Mr Juan Flames holds a Bachelor's degree in Law and Business Administration (E3) from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
Since November 15, 2024, he is Chief Executive Officer of BME and Head of BME Exchanges and Primary Markets SIX. He is also member of the Board of Directors of BME and member of the Board of Directors of different Group subsidiaries. He is likewise member of the Executive Committee of Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB) and member of the Board of Directors of Operador Del Mercado Ibérico De Energía, Polo Español, S.A. (OMEL) and of Operador Do Mercado Ibérico (Portugal) (OMIP).
Until that date he was Vice Chairman Capital Markets EMEA, Investment Banking Division, at Barclays Bank Europe, to whose group he worked since September 2010 and in which he successively held the positions of Head of Risk Solutions Group Iberia, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets and Risk Solutions Group Southern Europe, Banking Division, and Head of Risk Solutions Group EMEA, Investment Banking Division, at Barclays Bank plc.
Previously, he worked for 11 years at Goldman Sachs International, where he held Various roles in financing and risk management covering banks, corporates and public sector clients in Iberia
From March 2018 to March 2024 he was Trustee/Chair of Finance and Fundraising Committee of One World Media.