María Abascal Rojo

Ms. María Abascal Rojo is Head Economist at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA and Professor at IEB Executive Masters in Management of Financial Entities.
In 2005 she became civil servant by joining the body Técnicos Comerciales y Economistas del Estado, a very senior group of Economists of the State.
In 2009 she was appointed Deputy Director for Strategic and Financial Analysis in the Directorate General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, attached to the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance, she exercised its responsibilities until June 2010.
Between 2006 and 2009 she occupied different positions within the Spanish Treasury.
She has been Senior Advisor for the Chief Executive Officer of the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX ) between 2005 and 2006.
Ms. Abascal holds a BA degree in Economics from Complutense University of Madrid (1997 and 2000).