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He has a bachelor’s degree in Economic and Business Science from Sevilla University.
He began his professional career at Banco Cetelem (BNP Paribas Group), before moving to the Santander Group (1994-2002), where he worked at several departments, becoming Managing Director of Santander Consumer Finance in 1999, a position he held until 2002.
He has been a member of the advisory board of renowned entities such as AON and Endesa in Andalusia and Extremadura, among others, as well as of the Executive Committee of CEIM.
He is the founder (2002) and Executive Chairman of Konecta, a Spanish multinational company devoted to business process outsourcing, with presence in 24 countries, more than 130,000 employees and revenues of 2 billion euros. He is also an investor and shareholder of Grupo Atento Inversiones (GAT) and of Internacional Olivarera, an initiative in the food and agriculture sector.
He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of ABC Sevilla, as well as of the International Business Policy Advisory Board of the San Telmo International Institute.
In 2005, he created the Konecta Foundation, of which he is currently a trustee, dedicated to promoting social and labor integration for groups at risk of exclusion. He is also founder (2005) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alalá Foundation which focuses on the social integration of children and adolescents of gypsy ethnicity. He also belongs to the Seville Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Throughout his professional career, he has received several awards such as the Andalusian Medal for Human Values awarded by the Andalusian Regional Government (2021), the Gold Medal of the city of Seville awarded by the City Council (2014) and the Gold Medal for business merit awarded by the Ibero-American Association of Chambers of Commerce (2015).