Blacksmith, a Spanish talent scout boutique, has incorporated the Advisory Board into its team, within the relaunch phase of the company that began with the rebrand a month ago.
The Advisory Board brings to Blacksmith both an representativeness and strategic vision, as a wide experience and a higher degree of sectoral specialization.
The objective of this new body is twofold: to consolidate customer trust and provide a solid sector background. Both milestones will serve to reinforce Blacksmith’s value proposition among its clients.
Alberto Herrero, CEO of Blacksmith, comments that “without a doubt, having an Advisory Council with this level of experience and quality is a key and differential asset to consolidate a differentiating, agile, flexible and in-depth service model that meets the needs of each company and its leaders under the highest criteria of rigor and excellence ”.
Advisory Council Members
Mario Armero: He has held various positions of maximum responsibility, such as President of General Electric, Ezentis, and CEO of Grupo Llorente. He is also a trustee of the CEDE Foundation (Spanish Confederation of Directors and Executives).
Since 2005 he has received numerous awards such as Best Manager of the Year or the award for Executive Leadership. He is currently an Independent Director of Bankinter Consumer Finance. He is, in addition, Advisor among others of the Global Infrastructure Partners fund, President of Palex Medical, and Member of the Advisory Board of Blacksmith.
Eduardo Aguilar: He has held Senior Management positions in the Spanish Administration between 1984 and 1997, specifically, in the General Directorate of the Treasury and Financial Policy, in the General Directorate of Insurance, and in the National Energy Commission.
He was CEO of BNP Paribas business banking between 1998 and 2016. He has participated in various Boards of Directors in private and public companies, and is currently a Director of Sareb and Lyntia. He is also a Director in various media, including Capital Radio.
Adriana Hoyos: Currently, she is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University and a Consultant on issues of strategy, digital economy, market access, crowd economics, public-private partnerships, governance, financial inclusion, international development and public policies, among others.
Previously, she was CEO of Women’s World Bank Co., as well as Senior Presidential Counselor for the Economy in the Government of Colombia. As a diplomat, she has been Economic Counselor at the Colombian Embassy in Spain, Director of Plan Colombia before the European Union, and Representative of the Colombian Government before the Kyoto Protocol at the United Nations.
Adriana has been a Senior Advisor for three Presidential Campaigns in the United States, and three others in Colombia. He has belonged to various Board of Directors and Advisory Councils. He is currently present on the boards of Katerva and the Millennium Project in the United States, and in Spain on those of Blacksmith International, SciTheWorld, Andalucía Management and the Anar Foundation. He has extensive teaching and research experience at universities such as Harvard and MIT.
Jose Manuel Garcia de Sola: has an experience of more than 30 years in the financial sector. In the beginning, he was part of AB Asesores as a partner and Director of Fixed Income and responsible for the Institutional Business. After 12 years, he joined the Santander Group to set up Private Banking as CEO of Santander de Patrimonios, a position he developed for three years until he joined Banco Banif, as General Director in the following 12 years.
Within the Santander Group, he developed the Asset Management business in the USA (Boston). In 2014, he joined Bankinter Gestión de Activos as Chairman. He is a professional with extensive experience in the Private Banking and Asset Management business, in positions of different responsibilities.
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