Javier Méndez Llera

He was a former Spanish representative to the European Commission´s Working Group for the development of the White Paper on changes to the Collective Investment Schemes Directive. He has also been a member of the Expert Group for Advisory to the European Commission (DG Internal Market) in relation to European Financial Markets. Also, former Spanish rep to the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies“(EFFAS) Commission on Training & Qualification. As well, former Member of the Association for Investment Management and Research -AIMR- International Chapter of the USA (known today as the CFA Institute).

He is currently Secretary General of the Spanish Society of Financial Analysts (IEAF) and General Manager of the Foundation for Financial Research (FEF).

As a practitioner in the field of finance, he was President of Nordland, a private financial advisory company. Before that, he held numerous executive posts at the BBVA Group in Spain such as Executive Director and Member of the Board of BBVA Asset Management, Head of Equities at BBVA Gestión and Head of Institutional Clients at BBVA Pensiones. Previously he was Vice President and Head of Research at the Brokerage Company BBVA Interactivos in Madrid and CEO of the Portuguese broker Midas Investimentos in Lisbon. Prior to that, he was Vice President of the Private Banking unit of BBVA. He started his career at SAFEI, an asset management boutique in Madrid.