Chairman
CEO
Director
Secretary non Advisor
Partner
Chief Legal Officer
Abigail has worked as a lawyer in various leading national and international firms for more than 20 years, such as Cuatrecasas, Herbert Smith, Alzaga, Caro, Marañón & Asociados; and also in various collective investment institution management companies.
Partner
Alternative Asset Management
Angel holds a degree in Economics from CEU San Pablo and Master in Finance IEAF. He began his career at Renta 4. For over 20 years he has worked at JPMorgan, first in M&A and later in Markets. He was Head of Global Equities for Iberia and Southern Europe. He was part of the JPMorgan's CML in Spain, as well as of the EMEA and Southern European Markets committees.
Partner
Co-Head M&A
Arturo holds a double degree in Law and Business Administration from ICADE and a degree in Executive Education from Wharton School. He has more than 20 years experience in M&A, private equity and structured finance. He has been involved in more than fourty transactions for an aggregate value of more than €20bn. He developed his professional career in BNP Paribas, Banco Santander, Alantra and Ferrovial.
Director
Direct Investments
Borja holds a double degree in Law and Business Administration from ICADE and an MBA from INSEAD. He has more than seven years experience in the financial industry. After spending four years in the areas of M&A and ECM of BBVA, he joined the private equity team of Beka Finance. He has previous experience in social impact investments.
Partner
Alternative Asset Management
Borja holds a double degree in Business Administration and Management and Law from CUNEF. Borja has more than ten years of experience in the field of financial investments, with special emphasis on private equity and venture capital. Prior to joining Beka Finance in 2017, he worked for Altamar Private Equity and BBVA.
Senior Partner
Group CEO
Carlos has a long history in the Spanish financial industry and senior roles in companies such as Banesto, Banco Santander, Caja Madrid and Bankia. He has served as director of Treasury and Capital Markets, CFO, general director of Wholesale Banking and CEO. In addition, he has been a director of Iberia, NH Hoteles, Deoleo, Indra and BME.
Partner
Head of Human Capital
Carlota holds a Bachelor degree in Law and a Masters in HR Strategic Management. She has more than fifteen years of experience in the financial sector, always at international institutions. Prior to joining Beka Finance, she worked in regional and global roles for ABN Amro, RBS and Alantra.
Managing Director
Chief Economist
David has a degree in Economics by the Universidad de Navarra and is a CFA charterholder. In his 20 years of experience, he has worked at Caja España Fondos, as CIO, and MoraBanc, where he was the highest level executive.
Partner
Co-Head M&A
Diego holds a degree in Business Administration from ICADE. He has more than 20 years experience in M&A, private equity and structured finance. He has been involved in more than fourty transactions for an aggregate value of more than €20bn. He has developed his career in entities such as BNP Paribas, Caixabank, BBVA, Alantra and Citi.
Director
Head of International Sales. Asset Management
Diego holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He has 30 years of experience in the financial sector, where he has worked as a Proprietary Trader at Société Générale, Global Head of Treasury at Banco Guipuzcoano, Portfolio Manager and Head of Sales at alternative investment firms suchs as Quadriga Asset Managers and Grantia Capital.
Partner
Capital Markets
Federico has a Degree in Business and Economics from CUNEF (Madrid), and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa (IE). He has over twenty-five years of experience in fixed income markets with responsibilities in origination, syndicate and trading. In addition, he has worked for AB Asesores, Crédit Agricole CIB and Bankia and is an expert in bond issues for SMEs.
Managing Director
Head of Institutional Sales
Fernando holds a degree in Economics from CUNEF and an executive MBA from el Instituto de Empresa (IE). He has more than 30 years of experience in companies such as Bankia, Beta Capital and AB Asesores. He has held positions of CIO, Manager of investment/pension funds, within and sales and trading. In 2014, he joined the fixed income institutional sales team at Beka Finance.
Senior Advisor
Gema holds a degree in law from the University of Navarra. She completed the EOI Digital Transformation Program, specializing in Industry and Digital Banking.She has developed her professional career as Member of the Board of several companies and President of Sniace, a company in the chemical, forestry and energy industries, as well as CEOE and CEPYME Cantabria.
Partner
Head of Real Estate
Gustavo holds a degree in Law andMaster's Degree in Stock Exchange and Financial Markets from the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles. He has more than 17 years of experience in Real Estate companies such as CBRE and JLL and investment managers such as Drago Capital, Savills IM, Patrizia and DeA Capital.
Director
Debt Capital Markets
Ignacio holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and a MBA from IESE and NYU Stern. Ignacio joins the Fixed Income Origination team after starting his career at BNP Paribas in London. For over 10 years he has worked in Investment Banking and Management Consulting for A. T. Kearney and Securitas Direct.
Partner
Ignacio holds a double degree in Law and Business Administrations from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (E-3). He has more than 25 years experience in the banking industry. He has served as Head of Global Markets and Corporate Banking at JPMorgan Spain. He joined the Beka Finance group as co-founder of Beka Alpha Partners.
Managing Director
Capital Markets
Javier has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, with much of his career spent at Ahorro Corporación as Director of Debt Advisory, leading financing operations in infrastructure and renewables. Prior to that, he held key roles at BBVA, Banesto, and Dexia, and also served as CFO of Grupo Urbas.
Director
M&A
Javier holds a degree in Business Administration and Law from UAM. He has worked since 2009 at the Corporate Finance departments of Société Générale, Espirito Santo Investment Banking and BNP Paribas CIB in Madrid and Paris, participating in M&A transactions in several sectors such as energy, telecom, infrastructures, real estate and retail.
Managing Director
Head of Origination and Business Development. Beka Credit
Jerónimo holds a Law Degree from the University of Salamanca and a MBA from IE. Jeronimo has more than twenty-three years of experience in Commercial Banking, with special emphasis on Corporate and Business Banking. Prior to joining Beka Finance, he worked for Banco Santander as Regional Director for Madrid and Head of Distribution and Branch Network of Santander España.
Partner
Head of Securitization
Jesús holds a degree in Mathematical Sciences from UAM. He has more than twenty years of experience in the field of risk analysis and structuring and management of Securitization Funds. He has focused his professional development from 2004 working at Haya Titulización and previously at Caja Madrid (now Caixabank).
Managing Director
Head of Fixed Income Sales
Jorge has a bachelor’s degree in Economic and Business Administration and an MBA by Instituto de Empresa (IE). He has developed most of his career in the Fixed Income field since 1998. He has worked for major banks such as Merrill Lynch, UBS, HSBC, Société Générale and KNG in London, New York and Madrid. Jorge joined Beka Finance in 2016 and he is Head of Fixed Income Sales.
Managing Partner
CEO Beka Credit
José holds a degree in Business and Economics from Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain) and an MA in International Banking and Financial Services from Reading University (UK). José brings almost 30 years of experience in the banking sector, mainly in risk management, corporate banking and investment banking in Santander, BBVA and Singer & Friedlander. He has been Deputy CRO of Santander Group and CRO of Santander in Spain.
Director
Head of Debt and Securitization Services
Juan holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and has almost 20 years of experience in the Securitization sector. Prior to joining Beka Finance, Juan has worked for the main securitization management companies in Spain and has led the Debt Advisory services at EY.
Managing Director
Chief Financial and Operating Officer
Julio has built a successful career at top international firms, including Alvarez & Marsal and Riofisa (Colonial). He has held senior roles, such as Chief Financial Officer, and has led the restructuring of companies in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. His notable projects include the creation of SAREB, the restructuring of Abengoa, and improvement plans across various industries.
Managing Partner
Beka Credit
Lars holds a Master in Finance from University St.Gallen, Switzerland. He has more than 30 years of experience in Capital Markets working in M&A at UBS and FPK, as Consultant for BCG, as Head of Global Banking at Swiss Re before founding Capital Efficiency Group. He founded Be-Spoke Capital, that executed the first Spanish SME alternative securitization and is a board member of Invision, a leading Swiss Private Equity firm.
Managing Director
Chief Operating Officer
Luis has a degree in Economics by la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Throughout his 16 years of work experience, he has worked in Safei, Accenture, Banco Caminos and Andbank, where he has managed the operational division of the Management Company in Luxembourg for the last 5 years.
Managing Director
Originatio, Sales & Distribution. Portugal
Luís has over 25 years of experience in the origination and placement of structured finance, equity funds and capital markets transactions in Portugal and Europe. He has worked in Frankfurt, Madrid and London for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and in Madrid for Credit Agricole CIB. Luis was head of Credit Agricole CIB in Lisbon. He has served on the boards of GNB-GA (Novo Banco), Patris SGFTC, Patris Corretora and Sagres STC, among others.
Managing Director
Head of Credit. Beka Credit
Manuel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from ICADE. Manuel has more than twenty years of experience in banking, with special emphasis on investment banking and private equity. Prior to joining Beka Finance he worked for Banco Santanter as Head of Credit Risk for Corporate Clients and Financial Institutions among other roles.
Director
Investor Relations
Camino holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (E-2). Camino has more than 20 years of experience in financial services, working for companies such as JP Morgan, BBVA, BNP Paribas and Citibank. Before joining Beka Finance she was director at Citibank Private Banking.
Director
Structuring. Beka Credit
Miguel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from CUNEF. Miguel has more than 15 years of experience in the field of Corporate and Investment Banking, with special emphasis on Project and Leveraged Finance. Prior to joining Beka Finance, he worked for Santander Bank, Scotiabank and BBVA.
Director
Head of Business Development. Beka Securitization
Miguel Ángel holds a degree in Economics from the University of Granada and a Master's degree in Portfolio Management from IEB. He has more than fifteen years of experience in the structured finance industry, leading the execution of €75bn securitization transactions covered by all categories of underlying credit rights.
Managing Director
Beka Credit
Pablo has over 20 years of experience in structured finance and 16 years at JP Morgan, including 15 years in London as a Managing Director. Prior to joining JPMorgan, Pablo was a Director at Fitch Ratings, where he was responsible for mortgage-backed securities and covered bonds in the UK, Ireland, Iberia and emerging markets.
Director
M&A
Pablo, CFA charterholder, holds a degree in Business Administration from UPO and a Master's degree in Executive Development from ICADE. He has worked at Deloitte, within the Business Modelling & Valuation team, in Madrid, and subsequently, at the Corporate Finance departments of Deloitte, in New York, and BNP Paribas CIB, in Madrid, participating in M&A transactions in several sectors such as energy, infrastructure and real estate.
Director
Investor Relations
Paula has a degree in Law and a Master in International Cooperation from the Francisco de Vitoria University. Paula has more than 15 years of experience promoting strategic public-private partnerships for development and social action projects in Latin America. Prior to joining Beka Finance Private Banking, she worked for the Santos Toledano Foundation and Unidos en Red.
Partner
Origination & Business Development
Paulo has over 25 years' experience in structuring M&A, structured finance and debt & equity capital markets transactions in Europe and America. Prior to joining Beka Finance, he was Head of Bankia's Legacy Unit. He has been board member of Banco Inversis, Iberia, Globalvia y Realia, among others.
Managing Director
Head of Debt Capital Markets
Ricardo has more than 19 years of experience in the banking sector. He has worked in national and international entities, holding positions of responsibility in the investment banking area. After being Fixed Income Managing Director at Haitong Bank, in September 2020 he joined Beka Finance as Managing Director, Head of DCM.
Senior Advisor
Social Impact and Civic Engagement
Rodrigo holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University. He has experience in finance (Goldman Sachs, Citigroup), management consulting (Bain & Company) and country management of multinationals (eBay Spain). He has worked in social entrepreneurship (founder of SocialBid, Ashoka Fellow) and social impact investment.
Senior Partner
Santiago spent his early career as a lawyer in a New York firm. He then turned to the financial world after joining Credit Agricole Indosuez where he has built his professional career, spending the last 23 years in Luxembourg. Before joining Beka, he was responsible for the Private Banking area for Southern Europe.
CEO
Asset Management
Tania holds an degree in Business Administration and Law from la Universidad Carlos III and has a Master in Financial Markets from el Instituto BME. She has over 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She worked at PwC as an auditor in the financial sector and, later, as head of Administration of the Abraxa venture capital group.
Partner
CEO Beka Asset Management
Vicente has more than 20 years of experience in structured finance and restructuring. He has been Head of Origination and Syndication for Bankia as well as Director of Syndicated Loans for Spain and Portugal for BBVA; companies in which he has participated in deals over 3 billion euros per year.
Managing Director
Head of Structuring. Beka Credit
Victor holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from CUNEF. He has more than fifteen years of experience in structured finance, having been Global Head of Corporate and Leverage Finance at Banco Santander. Previously, Victor worked for Arthur Andersen as a consultant in the telecom sector.
Director
Compliance and Risk Management
Alba holds a degree in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Alba has more than ten years of experience in the field of risk management, as well as in the implementation and monitoring of internal control procedures. She specializes in the financial sector. Prior to joining Beka Finance, she worked for Haya Titulización, EY and Deloitte.
Director
Marketing & Digital
Anuska holds a degree in Marketing and Business Management and a Master’s degree in Digital Marketing from Universidad ESIC (ICEMD). She has fifteen years of experience as an Account Manager at advertising Agencies such as McCann Worldgroup. Since 2014 she has been in charge of the marketing and digital strategy of the Gala Capital´s divisions.
Director
Artificial Intelligence
José Miguel has a degree in Civil Engineering by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. He has worked at Lehman Brothers, Prudential Securities and Legg Mason as an Equity Analyst. He was Head of the Equity mutual fund unit of Andbank for 10 years.
Director
Communications
Karen has a degree in Advertising Communication and a master's degree in Advertising Photography. Karen has developed her professional career in multinational communication agencies such as Wunderman Thompson and Lowe & Partners. She has been in charge of the communication strategy, branding and digitalization of the Gala Capital group of companies for more than fifteen years.
Director
Head of Client Services
María has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an MBA in Finance and Banking by Alcalá University. She has developed her experience in Private Banking during the past 9 years in Switzerland focusing on the UHNW client segment for firms such as JP Morgan or Edmond de Rothschild.
Director
Administration & Accounting. Securitization
Santiago holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from La Laguna University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Securitization sector. He began his career in a Reciprocal Guarantee Society (SGR) and then in BBVA Bank.
