Isabel Goiri
President
How do we do it?
We use our head and heart in equal parts.
And always investing in the right direction, with the right causes and the right ethics, choosing those causes and projects that help improve the lives of forgotten people and ensure our economic stability.
Transparency and Control
The leadership of the Anesvad Foundation’s Board of Trustees, an Expert Advisory board and the advice of an external advisor guides us in building our portfolio of impact investments.
We support
We support innovative initiatives and projects, encourage the participation of other organisations, and strengthen the growth of new funds that have a social and environmental impact.
Impact management
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We promote and share
Commitment to the 2030 Agenda
We focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have the strongest cause-effect relationship with our mission as a foundation, where Africa is the primary region of our work.
Impact Report 2020
At anesvad Foundation we support those causes and projects that help improve people’s lives, in addition to guaranteeing our economic sustainability.
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Advisory Board
We manage the Foundation’s assets in accordance with ethical, social, labor, environmental and good corporate governance (ESG) principles, excluding investment in all types of activities considered immoral or questionable.
Isabel Goiri
President
Degree in Spanish Studies and an MBA from the University of London.
- She has spent most of her career in the financial sector.
- She worked as a fund manager at Schroder Investment Management (London), one of the UK’s leading pension managers, for over seven years.
- Her experience at BBVA spans a series of management positions: Chief Investment Officer BBVA Gestión, Head of Investor Relations, Chief Financial Officer of BBVA Compass (USA), Director of the BBVA Central Risk Area and Executive Director in charge of Risks at BBVA Garanti Bank (Turkey).
- She currently serves as an advisor to several organisations, including BBVA Uruguay, and also collaborates with NGOs.
José Antonio Ruiz-Garma
Vocal
José Antonio Ruiz-Garma
Vocal
Degree in Industrial Engineering from the E.T.S.I.I. of Bilbao and Master of Business Administration from the University of Deusto.
- His professional career has primarily been related to the world of banking: he was Deputy General Manager of “la Caixa” and General Manager of CaixaBank France, as well as an advisor to several companies.
- He currently serves as an advisor to Kutxabank and is deeply committed to the third sector: he is a trustee of the Miranda Foundation and advises several NGOs, including Anesvad.
José Moncada
Vocal
José Moncada
Vocal
General Manager of the Bolsa Social.
- He was a former civil administrator of the state and has worked in national and European financial policy at the Public Treasury (Madrid), the European Commission (Brussels) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA, Paris).
- In 2015, he returned to Madrid to found Bolsa Social, a community of companies and investors with a positive social and environmental impact, and the first crowdfunding platform authorised by the CNMV (Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission) in Spain.
- José is also a professor of EU Financial Markets at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Marta de la Cuesta
Vocal
Marta de la Cuesta
Vocal
Degree in Economics and Business Studies from the CUNEF (UCM) and PhD in Economics and Business Studies from the UNED.
- She is also a university lecturer in Applied Economics, and teaches at UNED at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels in subjects related to the financial system, sustainable finance and Corporate Social Responsibility.
- She has been the coordinator of the UNED UJI interuniversity master’s degree in sustainability and CSR since May 2015. She is also president of Economists Without Borders and promoter of the CSR observatory, as well as an expert advisor to the State Council for Corporate Social Responsibility. She headed the Telefónica-UNED Chair of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.
- She has been an independent advisor to Banca Cívica and chair of its CSR committee; and vice-rector of planning and economic affairs at the UNED for five years.
Gorka Goikoetxea
Secretary
Gorka Goikoetxea
Secretary
He holds a Degree in Communication Science, specialising in Advertising, and an MA in Marketing from University of the Basque Country.
- Director of Client Services and Commercial and Marketing Manager for seven years.
- Marketing Manager and CFO of the Foundation after joining Anesvad in 2010, as well as being a Board member since 2013.
- Since 2015, he has headed the project to transform the Foundation’s assets via a 100% Socially Responsible Investment strategy.
- Secretary of the Foundation’s Advisory Council of Ethical Investments and Social Impact.
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