Mr. Luis Abril Pérez serves as our Technical General Secretary to the Chairman. Mr. Abril started his professional career as a Microeconomics Professor in the Universidad Comercial de Deusto, where he went on to head the Finance Department. In 1978, he moved to Banco de Vizcaya as Treasury Director and then worked as head of the President’s Technical Department under Pedro Toledo. During his work with the BBV Group (1988-1991), he acted as General Director for the Asset Management division. During 1994 to 1999, Mr. Abril acted as General Director for Banesto, and he later acted as General Director for Communications for BSCH (1999-2001). Mr. Abril holds a degree in Economics and a degree in Law from the Universidad Comercial de Deusto (1971) and a graduate degree in Business Administration from the North European Management Institute, Oslo, Norway (1973). |