LUIS ALBERTO DE TORRES


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LUIS ALBERTO DE TORRES

Senior Advisor

Graduate in Economic and Business Administration from CUNEF and Graduate in Law from the European University of Madrid. He began his career in San Francisco, United States, at the multinational telecommunications company Airtouch.

He has served as financial director for Spain and Portugal of the British multinational Bovis Lend Lease. For more than 25 years, he has held positions of highest management responsibility in multinational companies in the telecommunications sector, such as Airtel, Vodafone, Jazztel and Orange. With a solid financial background, extensive international experience, and proven experience in start-up projects and the integration of companies, he has successfully led the most relevant M&A deals in the telecommunications sector in Spain in the last few years.

Luis is also an expert in project financing in all its modalities Project Finance, EIB financing, Structured Finance, etc., having participated in financing projects in all sectors.

He has been for many years an Associate Professor of the Department of Business Economics at Carlos III University, a Professor of Financial Economic Management at IE Business School, and a Professor of the MBA program at the Pontifical University of Salamanca. He is currently a Member of the Association's board of directors AEEF.

Education

PDG. IESE. Universidad de Navarra. Madrid 2002.

International Program in Management IMD. Lausanne 2002.

Executive M.B.A. IE Business School. Madrid 1994-1995.

Graduate in Economic and Business Administration CUNEF. Universidad Complutense de Madrid 1981-1986.

Graduate in Law Universidad Europea de Madrid. UEM. 2013-2015.

Experience

Deputy Head of Project Orange & Masmovil Joint Venture at ORANGE ESPAGNE.

SVP Strategy, Legal, Wholesale LoB, and Banking LoB and Member of the Executive Committee at ORANGE SLOVENSKO.

Senior Director of Audit, Internal Control and Risks at ORANGE ESPAGNE.

CFO and Member of the Executive Committee at JAZZTEL.

Director of Finance and Administration at ORANGE ESPAGNE.

Partner ONE to ONE Capital Partners.

Deputy CFO & Head of Finance & Administration at VODAFONE ESPAÑA S.A.

CFO for Spain and Portugal at BOVIS LEND LEASE.

Controller at AIRTOUCH EE.UU.

Track Record

JV of Orange + MasMovil. Shareholders agreement and framework agreement signed.

Financing of the JV Orange + MasMovil.

Securitization of the debt of Orange Slovakia.

Acquisition of the telecommunications operator. Republica Movil.

Acquisition of the listed Jazztel PLC.

Refinancing of the Jazztel acquisition.

EIB financing of the Orange Network.

Structured financing of Orange's expansion.

Securitization of the debt of Orange Spain.

Delisting of Jazztel on the Madrid Stock Exchange.

Acquisition of 100% of the telco operator. KPN Spain.

Sale of minority interests in ABSLine.

Sale of the Internet portal Autocity.

Sale of Internet portals in Portugal.

Sale of internet portals in the US.

EIB financing of the Vodafone Network.

Financing of Airtel through Project Financing.

International Experience

Spain (ES)
Portugal (PT)
Slovakia (SK)
United States of America (US)

Sector Expertise

Construction of buildings
Construction of infrastructures
Information technology
Telecommunications Services

Keywords

Information, Technology, Telecommunications, Services, Business Plan, Corporate Finance, Valuation, Financing, Restructuring, Project finance, Structured finance, BEI

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