Juan Jose Nieto

Chairman NK5 Real Estate

He began his professional career in 1990 as an investment banking analyst specializing in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in London. Between 1992 and 1997 he was responsible in London for the M&A activity of Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank) for Spain and Portugal.

He joined Telefónica in 1997 as General Director of Projects and Strategic Alliances, was appointed CEO of Antena where he undertook a deep and successful restructuring - from 1997 to 2000 and Chairman of Telefónica Media between 2000 and 2002.

He was President of Vía Digital (currently Movistar TV), Director of Onda Cero, Endemol and Recoletos. During this period he is part of the Executive Committee of Telefónica. He founded Palmera Capital y Servicios in 2002, to advise and invest in high-growth private companies. Between 2002 and 2012 he held the position of President in the Spanish listed company Service Point. As one of its founding partners, he promoted the financial services firm Arcano in 2003, being President from 2005 to 2008 and President of Arcano Capital between 2006 and 2013.

In 2015 he founded with his partners NK5, where he currently carries out his activity as Executive President. He has been a member, among others, of the European Advisory Board of CVC Capital Partners, ESADE Business School, Noatum or Uralita. Currently, he is the independent coordinating director of OHL, the Norfin Real Estate Group in Portugal, and VBARE SOCIMI. He is a member of the advisory board of Banco Sabadell Este, the advisory board of Havas Media and the corporate governance committee of Grupo La Información-Diario de Navarra. He has been Senior Advisor for Anchorage Capital Group.

In 2005, he is chosen by the World Economic Forum as one of its 100 Young Global Leaders. Founder of the AYO Project to support minors at risk of exclusion and Country Chair of the international foundation Global Dignity. He has a degree in ADE from ICADE (Madrid) and has completed specialization courses at Stanford University and the London Business School.