The Board of Directors of CaixaBank Asset Management appoints Ana Martín de Santa Olalla as its new CEO

• Ana Martín de Santa Olalla takes over from Juan Bernal, who is starting a new professional project.
• The Board of Directors of CaixaBank AM also appoints Jorge Colomer as Deputy CEO.

The Board of Directors of CaixaBank Asset Management has approved today the appointment of Ana Martín de Santa Olalla as the new CEO of the investment fund management company, taking over from Juan Bernal, who is leaving the bank after seven years in the position.

Ana Martín de Santa Olalla had hitherto been Head of Business and Sales at CaixaBank AM. The Board of Directors has also appointed Jorge Colomer as Deputy CEO. Mr Colomer will also retain his current position as the Company’s Chief Investment Officer.

The composition of the new Management Committee is as follows: Ana Martín de Santa Olalla (CEO), Jorge Colomer (Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer), Lluís de Torres Llosa (Chief Operating Officer), Juan Pablo Hernández de la Merced (Head of Sustainability), Ramon Guillem Ramírez (Chief Risk Officer), Santiago Francisco Rubio de Casas (Head of Investment Strategy), Mónica Valladares Martínez (General Secretary), and Jaume Viladrosa Cutrina (Chief Technology Officer).

Juan Bernal will be embarking on a new professional project and his departure coincides with the final stretch of the 2022–2024 Strategic Plan.

CaixaBank AM has been overhauling its business model in recent years, and in doing so cementing its position as the leading investment fund manager in Spain in terms of both unitholders and assets, with a market share of 23.8%. Total assets under management amount to €86.97 billion in Spain, according to the latest data from Inverco. The fund manager also has subsidiaries in Portugal, BPI Gestão de Ativos and CaixaBank AM Luxembourg. The CaixaBank AM team is composed of 263 employees.

About Ana Martín de Santa Olalla

Ana Martín de Santa Olalla has served as Head of Business Development and Sales at CaixaBank Asset Management for the past seven years and sits on the Management Committee.

She is also the non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors of BPI GA in Portugal, and a director of CaixaBank AM Luxembourg. Prior to joining CaixaBank AM, she was head of the Investment Advisory Board at CaixaBank Private Banking. 

Ana Martín de Santa Olalla has a wealth of experience within the financial industry, where she has worked for nearly 30 years at leading companies in their respective markets, all of them linked to the asset management business in Europe. She has worked at the Wealth Management department of Barclays, at the Investment department of Deutsche Bank, as Head of Equities, and at Santander, where she managed both investment funds and pension plans.

Over her career, she has shown remarkable vision and has amassed experience in different areas of wealth management, having started out in investment, before honing her commercial skills by advising large clients, and ultimately ending up in her current position.

Ana Martín de Santa Olalla holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and is CESGA certified. 

About Jorge Colomer

Jorge Colomer has been Chief Investment Officer at CaixaBank Asset Management since 2019 and also sits on the Management Committee of the asset management company.

He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He also holds an advanced degree in Financial Markets from the Madrid Stock Exchange and is CESGA certified.

Over the last 30 years, his career has taken shape within the financial industry, both nationally and internationally, having worked in both asset management and private banking at leading companies. He spent a total of 11 years at UBS, where he held the positions of CEO and General Manager at UBS Gestión SGIIC and Head of Sales at UBS Bank SA, among other positions.

In 2017, he joined CaixaBank Asset Management as Head of Investment Solutions and did such an outstanding job that he has remained there for five years.