Antonio Hernandez Chao

Antonio Hernandez Chao has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Antonio is currently serving as the CEO of op2aim since April 2021. Prior to this, Antonio was the CFO and Co-Founder of Foqum, a company specializing in developing machine learning algorithms for decision process optimization, starting from April 2014.

Before their role at Foqum, Antonio worked as the Director of Financial Advisory at Sancel Group, a business consultancy with offices in China, Spain, and Latin America, where they provided strategic advice in M&A operations and financial services, starting from January 2012. Prior to that, they worked as a Manager at Deloitte Corporate Finance, overseeing the Capital Advisory department, responsible for providing financial structured advice to clients, including leveraged and project finance, acquisitions, corporate syndicated finance, and debt restructuring.

Antonio began their career as a Subdirector at Ahorro Corporacion, where they were involved in structuring and syndicating various corporate and acquisition operations. During this time, they developed high-level relationships with savings banks.

Antonio's early career started at Banesto, where they worked in corporate banking, specializing in the telecommunications sector. In addition to financing significant projects and assisting in the launch of Xfera móviles (now Yoigo), they also handled corporate financings for ONO and the Auna Group. Antonio later moved to the Madrid branch as a Portfolio Manager for a wide range of large companies across different sectors.

Overall, Antonio Hernandez Chao's work experience showcases their expertise in financial planning and strategy, fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, financial structuring, and corporate finance.

Antonio Hernandez Chao's education history includes a Master's degree in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking from IEB, which was obtained from 2001 to 2002. Prior to that, they pursued their undergraduate studies at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid from 1993 to 1998, where they earned a degree in LADE with a focus on English.