Manuel Silva Martinez

Current

Sr. Associate - Strategy and Innovation at BBVA

Past

Analyst - Corporate Development Asia at BBVA
Analyst emerging countries - Economic Research Department at BBVA

Education

Instituto Superior para el Desarrollo de Internet
Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris
Beijing Language and Culture University

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris
University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
CUNEF
London School of Economics and Political Science
Lycée Français de Bruxelles "Jean Monnet"

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Manuel Silva Martinez’s Summary

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Specialties:

Project management, innovation, M&A, China, Asia, Internet, financial advisory, transitional politics, economic analysis, politology, development economics

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Experience

Sr. Associate - Strategy and Innovation

BBVA

(Privately Held; Banking industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Senior Associate - BBVA Strategy and Corporate Development Group. Assisting BBVA's R&D, Innovation and Technology Departments in M&A and day-to-day management activities
Highlights: activities ranging from the acquisition of an Internet-based OpenSource SaaS, to involvement in the management of seven technology-leveraged start-ups, partnerships with research institutions, etc.
Analyst - Corporate Development Asia

BBVA

(Privately Held; Banking industry)

July 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 11 months)

Analyst in the BBVA Corporate Development Group for Asia
Highlights: acquisition of minority stakes in two leading Chinese and Hong Kong banks (USD 2 Bn), ticket in an Indian bank's IPO (USD 10 Mn), investment banking-type advisory to BBVA Group's Asian businesses and market research for Asia.
Analyst emerging countries - Economic Research Department

BBVA

(Privately Held; Banking industry)

March 2006 — July 2006 (5 months)

Analyst within the Emerging Markets Group of BBVA Economic Research Department.
Main tasks: modelling Chinese economy, follow-up of Latin American economic situation.

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Education

Instituto Superior para el Desarrollo de Internet

Master in Internet Business (MIB) , Internet management , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris

MPhil , Economic Governance , 2005 — 2006

Thesis on "A BEER analysis of fundamental equilibrium RMB exchange rate" directed by Lucho Carranza (BBVA) and supervised by Jean-Paul Fitoussi (OFCE)
Beijing Language and Culture University

Chinese 2005 — 2005

Business Chinese course (ICO scholarship)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Master/PhD , Economics , 2004 — 2005

International Asian Studies Programme focusing on theoretical and Chinese economy (CUHK Graduate School of Economics) and Chinese language (both mandarin and cantonese)
Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris

Diplôme , 2003 — 2005

MSc majoring in Geopolitics, Development Economics and Corporate Social Responsibility, with additional strong language focus (Mandarin Chinese and German)
University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business

Exchange , 2003 — 2003

Exchange student at the UW-Madison Business School
CUNEF

Licenciatura , Administración y Dirección de Empresas , 1999 — 2003
London School of Economics and Political Science

2000 — 2000

LSE Summer School - Microeconomics courses
Lycée Français de Bruxelles "Jean Monnet"

1994 — 1999