Juan March de la Lastra

Juan March de la Lastra has been the Executive Chairman at Banca March S.A. since July 2015. The bank's Board of Directors approved his appointment to replace Carlos March Delgado, who had been serving in the position since 1974.

The professional career of Juan March de la Lastra, which began in 1995, has always been linked to the finance industry. After completing his Business Management degree at Carlos III University in Madrid, he joined the Capital Market division at J.P. Morgan, serving in different roles in London and Madrid.

In 2000 he joined Banca March. Prior to his appointment as the bank's executive chairman, Juan March de la Lastra had served in different positions: he was the Managing Director and Chairman of March Gestión de Fondos and March Gestión de Pensiones, a director at Artá Capital, and Deputy Executive Chairman at Banca March between 2009 and 2015.

He is also Deputy Chairman at Corporación Financiera Alba, of which Banca March owns 15%, director at Viscofan, and a trustee of the Juan March Foundation.

Between 2014 and 2016, he took the Owner and President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School.

Juan March de la Lastra believes that the customer must be at the heart of everything that Banca March does. This is why he defines joint growth as being the essence of Banca March, “this entails commitment, setting high standards, efforts, integrity, and ambition, which are the requirements for providing unique, inimitable and high-quality added value.