has worked in positions of responsibility at Alpha Corporate (Deloitte Corporate Finance), M & A International Inc, and Ahorro Corporación. He is currently working for VibeCapital and give financial and strategic advice to its clients.

He holds a degree in Business Administration (BBA) with a specialty in Finance from the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University. He also has an MBA from IESIDE and has a specialization in Corporate Finance from IE.

Senior executive with more than 15 years of experience in managing organizations and teams, accustomed to work for objectives, with extensive experience in the financial field and in corporate governance and institutional relations.

More than 10 years of experience teaching management and finance in business schools and in-company programs.

Itziar gained more than 18 years of experience in credit, financing and banking at PwC, BBVA and Santander. She is currently Managing Director at Banco Santander where she is responsible for debt financing products in Continental Europe, including Bonds, Syndicated Loans, Acquisition Finance and Structured Finance. She has very strong analytical skills, proactive, creative, with a proven ability to coordinate international teams and manage complex situations. She is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Loan Market Association (LMA).

She has a degree in Business Administration, Industry and Logistics from the University of Deusto and Mannheim with post-graduate studies in Investment Banking. She also lectures on finance and she has several publications.

Itziar has more than 17 years of experience in the Banking sector and 15 in the field of Capital Markets, Fixed Income, Origination and Syndication, Credit Analysis and Portfolio Management. She has worked in both in the private corporations in the public sector. She has worked for ICO, Caja España, Banesto, and the European Bank of Finance. She is currently the Director for debt solutions at Ahorro Corporación.

She has Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. She combines her professional activities with financial training at ICADE and the ICADE Graduate Business School in the area of financial markets, portfolio management and international finance.

Gonzalo has nearly 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking. He has held management responsibilities at Accenture, Sacyr, Ahorro Corporación, KPMG and Ferrovial, in the field of investment and corporate and project financing. He is currently the Managing Director of Bibium Capital Partners.

Gonzalo has an economics degree from the UAM, an Executive MBA from IE, a Master in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from the IEB, and a Master's Degree in Management and Financing of Infrastructures and Public Services from the College of Civil Engineers and the UPM. He has extensive teaching experience teaching finance at universities and business schools of reference.

Fernando holds a degree in Economics and Business Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid, a Master's degree from the Instituto de Empresa, and a graduate degree in Senior Management (PADE) from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE). He has studied the economic environment and education and technology at Harvard University and has been a member of the European Parliament's Committee of Experts on International Payment Systems.

He has held positions of responsibility in various financial institutions, in the areas of business, strategy, finance, risk and investment.

He is currently a senior advisor in investment banking, a member of the board of directors of JB Capital Markets, and an independent director of Sociedad de Tasación, S.A.

He is a university professor at renowned academic institutions, a tenured professor and regular speaker at executive training programmes on strategy, negotiation, finance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial management and leadership skills.

Fernando is a highly esteemed executive with more than 39 years of financial experience at large multinational corporations. He is started his professional career at the audit firm, Arthur Andersen and he became the financial director of Dragados Servicios y Concesiones (ACS Group) for 10 years. He then moved to become the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Sacyr for 7 years before becoming the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Testa. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Merlin Properties.

Fernando has a degree in Economics and Business Administration and a Law Degree from ICADE (Specialty E-3) in Madrid and he is a guest lecturer at several prestigious business schools.

David has over 12 years of experience in the financial sector, with various responsibilities in the areas of Risk Management, Financial Planning and Investment Banking at BBVA.

David holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ETSI-ICAI (Comillas Pontifical University), has studied Economics, holds a Master's degree in Quantitative Finance from AFI, and is FRM® certified by GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals).

As a lecturer, he has designed and delivered financial training at institutions such as IEB, CIFF and the University of Alcalá.

Carlos has over 30 years of experience in the banking business, primarily in risk management across all cycles (admission, management and recovery) and at all levels (branch, regional, national and corporate). He began his professional career at Banco Guipuzcoano and then, from 1994 to 2020, he developed his career at Banco Santander, where he held positions of responsibility in the Risk area, such as Head of Recoveries, a position he held for the last eight years. He has led multiple teams and has played a key role in the integration of Banif, Banesto and Banco Popular.

Carlos holds a degree in Business Studies from CUNEF and a Master's degree in Finance from the University of Deusto. He has been a speaker and lecturer at various academic institutions.

Bachelor's degree in Law and Economics and Business Studies from the Pontifical University of Comillas (Madrid).

He currently holds the position of Risk Director for Spain, which includes both retail and wholesale activities. He is also responsible for the recoveries area.

His professional career began at Continental Illinois Bank, although most of it has been spent within the BBVA Group, where he has held various positions, including: Director of Capital Markets, Executive Chairman of BBVA Puerto Rico, Director of Corporate Banking for Spain and Portugal, and Director of Business and Corporate Banking for Spain and Portugal.

Among other professional activities, he is a distinguished collaborator at Comillas Pontifical University, where he has taught various courses over the years, including ‘Sources of Financing,’ ‘Financial Analysis,’ and currently ‘Financial Markets.’

Francisco holds a degree in Law and Business Administration with a specialisation in Financial Management (E·) from ICADE at the University of Comillas. He is a PDD graduate from IESE at the University of Navarra and is currently studying for a degree in Psychology at the UNED.

He has more than 26 years of experience in the financial sector. He has developed his professional career mainly at Banco Santander Group, where he has held positions of responsibility in the Risk areas and, in recent years, as Director of Methodologies and Big Data. He currently chairs the Innovation and Good Governance Council and combines his professional activity with teaching and consulting, particularly in innovation projects related to Big Data management.

From an academic perspective, Francisco has experience teaching at various prestigious business schools and has participated in specialised tailor-made training programmes.