Manuel Silva Martinez

Current

• Senior Associate, R&D and Innovation Ventures at BBVA

Past

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

Education

• 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
• ISDI

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

• My Blog

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Experience

• Senior Associate, R&D and Innovation Ventures

  BBVA

  (Privately Held; Banking industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 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

• 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)

• 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

  4-year BA/BS in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting - top 3% of Class 2003

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  2000 — 2000

  LSE Summer School - Microeconomics courses

• ISDI

Additional Information

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Websites:

• My Blog

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Groups:

•    Visionaries on Financial Services
•    Open Innovation and Open Business Models Network Spain
•    Alumni "Grandes Écoles"
•    MIB - Master en Internet Business

Manuel Silva Martinez’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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