Luis Maldonado

Luis Maldonado has developed his entire career in the fields of economics and finance, where he has held senior positions both in the public sector, he was advisor to the Minister of Finance in Spain, and in the private sector. He has an extensive experience in consulting, he was Director of Strategic Consulting for the Financial Sector at PwC in Spain, as well as in the financial industry.

He has also a long international experience. He worked for five years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Washington DC, where he held different positions, as advisor to the Managing Director and in the Monetary and Financial Markets Department.

More recently, he was Managing Director of the PwC-IE Business School Financial Sector Center, where he did an extensive work of publishing and business development in Spain and Latin America in key strategic areas for the financial sector, with a special focus on FinTech.

He was also founding partner of an IT firm specialized in Big Data & Analytics.

Currently, he works as a professor at IE Business School and as a Consultant specialized in Digital Financial Services and Sustainability for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, among other institutions.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Digital Financial Sector Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)-World Bank, 2017-Present
• Managing Director of the PwC-IE Business School Financial Sector Center, 2013-2016
• CSO, Bankia, 2010-2013
• Director of Strategic Consulting, PwC, Madrid, 2009-2010.
• Advisor, Managing Director and Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC (USA), 2004-2009
• Advisor in International Economics, Minister of Economy, Spain, 2001-2004

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, Economic Environment and Finance Departments, IE Business School. 2013-Present
• Academic Director and Professor of the Economics Program at the Center for Public Policy and Government of Alcala University, 2009-Present.
• Professor at Instituto Ortega y Gasset and Juan Carlos I University International Business Master, 2003-2004.
• Professor at the Centre for Trade Studies (CECO), 2001-2004.
• Adjunct Professor, Economic Environment and Finance Departments, IE Business School. 2013-Present
• Academic Director and Professor of the Economics Program at the Center for Public Policy and Government of Alcala University, 2009-Present.
• Professor at Instituto Ortega y Gasset and Juan Carlos I University International Business Master, 2003-2004.
• Professor at the Centre for Trade Studies (CECO), 2001-2004.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• State Economist, Spain (Técnico Comercial y Economista del Estado), 2000
• PhD in Economics, Cum Laude, Alcalá University, Spain, 2013
• Global Senior Management Program, IE Business School and University of Chicago, Spain-USA, 2014
• Certificate in Business Administration, Georgetown University, USA, 2009
• Degree in Business Administration, ICADE, Spain,1998
• Degree in Law, ICADE, Spain, 1997