
Logroño, 7 August 1951.
| 1980 | Graduate in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Zaragoza. |
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| 1977-1984 | Joined the Banco de España. Successively assigned to the Departments of Control, Budget and Accounting, Management o External Reserves and International Relations. |
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| 1984-1988 | Economist in the Research Department of the Banco de España. |
| 1988-1989 | Deputy-Director of the External Operations Department. |
| 1988-1998 | Representative of the Banco de España on the European Monetary Institute Foreign Exchange Policy Sub-Committee. |
| 1989-2000 | Director of the External Operations Department. |
| 1998-2006 | Representative of the Banco de España on the European System of Central Banks Market Operations Committee. |
| 2000-2006 | Director of the Operations Department (following the merger of the former Domestic and External Operations Departments). |
| 2000 to date | Representative of the Banco de España on the Bank for International Settlements Markets Committee. |
| 2000-2003 | Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of Promotora de la Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas Españoles de Liquidación (the company set up to unify the Spanish settlement systems then in place). |
| 2001 to date | Representative of the Banco de España on the European System of Central Banks Joint Committee on Market Operations and on Payment and Settlement Systems. |
| 2003-2006 | Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas de Registro, Compensación y Liquidación de Valores (Securities Registration, Clearance and Settlement Systems Management Company). |
| 2006 to date | Director General Operations, Markets and Payment Systems. |
| 2006 to date | Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (the company that integrates all the securities markets and financial systems in Spain). |
| 2006 to date | Banco de España representative on the High-Level Group on Banknotes of the European System of Central Banks. |
| 2006 to date | Banco de España representative on the High-Level Group on TARGET 2 of the European System of Central Banks. |
| 2006 to date | Banco de España representative on the High-Level Group on SEPA of the European System of Central Banks. |
| 2006 to date | Banco de España representative on the High-Level Eurosystem Task Force on Financial Crisis Management of the European System of Central Banks. |
| 2007 to date | Banco de España representative on the Eurosystem IT Steering Committee. |
| 2011 to date | Full member of the Managing Committee of the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Banking Establishments. |