Events

Keynote lecture by Mauro Guillén

The future of digital money

On 20 October 2026, the Rafael del Pino Foundation is organising the keynote lecture “The Future of Digital Money», which will be delivered by Mauro Guillén. Following the conference, Professor Guillén will be in conversation with Luis Maldonado.

Mauro F. Guillén William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and Vice-Dean of the MBA Program for Executives in the Wharton School from the University of Pennsylvania and a recognised expert on global trends, international markets and economic transformation. Trained in sociology at Yale and in business economics in Spain, his work combines quantitative analysis and an interdisciplinary approach to identify the major opportunities and challenges that arise at the intersection of demographics, technological innovation and financial evolution.Author of the bestseller 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything -selected as Book of the Year by the Financial Times-He has received prestigious academic distinctions such as Fulbright, Rockefeller and Guggenheim fellowships. His research and ideas have been reported in media such as The New York Times, The Economist o Financial Times, and has been appointed Knight of the Order of Civil Merit by H.M. King Felipe VI.

Luis Maldonado He is a Commercial Technician and State Economist, with over 25 years’ experience in finance within the public sector, banking and international financial organisations. He is currently a consultant specialising in digital financial services and sustainable finance, and works with, amongst other organisations, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank. He is also a lecturer at IE University and a co-founder and adviser to several technology companies. He has served on various boards of directors and advisory boards. Until May 2026, he was a senior adviser and director at Beka Finance. Throughout his career, he has held senior management positions in both the public and private sectors. He has served as an adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Economy; as Director of Strategic Consulting at PwC; as Director of Strategy and Corporate Development and a member of the Management Committee at Bankia (now CaixaBank); as Managing Director of the Financial Sector Centre at PwC and IE Business School; and as a senior adviser at Everis (now NTT Data). He has extensive international experience. For five years he worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C., where he served as an adviser to the Managing Director and also as an adviser in the Capital Markets Department. He has also served as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and as an investment expert at UNWTO. He holds a PhD in Economics (cum laude) from the University of Alcalá and a degree in Law and in Economics and Business Studies from the Pontifical University of Comillas (ICADE E-3). He also holds a certificate in Business Administration from Georgetown University and completed a Global Senior Management Programme at the University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) and IE Business School.

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