Manuel Montesinos, CFA,

Asset Management Director

Graduate in Economic and Business Sciences from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, with a Master's degree in Finance from the School of Senior Management and Administration (EADA) in Barcelona. He received the title of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute in the USA and he also received the title of "Expert on valuation of companies" from the the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF). He has also participated as an attendee and speaker in numerous courses and seminars specialising in the Financial Markets: The School of Applied Finances (EFA) in Madrid, the Institut d'Estudis Financers (IEF) in Barcelona, the EDHEC Business School in France, Barcelona University (UB) and the Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya, among others.

His career has been fundamentally linked to the financial markets. He joined the Riva y García Financial Group (Barcelona) in 1999, arriving from GesCaixa I (part of the "la Caixa" Group, in Barcelona, now known as InverCaixa Gestión). He had previously worked at Caixa Tarragona and at the Barcelona Stock Exchange.

Manuel is the Director of the Asset Management area, where the main work he has undertaken is as follows: Management of Collective Investment Schemes (investment funds, SICAVs) and private discretionary portfolios, using direct management and third-party open architecture products. Participation in analysis committees (market scenario and strategies, equity, investment funds, structured products) and investment committees (long only and alternative management strategies). Production of reports for the board of directors, collaboration with specialised media and participation in proposals, visits and reporting to Private Banking clients.

On June 2008, Manuel Montesinos has gained the Citywire 'AAA' rating. He entered for the Citywire ratings for the first time with an A on June 2007.

He is a member of the CFA Institute (USA) and the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts (IEAF), and is a member of the latter's Catalan Office Management Board .

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