Aristóbulo de Juan
President
Aristóbulo de Juan Asociados

Mr. Aristóbulo de Juan was born in Spain and has over 40 years of experience in banking. He is considered, world wide, an authority in Banking Supervision and in dealing with problem banks. For the last 14 years, Mr. De Juan has been the President of Aristóbulo de Juan y Asociados, S.L., a consulting company with headquarters in Madrid, and specializes in Banking, Banking Supervision and Bank Restructuring and Resolution. From 1986-1988, Mr. De Juan served as Senior Financial Advisor for the World Bank. In this capacity, he advised the World Bank policy makers and the governments of several developing countries on financial sector reform. Before joining the World Bank, he worked with the Spanish Government, serving multiple positions, including: General Manager with the Spanish Central Bank, responsible for banking supervision of over 350 financial institutions. Mr. De Juan served as First Chief Executive Officer of “Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos”. This institution dealt with the Spanish banking crisis of the 1980s, where 52 banks (out of 160) and a number of saving banks and credit unions failed. The institution desgiend and handled the restructuring and sale of 48 of those banks, as well as the merger and liquidation of a number of other financial institutions. Prior to that, he was the General Manager with Banco Popular Español-the third largest Spanish bank and one of the most profitable banks in the world.

Mr. de Juan has worked on the financial system of over 30 countries, ranging from China, Russia, and the United States, to Argentina, Mexico, Poland, former Yugoslavia, India, and Turkey. He as has lectured expensively in over 20 countries for academic institutions including Harvard, Wharton, Yale, and Oxford; multilateral institutions including IMF, World Bank, IDB, EBRD, and OECD; and Central Banks including the United States, China, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, as well as the Soviet Academy of National Economy.

He has published a number of papers, which have been widely circulated among bankers and regulatory circles around the world. Some of them have been translated into 8 languages and have become classics. They include: “From Good Bankers to Bad Bankers”, (World Bank and Oxford University Press), “Does Bank Insolvency Matter? And What To Do About It?” (World Bank), “The Microeconomic Roots of Banking Crises” (Interamerican Development Bank), “False Friends in Banking Reform” (EBRD), “Clearing the Decks: Experiences in Banking Crises Resolution” (World Bank), “Linkages Between Bank Privatisation and Restructuring in Spain” (in mimeo form), and “Prompt Corrective Action in Banking: International Experience” (Elsevier Science).

Mr. de Juan holds a Master in Law from Universidad Complutense, Madrid and a Master in International Relations from Diplomatic School, Madrid.