Cristina García-Peri

传：Cristina focuses on defining the group’s corporate strategy regarding new vertical selection, international expansion, and client development, including fundraising for all of Azora’s funds and joint ventures. In her role, she is closely involved in the launch of funds and joint ventures with investors, as well as in corporate acquisitions and partnerships. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in investment banking in London, first at Merrill Lynch (two years) and then at JP Morgan (14 years), where for more than ten years she was Managing Director responsible for corporate equity derivatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as for Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina started her professional career at McKinsey & Company in Spain. Cristina holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from ICADE and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Cristina is also an Independent Board Director at Bankinter, where she is Chairwoman of the Sustainability and Nominations Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. She is also an Honorary Trustee of Plan International, a humanitarian international NGO.