Álvaro Romero Blasco

Álvaro Romero is adjunct professor of Management Accounting and Control. Currently Head of Data Analytics at HSBC Bank Continental Europe in Paris (France), he has also held diverse responsibilities at the corporate level in world-leading companies such as Dassault Systèmes Group and Renault-Nissan Group, focusing on Financial Planning & Analysis, Pricing, Data Science Transformation, Cost Modeling, Estimation and Optimization, and Financial Performance Improvement.

He holds a MSc in Engineering from the University of Sevilla, a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Córdoba, and an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid. Álvaro speaks Spanish, French and English.

Corporate Experience

• Head of Data Analytics, HSBC Bank Continental Europe, Paris (France), 2020 - Present

• Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, Pricing, Data Science transformation (several responsibilities), Dassault Systèmes, Paris (France), 2011 - 2020

• Costs Modeling, Estimation and Optimization, Financial Performance Improvement (several responsibilities), Renault-Nissan Group, Madrid (Spain) and Paris (France), 2003 - 2011

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Management Accounting and Control, IE University, 2019 - Present

Academic Background

• Executive MBA, IE Business School (Spain), 2017

• PhD in Applied Economics, UCO (Spain), 2011

• MSc in Engineering, ETSI (Spain) and IFMA (France), 2002