Jose (Bilbao, Spain – Jan. 30th, 1981) is a Director in the Corporate Finance – M&A team at PwC.

After spending 7 years at PwC in London and Madrid, he moved to Frinsa, one of the largest tuna canneries in Europe, as Head of Strategy and Business Development initially but then became its Chief Corporate Officer.

He rejoined PwC in September 2015 as the Corporate Finance leader for the Food and Beverage industry.

After being involved in some of the most relevant M&A transactions that have taken place during the last 5 years in the tuna space and having advised some of the largest global seafood players, Jose is currently a PwC Subject Matter Expert in connection with the Seafood industry.

Jose holds a Law Degree from Universidad Complutense of Madrid, a MBA from IE Business School and a General Management Program from IESE Business School.

He is a lecturer at IEB, the leading official center in the field of financial training in Spain, on topics such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Acquisition & Structured Finance.

Jose is married and has three children.

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