Manuel leads the investment team at Santander InnoVentures, Santander Group's corporate venture capital fund. He is responsible for sourcing, executing and maintaining the investor relationship with portfolio companies.
Manuel sits on the Board of Autofi (US), Creditas (BR), Elliptic (UK), ePesos (Mexico) and Pixoneye (UK) among others, and is part of the advisory committee of Payjoy (US).
Before Santander, Manuel was the founding member of BBVA Ventures (now Propel), and previously occupied several positions at BBVA's Corporate Development and Innovation functions.
Manuel is a Spanish citizen, raised in Belgium, educated in France and Hong Kong, and a world traveller at heart