Jose Zabaleta

Experience

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  Societe Generale

  Jan 1999 - Oct 1999

  Account Manager

  In charged of the settling of international stock operations (back office) for financial institution clients around Europe.In charged of the customer satisfaction by providing solutions to their problems or questions in the international stock market.

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  GROUPE GERER Fund

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Emerging markets mutual fund manager

  Private banker (manager for PEA accounts of stocks in the French market). Financial analysis

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  CANARYZEC CONSULTING

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  Finance Consultant

  Consultant in the areas of treasury management, financial structure, and financial analysis for companies in the Canary IslandsConsultant in the area of the newly developed Canary Islands’ special Zone (ZEC)In charged of the financial department of CanaryZEC Consulting.

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  Canary Islands Business School by MBA

  Jan 2001 - now

  Lecturer in the subjects of investment management, corporate finance, analysis of financial statements, and entrepreneurship. Lecturer in the subject of financial analysis in the Masters Executive.Bank training: training incoming employees of the banking group LA CAIXA and CAJA RURAL DE CANARIAS through specialized courses covering the subjects of commercial banking operations.Guest professor at Seminar in Microfinance at the MBA degree in Universidad del Externado, Colombia. 2009Guest lecturer at the University of South Pacific in the Solomon Islands. Show less Author of the microfinance article “A way out of misery”, published at the Professional Investor Magazine. 2006Speaker at the social economics lectures in microfinance. (Canary Islands). 2008Trip to Bangladesh to visit to BRAC and Grameen headquarters and learn about their operations.Microfinance lecturer at the entrepreneurship day in Las Palmas about Microfinance and its impact. (Guests such as Edward Prescott, 2004 Noble prize economy winner have also lectured at this forum). 2008 Show less

  • Executive Director

    Mar 2017 - now

  • Finance Professor

    Jan 2001 - now

  • Academic Researcher

    Jan 2001 - now
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  Freelance

  Jan 2003 - now

  Microfinance Consultant

  El Consultant for South Pacific Business Development in the Solomon Islands. Responsible for identifying the risks and creating a strategy o expand the operations of the MFI in the the provinces of Malaita and Western Province.Volunteer for Bankers without Borders, part of Grameen Foundation.Independent consultant with the Spanish cooperation agency (AECID) in the analysis of the microfinance environment in the west Coast of Africa. Independent consultant with nongovernmental organizations in Senegal, Cape Verde, and Mauritania with the mission of monitoring and development of new products at credit unions and other microfinance institutions. Independent consultant for the association of microfinance entities with the mission to analyze and develop best practices in governance as well as the development of adequate regulation of the microfinance environment in Senegal, Mauritania, and Cape Verde. Show less