Manuel is Citi’s Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for Corporate and Investment Banking. He is also member of the Citi Global Banking Executive Committee and Champion for the Women & Diversity network for Citi in the EMEA region.

Previously, Manuel was Citi Country Officer for Spain, a role that included managing all businesses in Spain covering Markets and Banking, Consumer Banking and Global Wealth Management.

Before joining Citi in 1998, he was an investment banker with Warburg Dillon Read for 10 years, working in London and Madrid. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from San Pablo CEU University in Madrid.

Outside interests for Manuel include being a family member and shareholder of the Marques de Griñon Estates – one of the leading independent wineries in Spain – and a Member of the Trilateral Commission which is a non-governmental, policy-oriented forum that brings together leaders in their individual capacity from the worlds of business, government, academia, press and media, as well as civil society.