Rafael Hurtado Coll

Rafael Hurtado is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Allianz Asset Management division in Spain since March 2020.

Previously, and during ten years, Rafael has been Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Allianz Popular Asset Management (eight years) and Popular Asset Management (two years). He had under his responsibility the management of investment funds and pension plans with total assets under management (AUM) in excess of €18 billion euros.

Rafael joined Popular Gestión (Banco Popular Group) in 1998. Prior to his role as CIO, he was Head of Multimanagement at Banco Popular Group, being responsible for investments in third-party products, including long-only funds (equity and fixed income) and alternative investments (commodities, hedge funds and private equity).

Having been prolific at publishing research papers and collaborating with different publications, he teaches in IE Business School since 2005.

Rafael has an MBA from IESE Business School and a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad San Pablo-CEU. His Doctoral Thesis was about Hedge Funds and Financial crises. He also has a BA in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and BA in Business Administration from Universidad San Pablo-CEU.