Javier Alonso General Operations, Markets and Payment Systems

Javier Alonso
General Operations, Markets and Payment Systems
Place and date of birth
Logroño, 7 August 1951.
Academic qualifications, distinctions and awards
1980
Graduate in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Zaragoza.
Career details
1977-1984
Joined the Banco de España. Successively assigned to the
Departments of Control, Budget and Accounting, Management o
External Reserves and International Relations.
1984-1988
Economist in the Research Department of the Banco de España.
1988-1989
Deputy-Director of the External Operations Department.
1988-1998
Representative of the Banco de España on the European Monetary
Institute Foreign Exchange Policy Sub-Committee.
1989-2000
Director of the External Operations Department.
1998-2006
Representative of the Banco de España on the European System of
Central Banks Market Operations Committee.
2000-2006
Director of the Operations Department (following the merger of the
former Domestic and External Operations Departments).
2000 to date
Representative of the Banco de España on the Bank for International
Settlements Markets Committee.
2000-2003
Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of
Promotora de la Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas Españoles de
Liquidación (the company set up to unify the Spanish settlement
systems then in place).
2003-2006
Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of
Sociedad de Gestión de los Sistemas de Registro, Compensación y
Liquidación de Valores (Securities Registration, Clearance and
Settlement Systems Management Company).
2006-2013
Board Member, in representation of the Banco de España, of Bolsas y
Mercados Españoles (the company that integrates all the securities
markets and financial systems in Spain).
2006 to date
Director General Operations, Markets and Payment Systems.
2006 to date
Banco de España representative on the High-Level Group on TARGET
2 of the European System of Central Banks.
2006 to date
Banco de España representative on the High-Level Group on SEPA of
the European System of Central Banks.
2007 to date
Banco de España representative on the Eurosystem IT Steering
Committee.
2011 to date
Full member of the Managing Committee of the Deposit Guarantee
Fund for Banking Establishments.