Mikel Echave

- Developing SAN GBM's eCommerce strategy of including FX and FI - Project managment and governance with the different involved areas Front Office (sales force and traders), Technology, Operations, Legal reporting to Global treasurer and FX global head

• Define tactical and strategic plans for the Corporate Banking division of Santander Bank • Help the Global Head of GB&M in the governance of the division across products (Credit, Rates, Equities, Transaction banking) and Geographies (Spain, UK, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, NY) • Project manager for cross geographic projects involving several business and support areas (risk, IT/Ops, legal)

Project Manager •Designed the future high speed value proposition (new products/services) of a top operator (Telecom) •Designed the functional IT architecture of a telecom operator, defined the roadmap to get to the future state and ensured the alignment of all business areas with the future IT systems (Telecom) •Helped a global operator to improve its service provision and maintenance operations in Brazil/Spain (Telecom) •Supported the regulatory strategy of one top electricity player in Spain

Associate Business turnaround and value creation • Procurement and sourcing strategy for global Aluminium Manufacturer (Metal & Mining) • Action plan for Operations, purchasing, logistics & sales (Construction company) • Lean diagnostic and corrective actions for IT service provider (IT) • Market evolution, future challenges and new ideas (consumer goods) • Post merger integration between a German and a Spanish (automotive supplier)

Business impact • Achieved a 40% cost reduction in the supply quality department by defining a new program (collecting control plans and measurements for all pieces and suppliers) which allowed an automation of the incoming inspection • Responsible of international suppliers focusing on quality control achieving a reduction of defective parts (PPMs) from 641 to 78 between 2000 and 2003 without cost increase (Bosch Spain) and <10 in 2004 (Bosch Germany)

Analytical Skills •Process Auditor for both internal & external manufacturing processes (audited >20 suppliers in Spain, Germany, Mexico, Italy, UK, France) oriented to identify technical or organisational problems, evaluate possible solutions & improve quality & productivity gaining a global understanding of many different companies Team Work & Leadership •Worked in mixed teams (internal/external) in projects for problem solving of critical defects (Renault, Ford, BMW) reporting to technical director

INSEAD – MBA Program (Dec 05) Singapore/France GMAT: 720 Points/97%. Advanced Corp Finance I & II and Private equity electives. Focus on valuation/models

Finalised the two last semesters of my degree and wrote the final Thesis/Project graded “cum laudem” and received the Euro National Certificate (Awarded by the European Higher Education Institutions recognises a set of academic, professional and language skills)

- 10/12 semesters in Spain. Erasmus–Socrates scholarship in 1998