Julia gets excited by applying more than 5 years of work experience to impulse positive sustainable change. Coming from a background in fintech, corporate innovation and strategy, she worked as an Innovation Manager in the Latin American and Spanish Fintech ecosystems, designing and facilitating pilot programs between startups and financial institutions as well as leading thought leadership reports relevant to the industry.
Before that, she was a Sustainable Finance Analyst at BBVA, dedicating her time to analyze and confirm that large projects in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, and mining receiving the financing (+€100 million) were managing their resources efficiently as well as evaluating the potential environmental and social impact of the projects. She also worked as a Strategy Analyst consulting social entrepreneurs. Her projects ranged from empowering business-women in Nicaragua and refugees in Uganda through microfinance to helping plan and execute an online platform which facilitates the deployment of humanitarians to disaster-struck areas, among other initiatives.
She studied a Dual Degree in International Finance from Northeastern University (Boston) and Universidad Pontifica de Comillas, ICADE (Madrid).