Almudena de la Mata

www.blockchainintelligence.es

Dr. Almudena de la Mata is managing partner and founder of Blockchain Intelligence, founding partner of Impact Hub Madrid and co-founder of Innovation for change. Board Member. University Professor. Speaker. Certified coach . 
Previous management positions:
- Head of the European Affairs Unit at Banco de España 
- Central Compliance Manager (Body of Directors, globally responsible for Policy Development and Regulatory Risk) at Fortis Bank.
- Legal and Regulatory Counsel for Europe at General Electric (GE) International - Morgage Insurance. 
Academic and advisory activities:
- Member of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum.
- Academic Board of INATBA.
- Advisory to the Deutsche Bundesbank (Payments).
- Advisory to the European Commission (Movable Security Rights).
- Member of the advisory board at FIFED (Fundación para la Innovación Financiera y la Economía Digital).
- Member of the Board at Fundación Carlos de Amberes (Diputada electa).
- Scientific Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute (Hamburg). 
- Member of the Study Group on a European Civil Code and the Draft Common Frame of Reference.
- Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels where she was Head of the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI) and founded the Consumer Finance Network. 
- 2000-2012, Lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin, Hamburg University and Bucerius Law School (civil law, business law and int.private law).
- Appointed member of the Scientific Committee of ECRI.
Education:
- PhD in Law (Hamburg Uni./Max-Planck-Institut).
- Postgraduate Degree in EU Law (Europa Institut, Saarbrücken Uni.). 
- Executive Postgraduate: Business Development Program ((HEC)-Uni. de Liège). 
- Executive Postgraduate on Capital Markets (Uni. of Reading).
- Certified Coach (RCS, London).
- Graduated in Law and Business law (Uni. P. Comillas-ICADE, Madrid). 
International Speaker
See list of publications.
Spanish, German, English, French and Italian.