Carolina Martinez Caro

Ms. Martínez Caro holds a degree in Law and a Diploma in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE, E-1) as well as a Master's degree in European Union Law, specializing in Finance, from the Institut d'Etudes Européennes de Bruxelles. Throughout her career, she has pursued further training through executive development programs at different business schools around the world, such as IESE (Barcelona), Wharton BS (Philadelphia), CEIBS S (Shanghai) or Haas BS (San Francisco). In addition, she has participated in Board of Directors programs organized by companies such as PwC, SPENCER STUART and DELOITTE, among others. A professional with more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry, Ms. Martinez Caro contributed to the development in Spain of Merrill Lynch Private Banking, first, and then Bank of America, where she became Senior Vice President of Investments. She later joined the Swiss bank Julius Baer when it arrived in Spain, where, as its CEO, she led the implementation and subsequent growth of the company in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, positioning the brand as one of the first Wealth Management Banks in the Iberian market. As part of this position, she was a member of the Executive Committee of the entity at the European level. She is currently an Independent Director of several Spanish listed companies: on the one hand, in Unicaja Banco, the fifth largest bank in the country, chairing the Remuneration Committee as well as being a member of the Risk and Sustainability Committees and, on the other hand, in the ophthalmological group Clínica Baviera, a European leader in its sector, chairing its Audit Committee and being a member of the NRC. She is also an Independent Director of the Philippine conglomerate LH Paragon Inc, a private family group with interests in various sectors, ranging from textiles, industry, real estate, healthcare and even the catering sector, where she is also a member of the Investment Committee. In addition, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the Consulting firm FinReg360, Senior Advisor of Samaipata Ventures and of the Instituto de Estudios Económicos (INECA), member of the Board of Trustees of the ITER Foundation and Vice President of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC). Finally, Ms. Martinez Caro advises externally and independently several Family Offices, both domestic and foreign, bringing her extensive experience in topics as varied as M&A, portfolio management, transfer to the next generation or the development of Philanthropy.