Francisco González Rodríguez

Who is Francisco González Rodríguez?

Francisco González is Vice-Chairman of The Institute of International Finance (IIF), Member of the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR), Member of the Institut International D'Études Bancaires, Member of the Capital Markets Consultative Group of the IMF (CMCG), Member of the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Conference (IMC), Member of the Global Advisory Council of the Conference Board and Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among other international fora.

He is also Chairman of the Fundación BBVA and Governor of the Red Cross, Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction, Foundation for Terrorism Victims, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao, Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, Real Instituto Elcano, Fundación Carolina, ESADE, FEDEA, Fundación de Estudios Financieros, Instituto de Estudios Económicos and Institut Europeu de la Mediterránia.

Prior to the merger between Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria, Francisco González was chairman of Argentaria from 1996 to 1999, when he led the integration, transformation and privatisation of a very diverse group of State-owned banks.

Before joining Argentaria, Francisco González founded the Securities Firm, FG Inversiones Bursátiles, which became the first independent firm of brokers in Spain.

Francisco González is also a registered Spanish Stock Broker (ranking first amongst the candidates examined in 1980) and Trader for the Bolsa de Madrid. He was member of the Executive Committee of the Bolsa de Madrid and the Executive Committee of Bancoval.

He began his professional career in 1964 as programmer in an IT company. His ambitions to transform 21st-century banking with the support of new technology dates back to this time.