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He was born in Huesca, Spain, september 15th, 1945. Married

1963-69 PhD. Industrial Engineer. Higher Technical School of Engineering.
Barcelona. Spain.

1969-71 MBA. IESE Business School. Barcelona.

Training: Bank Rothschild (Paris), Bank of America (San Francisco) and J.P.Morgan
(New York).

March 2005: Senior Advisor for Spain of Raiffeisen Zentralbank A.G. Group
(RZB Group) of Austria,, the largest Austrian private bank with 18
subsidiaries and more than 3000 branches in 16 countries of Central &
Eastern Europe.
2004-2005: EuroArab Management School (EAMS). Granada. Spain. EAMS was the only existing joint venture of the Arab League, the EU and the Spanish Government. Director General. Adviser of several companies on financial and of international set up topics.

1999 to 2003: The OPEC Fund for International Development. Vienna.
Advisor (to create the Private Sector Department).Diplomatic Status.
The only Spaniard that has been employed at an institucion of the OPEC.

1993-1999: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London. Senior Banker. Financial Institutions Business Group. Diplomatic Status. Creation of banks, restructuring, technical assistance for his progress and privatization, also of Savings banks, in several Eastern bloc countries, Russia and Central Asia.

1989-1992: Banco Atlantico. Madrid, Spain. General Manager (today Banco
Sabadell Atlantico).

1987-1988: Banco Hispano Americano. Madrid. Spain. Executive
Vicepresident. International Division.(today Banco Santander Central Hispano).

1972-1987: IBERCAJA (Savings Bank). Zaragoza.Spain. Assistant General Manager. Designed, planned and directed the team that brought the Opel Factory to Zaragoza, Spain.. Has created the first International Department of Savings banks in Spain.

1971-1972: SALVAT Publishing Company. Barcelona, Spain

Member of the Board of Directors of several companies and financial institutions in Spain and abroad representing the above mentioned Spanish Banks. Additionally, Board Member of 4 different Banks in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, representing the EBRD.

Member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Washington. USA.
Official school of Engineers of Spain.
Real Aragonese Economic Society of Friends of the Country (founder of IBERCAJA).
Association of Ancient Pupils of the IESE (Barcelona).
Association of Ancient Pupils of the BERD (London).
Gentleman of the Order of the Monastery of Yuste (Carlos V) for the Austrian Province. Vienna.

Author of articles on economic and banking subjects published in magazines and newspapers in Spain.
Conferences and multiple Academic Activities throughout the years, in several countries of Europe and America and on topics related to the financial system and the industrial development.

Lectures on financing and economic issues in Spain and abroad.
Professional trips to 65 countries.