Victoria Santillana is a PhD candidate in New Global Economy at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, currently completing her doctoral thesis.  She obtained a Master’s in Banking and Finance at the Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas (AFI), and her degree in Economics at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.

She joined BBVA Research in 2010 in the Regulation & Public Policies team, and she was senior economist in the Recovery & Regulation Unit. Since January 2019 she moved to Regulation and Internal Control, in the Regulation unit.

Prior to this position she was a senior analyst and consultant in the banking department of Afi, a consultancy and think tank, and a financial analyst in the Investor Relations department at Indra.

She has given lectures at the Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas and is co-author of several papers and publications on Basel II