Maria Jesús Fernández

María Jesús Fernández  is an Executive Director of ICEX, Invest in Spain where she also previously held the position of director of finance and investor relations. Prior to joining ICEX, she was an economic and commercial counselor in the economic and commercial office of the Embassy of Spain in Chicago and general director of international financing in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

During her extensive professional career, she has also held senior positions at the Bank of Spain, where she was Head of the International Relations Division and Head of the European Affairs Division; at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, where she represented Spain at the Executive Board as Senior Advisor and Alternate Executive Director respectively; and at the Defense of Competition Tribunal, where she was Head of the President’s Office and Deputy Director of the Studies Department.

Maria has a degree in economic and business sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid.