About Metrovacesa

Jorge Pérez de Leza has been CEO of Metrovacesa since 2016. Metrovacesa is one of the leading real estate companies in Spain, with more than €2.5 billion of assets under management and one of the most valued and attractive land banks in the country. He joined Metrovacesa to reorganize the company and relaunch its development activity after the economic crisis in Spain, leading the company’s IPO in 2018.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Pérez de Leza was Managing Director for Europe at Grupo Lar from April 2005 to November 2016, Managing Director of European Operations at Excite @ Home from September 1998 to December 2005 and worked at Boston Consulting Group from September 1991 to September 1998. In addition, Mr. Pérez de Leza is a member of the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Association and an associate professor in the Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development at IE University. He is also President of the Sports and Challenge Foundation. Mr. Pérez de Leza holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI University (Madrid) and an MBA in General Management from Harvard Business School.

Borja began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in September 1999 as Senior Auditor until March 2003. Subsequently, he was Director of Internal Audit at a firm in the hospitality sector between 2004 and 2006. In July of that year, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Europe at Grupo Lar where he worked for a decade. In November 2016, he joined Metrovacesa as Chief Financial Officer.

Borja holds a degree in Business Administration from the San Pablo CEU University in Madrid and an MBA from the EOI business school (Madrid).

Eduardo Carreño has an extensive career in different management positions related to the real estate and construction sector, both nationally and internationally. With a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Ecole Centrale de Paris, he comes from Habitat Inmobiliaria, where he held the position of General Business Director since his incorporation in 2017.

Previously, he held various national and international management positions in the real estate and construction divisions of the listed French multinational Bouygues Group for 11 years, and also worked at Parquesol and Urbis Inmobiliaria.

Raquel was appointed ESG Director of Metrovacesa in June 2024, where in addition to developing the ESG strategy over the last few years, she has also held the roles of Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations, Director of Strategy and Investor Relations analyst, since joining the company in June 2008, accumulating more than a decade of experience in the real estate sector.

Previously, she worked at BBVA as a Senior Associate in the private equity division between March 2003 and June 2008, and as a B2C analyst in the e-business division of the financial institution from July 2001 to March 2003. Raquel holds a degree in Marketing Techniques and Research from the University of Cordoba (ETEA), a CSO degree from MIT Professional Education and a Master in Finance from the BBVA School of Finance.

Prior to her appointment as Director of the Legal Department of Metrovacesa in April 2016, Pilar was an in-house lawyer at MVCSA from July 2013 to April 2016. Between April 2007 and July 2013, she was Director of the Legal Department of the Real Estate Division at FCC Construcción.

Previously, between December 1994 and April 2007, she held the position of Lawyer and Secretary of the Board at Promociones y Urbanizaciones Martín, S.A. Pilar has a Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and specializes in Litigation and Labor Law. Pilar has been a member of the Madrid BAR Association since 1992.

Prior to his appointment as Director of Corporate Media at Metrovacesa in July 2017, Miguel Ángel was Director of Consulting at Deloitte from September 2011 to July 2017. He was Director of Corporate Media at Grupo Lar from April 2003 to September 2011; Director of the Industrial Sector at Capgemini between March 2001 and April 2003; Director of Services and Services Development at Dinsa between February 1998 and March 2001, as well as Consultant and Project Manager at Ernst & Young between January 1995 and January 1998.

Miguel Ángel holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Miguel has extensive experience in the real estate sector and has worked at Metrovacesa for the last 12 years. He has extensive experience in land management. Prior to his appointment as Land Director at Metrovacesa in October 2015, he was Regional Director for one year with more than 700,000 sqm under management for residential and commercial use. Miguel has been Land Director for the regions of Levante and Catalonia between June 2005 and January 2015 with special responsibility in the area of urban development.

He was responsible for urban planning at García de los Reyes, a private Spanish architectural firm between July 2001 and May 2005. During that period, he was a member of the Municipal Office of the General Plan in the City Council of Almuñécar (Granada). Miguel holds a degree in Architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa de Madrid.

Enrique Gracia has a long track record in the real estate sector. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Alcalá de Henares and is a Certified European Financial Analyst from the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts. He has also studied at IESE, specifically the Senior Management PADE program.

Prior to joining Metrovacesa, Enrique Gracia has held various management and senior positions in important companies in the sector such as Bami, Metrovacesa itself and Gecina, between 2002 and 2007, Sil Coge, a REEF-Deutsche Bank investment in Portugal, Merlin Properties and Aedas Homes.

Carmen Chicharro, Commercial, Marketing and Innovation Director at Metrovacesa, has more than eighteen years of experience in management positions related to innovation, organizational transformation and people strategy. Carmen has designed and implemented innovation models and has developed disruptive projects with startups in Fintech, Proptech and Blockchain.

Previously, Carmen, who holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from ICADE and the University of Vermond, has training in Digital Transformation at ISDI and PDD in Cultural Transformation and Leadership at Deusto Business School, held the position of Director of the Strategic Office of Grupo Lar and performed technology consulting for Banco Santander in Europe and Latin America.

Since its creation, Carmen leads the Innovation and Talent Committee of Alastria, the first multi-sector consortium for the establishment of a Blockchain infrastructure in Spain.

Juan Carlos has a great track record in different positions in real estate companies and investment banking. He comes from Testa Residencial where he was Director of Strategy and Investor Relations. Between 2010 and 2017 he held the position of Executive Director at Espirito Santo Investment Bank and Haitong Bank, as a senior equity analyst. Previously, between 2005 and 2010, he worked at the French company Gecina as Director of Strategy and Markets, as well as Director of Investor Relations at Metrovacesa from 2002 to 2007.

Juan Carlos holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Valladolid and an International Master in Business Administration (IMBA) from IE Business School in Madrid. He began his professional career in investment banking, specifically at Merrill Lynch, where he worked as a senior equity analyst between 1993 and 2001.