Biography

Mrs. Aliño is an accomplished Spanish corporate and investment banking professional with over 25 years of experience in developed and developing markets with roles spanning corporate finance, private equity/venture capital, impact investing, fintech transactions and digital strategy.

Since 2016, she has held positions with the World Bank Group's lnternational Finance Corporation (IFC) as Head of Partnerships and lnnovations, Digital Finance Services and currently as Open Banking & Digital Transformation Specialist, providing guidance on the digital transformation strategies to financial institutions in the emerging markets.

Prior to her work with the IFC, she spent three years as an advisor to the General Manager of IDB lnvest (the lnter-American Development Bank’s investment arm). Mrs. Aliño also spent over 15 years with BBVA in corporate and investment banking where she concluded her tenure as Chief lnvestment Officer for the Industrial Holding Group. Mrs. Aliño serves as a board member and chair of the Sustainability Committee at Soltec Power Holding, a global developer of integral solutions for sustainable solar energy listed on the Spanish stock market since 2019. She has held additional advisory board roles for tech companies and private equity and venture capital firms in Latin America and Europe. Since 2019, Mrs. Aliño has been a faculty member of teaching programs in the United States and Spain for digital transformation of microfinance institutions, financial inclusion and financial service disruption for programs in the United States and Spain.

Mrs. Aliño also served as member of Strategic Committee at BHD Bank, Dominican Republic, and Senior Strategic and Growth advisor at Veridas. She holds a Master of Sciences in Law and a Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain.