Fernando de la Calzada López de Arriba

 Fernando de la Calzada López de Arriba brings together a distinguished executive career and a longstanding dedication to higher education. With a solid academic foundation in industrial engineering and executive management, he has built a professional trajectory defined by the intersection of finance, strategy and corporate development. Over the course of his career, Fernando has held senior leadership roles with a strong focus on long-term value creation, strategic growth and business transformation. At Grupo Presto Ibérica, where he has served in top executive positions for over two decades, he has led initiatives spanning finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate development. Earlier in his professional path, he worked as a strategy consultant at Deloitte, advising national and multinational organizations across a wide range of sectors and gaining extensive exposure to corporate analysis, transformation and performance improvement. Alongside this executive journey, Fernando has cultivated a meaningful and sustained academic vocation. Since 2011, he has been an Adjunct Professor at IE University, teaching courses in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, and Managerial Accounting, as well as seminars related to stock markets. His contribution to the university extends beyond teaching, as he also serves as Course Progress Advisor, Individual and Collective Advisor, and Final Thesis Supervisor and Jury Member. His teaching style is deeply informed by his experience in the corporate world. He brings to the classroom a practical, managerial and decision-oriented perspective that enables students to connect technical concepts with the realities of leadership and business performance. He is particularly committed to making accounting and finance both accessible and meaningful, encouraging students not only to master the tools, but also to interpret them with discernment, articulate their reasoning with confidence, and apply their knowledge with purpose. Fernando is especially motivated by the opportunity to support students in their intellectual, personal and professional development. He takes particular interest in mentoring entrepreneurial initiatives and early-stage projects, where guidance, perspective and sound judgment can make a meaningful difference. For him, teaching is not only about transmitting knowledge, but also about helping students grow into thoughtful, capable and responsible decision-makers. This commitment has been consistently recognized by his students, who have awarded him the Teaching Excellence Award for all his courses for eleven consecutive academic years, from 2015 to 2026.