Ignacio Asín Lapique

Ignacio Asín has dedicated most of his professional career to Corporate and Investment Banking in Madrid, serving as a senior banker. His roles have included overseeing client relationships, primarily with large multinational Spanish and Portuguese corporations, providing financing and advisory solutions, and contributing to the design of the bank’s strategy in Spain. He has also led teams of account officers and coordinated closely with product specialists and the credit risk office based in London. In addition, Ignacio has been actively engaged in academic roles for over 20 years.

Corporate Experience

• Consultant: Financial advisory and expert reports for legal commercial disputes, 2019

• Managing Director for Spain and Portugal: MUFG BANK Europe NV, Spanish Branch (formerly The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., 2018

• Managing Director for Spain and Portugal: The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Spanish Branch, 2015 – 2018

• Managing Director Spain & Head of Corporate Banking: The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Spanish Branch, 1996 – 2015

• Head of Corporate Banking: The Bank of Tokyo Ltd., Spanish Branch, 1991 – 1996

• Previously served as Deputy Head of Corporate Banking (1989 – 1991), Account Officer (1986 – 1989), and Trainee, 1985

• Foreign Trade Trainee: The Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, 1984 – 1985

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Cost Accounting: IE University, 2021 – 2024

• Associate Professor of Debt Capital Markets: Corporate Banking Master for Banco Santander staff (In-company Training), CUNEF University, Madrid, 2019 – 2023

• Associate Professor of Corporate Banking and Capital Markets: Master’s in Finance, CUNEF University, Madrid, 2006 – 2015

• Associate Professor of Corporate Banking: In-Company Training Programme for BBVA and PwC, CUNEF University, Madrid, 2012 – 2015

• Professor of Economics: Pre-college students at Centro Pedagógico Borel, a family-owned business in Madrid, 2019 – 2022

Academic Background

• BSc in Economics and Business Administration: Centro de Estudios Universitarios (CEU) – Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1981

• Postgraduate Program in Foreign Trade Scholarship: Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1984 – 1985