Iker Beraza

Iker Beraza belongs to the State Economists Corps of the Spanish Civil Service. He has a degree in Economics from Madrid's Universidad Autónoma, and continued his postgraduate studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He is also a PDG from the IESE Business School. He has taught postgraduate courses in the fields of financial regulation and international trade to economists, journalists and bank employees.

On the public sector he was a senior advisor for financial policy at the Spanish Ministry of Economy for five years. Prior to that, he was Chief Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Poland. On the private sector, his most recent professional experience has taken place in Sareb, the Spanish Asset Management Company, created to deal with the real estate distressed assets created during the last financial crisis. At Sareb he has taken many different roles including as head of the strategy department, as CFO, as deputy general director. and as Chief Commercial Officer of the Company.

Passionate about effecting change in the financial system and its relation to the real estate market.

Corporate Experience

• Senior Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain, 2021 - Present

• Chief Commercial Officer, SAREB, Spain, 2020 - 2021

• Chief Financial Officer, SAREB, Spain, 2015 - 2020

• Chief Strategy Officer, SAREB, Spain, 2014 - 2015

• Director of Macroeconomic Analysis and Corporate Relations, SAREB, Spain, 2013 - 2014

• Senior Advisor, General Direction of the Treasury and Financial Policy, Spain, 2012 - 2013

• Chief Economic and Trade Counselor, Spanish Embassy, Poland, 2008 - 2012

• Advisor, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain, 2003 - 2008

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of the Global Master in Real Estate Development, IE School of Architecture & Design, Spain, 2021 - Present

Academic Background

• PDG in Business Administration, IESE Business School, Spain, 2018

• Bachelor in Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 1998