Degree in Economics and Business Administrationfromthe Universidad Comercial de Deusto. Master in EuropeanStudiesfromtheCollegeofEurope in Bruges, Belgium. Prior tojoining BME, Javier worked as a Europeanfinancial sector consultantfor Coopers & LybrandBrussels, was CFO ofNorbolsa and Deputy General Manager ofthe Bilbao Stock Exchange. He isalso director ofthepost-tradingunitof SIX. He isvice-presidentof FIAB and director of OMEL and ISSA.