Fair funding global trade

Experienced banker, specialist in trade finance, with an international career spanning over 20 years.

Before setting up Twinco Capital, Nolasco was Managing Director at BBVA and head of Structured Trade Finance. She joined BBVA in 2009 having held several senior global positions in both structured and transactional trade.

Sandra started her trade finance career with Fortis Bank commodity trade finance team, first in Rotterdam dealing with asset-backed finance, then in London leading the structured commodity portfolio in Latin America and finally in Sao Paulo, as Chief Representative Officer Brazil.

Before she ventured into the trade finance arena, Sandra worked as an associate consultant at Mckinsey & Co in Portugal, and at Semapa S.A. as an internal advisor.

Sandra holds a Msc. in Economics and an MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Carmen has an extensive experience in banking, with over 16 years of her professional career in Grupo Santander. She joined Santander in 2000 as a member of the Strategic Investments team, analysing and investing in equities for several proprietary portfolios.

In 2008, she moved into the Global Project Finance Group, where she led transactions globally, in different sectors (Infrastructure and Natural Resources) across different geographies (from Europe to the US). In 2013, Marin took full responsibility for the origination and the execution of global transactions as Global Head of the Energy & Natural Resources team in Europe.

Carmen holds an International Business degree from ICADE and ESC-CESEM and is a CFA Charterholder.

Arancha Díaz-Llado has a broad experience in defining, implementing, and reporting Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) corporate strategies. Her broad professional track record combines a solid expertise on ESG issues, with a finance and control proficiency and a broad experience in public policy advocacy. This diverse background allows her to move from an ESG strategic vision to a more practical hands-on delivery of workable solutions.

She began her professional career with a series of short assignments for various United Nations agencies (UNICEF, UNESCO and UNIDO) and the European Commission. In 2000, she joined the Telefónica Group, progressing from Finance control to Business Strategy and Institutional affairs. From 2015, until she joined Twinco Capital in September 2020, she served as the Global Director of Sustainable Innovation of the Telefónica Group.

She holds a MSc. in Sustainable Development at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Hands-on technology expert, with years of experience both in large corporates and startups. He is a specialist in building SAAS platforms, digital marketing and strategic technical planning.

Mariano started his digital career in 2000, at Arthur Anderson, leading the Spanish front-end technology department.

In 2004, he ventured into the digital marketing arena, having worked for some of the most important advertising agencies in Spain, as a creative technical director, leading digital campaigns for companies such as Vodafone, Telepizza, Ballantines, etc.

In 2007, he decided to follow his entrepreneurial ambition and has since then founded and advised several startups, such as Globiles.com and more recently MyEgoo.com, a website builder with more than 2 million webpages created to date.

A Risk specialist with extensive experience in management and control functions in banking institutions. Jorge has a cross vision of risk management and its levers.

He began his career in the Santander Group, growing from Financial Management to the Risk area in different Group entities, covering consumer finance, commercial banking, and securities services. Prior to joining Twinco, Jorge served as Risk Manager in Crédit Agricole Group.

Jorge has a Degree in Economics by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Master’s course in Environment Economics by Norwegian University of Life Sciences, a Master´s Degree in Finance by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master´s Degree in Risk Management by AFI Escuela de Finanzas.

Jordi combines a strong academic background with experience solving real-world problems.

After obtaining his PhD, he joined the Pricing team at the e-commerce company Wayfair and later made the leap to the financial sector by joining the data team at Ebury, where he grew as a data scientist and developed different tools for dynamic pricing, fraud detection, and new business propensity.

Jordi has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Seville, a Master's degree in Biophysics from the Complutense University of Madrid, and a PhD in Theoretical Neuroscience from the University of A Coruña.

A sourcing manager specialised in EMEA markets with more than 20 years of international experience and in-depth knowledge of the retail supply chain.

Miguel joined El Corte Ingles (ECI) in 1998 in the Finance Control Department, but soon moved to the Purchasing area as Buyer.

In 2005 he joined the Hong Kong local office as Business Development Manager, starting a 10-year international career that brought him also to India and Thailand.

During his time in India, he developed both the Indian and the Bangladeshi markets, establishing what is today one of ECI’s strongest supplier base. In Thailand, he was responsible for Asia Sourcing teams that covered China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Asean countries. Prior to joining Twinco, Miguel was already back in Madrid, as Global Sourcing Manager.

Miguel holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from CEU San Pablo, a Master in Quality Control Auditing, and is currently pursuing an MBA.