José Carlos Torres

José Carlos Torres is the Managing Director and Country Manager at Iberia Barings. His work focuses on the sourcing and execution of real estate investment opportunities through all asset classes. Torres’ expertise includes deal origination, financial and strategic analysis, due diligence, negotiation, financing, asset management, restructuring, and disposal for single asset and portfolio deals.

Before his current position, Torres was the Acquisitions Director at Hines, Redevco, and Zaphir Asset Management. Prior to that, he was the Head of Retail Capital Markets at Aguirre Newman. Since 2011, Torres has been a Professor of Asset Management in IE’s Programa Superior de Dirección de empresas inmobiliarias, and a Professor of Business Valuation at IE’s Master in Real Estate Development program since 2021.

Torres’s academic background includes studies at the Universidad Carlos III Madrid, IE University, and Oxford University. He has a wide network of contacts and extensive transaction and asset management experience in assets and portfolios.

Corporate Experience

• Managing director at Country Head Iberia, Madrid, 2021 - Present

• Director, Hines, Madrid, 2018 - 2021

• Transactional Manager, Redevco B.V, Madrid, 2016 - 2018

• Acquisition Manager at Zaphir Asset Management, 2013 - 2017

• Senior Analyst – Capital Markets, Savills Aguirre Newman, 2005 - 2008

• Head of Retail Investment, Savills Aguirre Newman, 2008 - 2013

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor at IE University, 2021 - Present

Academic Background

• Master in Real Estate Business Management, IE University, 2009 - 2010

• Bachelor in Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 1999 - 2003