Speakers

Agustin Martin is the head of European credit research for BBVA, based in London. The credit research team covers European banks, investment grade and high yield industrial corporates, public sector and agencies and structured credit, with a particular focus on Southern Europe countries and credits. BBVA’s European credit research team is seen by European investors and central banks as one of the top providers of high quality research in Southern Europe. Agustín joined BBVA in October 2005, after the completion of his masters degree in electrical engineering and he worked previously in the Spanish utilities sector. At BBVA he has had different roles within the European credit research team, including as a research analyst in structured credit, investment-grade industrial corporates and since 2010, he has headed the covered bonds, SSAs and green research. In the SSAs space he is one of the most highly regarded analysts within the Iberian space, which includes, among others, the Spanish autonomous communities. He is a frequent panelist and collaborator with Bloomberg and the specialised media in areas such as covered bonds, ESG research and Iberian agencies and autonomous communities. He holds a degree in electrical engineering by the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in 2001 and a MsC in advanced econometrics and statistics applied to electrical engineering in 2004 from the same university.