María Luisa Tierno Centella Director-General for Competition Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC)

Director-General for Competition of the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) from October 1st, 2021. She has worked in EU and competition law, both in private (attorney) and public practice (20 years at the European Commission, and also at the Dutch and Spanish competition authorities). She has led cartel investigations at DG COMP, such as Forex, European Government Bonds and SSA bonds, Gas Insulated Switchgear and Animal Feed Phosphates (a record 35-year cartel). She drafted the legislative package introducing EU settlements and the 2006 Leniency Notice. She has worked in Spanish, English, French and Dutch. Marisa has a law degree (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and a Master’s degree in European law (Université Libre de Bruxelles). She authors numerous international publications on competition, among other matters.

Mario Pardo Managing Director Carlyle

Mario Pardo is a Managing Director on the Carlyle Europe Partners investment advisory team. He is based in Barcelona.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Pardo worked for two years as an Associate Consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Pardo has a dual degree from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the École Centrale de Paris in industrial engineering. He is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Catalan.

Mr. Pardo is a member of the boards of Palacios, Cupa and Codorníu.

Jesús Quintanal Co-head of Corporate Finance Europe Santander CIB

Mr. Quintanal became Head of Banking Iberia & Corporate Finance Europe in June 2020.Jesús has more than 14 years at Banco Santander in a number of senior roles in Corporate Finance and Risk with a special focus in energy and infra sectors. His last position was Chief Credit Officer of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB). He is also Board member of Banco Santander Colombia. Previously he was managing director at Alantra Corporate Finance.Jesús holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and an MBA from Insead where he graduated summa cum laude.

Andrejs Klisans Country Manager 36BRAINS

With a multi-jurisdictional background in law, Andrejs displayed a keen and early interest for corporate investigations. Having worked in high-profile Southern European investigations for many years, he is now spearheading efforts to expand 36Brains' presence in Germany and Central Europe.

Juan Muro-Lara Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer Acciona

Juan Muro Lara graduated in Business Administration from CUNEF, the College of Financial Studies affiliated to Madrid Complutense University.

He joined ACCIONA in 2005 as Deputy Chief of Staff, being appointed as Chief Corporate Development and Investor Relations Officer in 2006. Since 2017, he has also been serving as the CEO for Other Businesses in ACCIONA.

Before ACCIONA, between 1994 and 2004, he worked as Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in Madrid, and between 1992 and 1994 as Assistant Director for UBS Investment Bank in London.

He has also worked at AFISA as Deputy Financial Director and at the Bank of Spain. He was Professor of the Garrigues Master’s in Mergers and Acquisitions (2004-2007) and at ICADE in Madrid (1997-2000).

José Luis Rodríguez Partner Cuatrecasas

José Luis Rodríguez regularly advises large companies, family businesses and funds on Spanish and international acquisition transactions, shareholders agreements, and corporate group restructurings.

He handles securities markets transactions, including the admission to listing of companies on the Spanish securities markets and on the alternative Spanish market (BME Growth), and takeover bids, as well as advising on corporate governance. He is secretary non-director of several companies.

From September 2007 to August 2008, he was on secondment at Clearly Gottlieb Stten & Hamilton LLP.

Pablo Fernández Cortijo Corporate and M&A Partner Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Pablo is a Corporate M&A partner at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He specialises in M&A, private equity and energy. He also has experience in restructuring and distressed transactions, as well as in corporate and contract Law.

He holds a degree in Law from the University of Valladolid (Spain) and Universitá degli Studi La Sapienza (Rome, Italy).

Pablo is one of the most active lawyers in M&A in Spain.

He has also participated as an author in several specialised legal publications (Aranzadi, Wolters Kluwer) or national economic newspapers (El Economista), and teaches at different business schools (ISDE, ICADE, Instituto de Capital Riesgo, Fundación Rafael del Pino).

Pablo is a trustee of the Fernando Pombo Foundation.

Jorge Fernández Miret Managing Partner Sherpa Capital

Member of Sherpa Capital Management Committee

Management of the Portfolio Investment team for the Special Situations fund, in charge of the investment and divestment studies and execution for this fund.

‍He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of several portfolio companies of Sherpa Capital such as Dogi International Fabrics, Hedonai and Macrolibros.

‍Previous experience at Improven.

‍EMBA from IESE Business School and Degree in Business Administration and Management from Universidad de Navarra.

Jaime Fernández-Rubíes Managing Director Fremman Capital

Prior to Fremman, Jaime was a Director at PAI Partners. He previously worked at Portobello Capital and Deutsche Bank. He has worked on 7 deals and more than 9 add-ons.

Jaime holds a double degree in Business Administration and Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Gonzalo Santos Managing Director Advent

Gonzalo Santos joined Advent in 2015. He previously spent nine years at TPG Capital LLP in London where he was in charge of Spanish coverage for both the Private Equity and the Special Situations business of TPG.  Prior to that he worked for four years  in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in London.

Gonzalo holds a dual degree in Business Administration and law from Icade in Madrid.

Iñaki Torres Partner Estudio de Comunicación

Degree in Journalism from the University Complutense of Madrid. He also has carried out Law and Business Administration private studies. He was Director of Diario 16 following its acquisition by Grupo Voz, joining the newspaper after 10 years with Tiempo magazine, where he rose from Night Editor to Chief News Editor and Assistant Director. In 1998 he joined Estudio de Comunicación España as a Director, and between 1999 and 2000 he was Director General of Estudio de Comunicación Argentina, based in Buenos Aires. Also, he is Associate Professor at Instituto de Empresa

Strategic Comms advisor, involved in corporate cases regarding delicate processes for companies such as takeover bids, acquisitions, mergers, crisis situations, IPOs and restructurings in countries such as Spain, UK, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.  He has developed Internal and External Communications and Crisis Plans for major financial entities, companies from the energy industry, and other industrial corporations from Spain and Latam.

Javier Olascoaga Managing Partner Trilantic Europe

Javier is Managing Partner of Trilantic Europe. He joined Trilantic in 2004 (Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking at the time) and was appointed Partner in 2015 having the responsibility for origination and management of Trilantic´s Spanish investments. During this time Javier has played an active role in the investments of ITP, Talgo, Euskaltel, Vertex, Grupo Pacha and Gransolar. Javier started his professional career at Goldman Sachs in London where he was part of the M&A team covering Spain. Javier is currently a board member of Talgo, Grupo Pacha and Gransolar. Javier is fluent in English and Spanish and has a degree in Business Administration from CUNEF in Madrid, Spain.

Jorge Lluch Director, Private Equity KKR

European Private Equity team. Mr. Lluch focuses on private equity investing in Spain and also works with specialized teams across all investment platforms in the region, including Infrastructure, Credit and Real Estate. He is currently involved in KKR's investments in IVI-RMA, GeneraLife, MasMovil, Alvic, Master D and Food Delivery Brands. He spent seven years at Advent International focusing on investments in Spain and the rest of Europe. Prior to Advent, Mr. Lluch worked at Morgan Stanley on the investment banking team. He holds an M.A. in Management and Finance as well as an M.A. in Law from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).

Susana de Antonio Head of Listing Spain Euronext

Susana de Antonio joined Euronext in April 2017 to define and develop the strategy of the capital markets operator in the Spanish market, with a focus on the tech sector. Since June 2019 she is also led Euronext activities in Germany, Italy and Switzerland and currently leads Euronext local Spanish team.

Prior to that, she accumulates 16 years’ experience in Private Equity. She started her career at Netjuice Capital, an internet companies‘ incubator. After that she moved to the middle market Private Equity industry, where she spent most of her career at Vista Capital (owned by Banco Santander)  and L Capital (sponsorised by LVMH Group) as Investment Director. She has been part of Pepe Jeans & Hackett and El Ganso Board of Directors. Susana holds a Bachelor Degree in Management and Finance Administration from CUNEF and participated in the Executive program for women in senior management Promociona organised by ESADE.

Mar Beltran Board Member Globalvia, Monegros Energy & Accuracy

Mar Beltran is an Independent Board Director with broad investment experience on behalf of Institutional Investors and Pension Funds. Her Board portfolio includes Monegros Energy and Globalvia Infraestructuras, both in Madrid currently and Sydney Airport , Reliance Rail or Asia Pacific Airports Corporation previously in Australia. Generally large corporates, with major investment programs, and a significant social and environmental footprint. Mar is an Aerospace Engineer and an Executive MBA.

Juan Jaquete Pastor Investment Director PLENIUM PARTNERS

Juan Jaquete joined Plenium Partners in 2017 and is a Director of the investment team, where he focuses on energy infrastructure investing in Spain and across the EU. Mr. Jaquete is a member of the Board of Directors of SotySolar, one of the leading providers of residential and C&I solar and home energy services in Iberia, and of renewable energy portfolio companies owning more than 600 MW of wind, solar PV and hydro operating capacity. He has also been a Board member of the Nexus Energía Group, the largest independent electricity provider in Spain with more than 2.2Bn in revenue. Mr. Jaquete holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. 

Leticia Ruenes Managing Director, Head of Spain Pemberton Asset Management

Managing Director, Head of Spain

Leticia Ruenes is Head of Spain, responsible for developing Pemberton’s growing presence in the Spanish market and opening the office in Madrid.

Leticia joined Pemberton in 2020. Before that she spent 17 years at RBS / Natwest Bank where she held several roles including latterly Head of the European Structured Finance Portfolio, overseeing LBOs, infra and project finance assets in Europe. Prior to this she had been Global Head of project finance portfolio and distribution, and Director in the leveraged finance origination team in Spain. Before joining RBS in 2003, she was part of the M&A team at ING.

Leticia has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking, leveraged loans and European corporate and credit markets. She is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from ICADE University in Spain with a double degree in Law and Business Administration. 

Daniel Herrero Founding Partner Oquendo Capital

Daniel is a founding partner at Oquendo Capital and has over 20 years of experience in financing and advising Spanish middle market companies.
In 2002, Daniel founded Oquendo Corporate, an independent M&A firm focused on the Spanish mid-market where he advised on more than 15 transactions for an aggregate amount of over Euro 1.500 million. Daniel was previously a partner at Quabbala Asesores, an independent strategic consulting firm that provided advice to large Spanish corporates. Between 1995 and 2000, Daniel developed his career in London, where he held different positions in the M&A teams at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust and Merrill Lynch.
Daniel speaks English and Spanish and has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from CUNEF.

Alonso Torre de Silva Managing Director, Madrid Ares Asset Management

Managing Director

Madrid

Mr. Torre de Silva is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Torre de Silva was Head of structured acquisition finance and technology, media and telecommunications for Iberia at ING, where he focused on managing the Madrid Leveraged Finance and Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team. Previously, Mr. Torre de Silva was Founding Partner of Mercurio Credit Partners, Investment Director at European Capital and Leveraged Finance Director at Societe Generale. Mr. Torre de Silva holds a B.A. from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from IESE Business School.

Raúl Martín-Ruiz Partner Ysios Capital

Raúl oversees and coordinates the identification and evaluation of investment opportunities from both scientific and business perspectives at Ysios Capital.

Prior to joining Ysios in 2008, Raúl first worked in corporate business development (Licensing In and Licensing Out) at Laboratorios Almirall. He was subsequently responsible for developing and managing the business of the Company in the Americas and Africa through licensees and distributors.

Raúl was initially trained as a researcher in central nervous system pharmacology within the Department of Pharmacology of the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), and in neurochemistry within the Department of Neurochemistry at the Institute for Biomedical Research of the Barcelona–Spanish National Research Council (IIBB-CSIC).

Raúl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from UPV-EHU, and a PhD in Neuroscience from UPV-EHU and the CSIC.

Board positions

Raúl is Chairman of Anaconda Biomed and Board Member at Synendos and CorWave. Formerly he was Board Member at STAT-Dx (acquired by Qiagen), Prexton Therapeutics (acquired by Lundbeck) and MedLumics.