Raul Santos joined Astris in 2022 as Associate Director, based in the Madrid office. During his more than 12 years of experience, Raul participated in a broad range of transactions (including Project Finance, Project Bonds or Acquisition Finance) in the infrastructure and energy sectors and successfully reached more than 20 closings in 7 different jurisdictions.
Raul joins from Spanish bank BBVA, where he spent 3 years as a Director in the Structured Finance Global Energy team in Madrid leading the execution of landmark transactions in the renewable energy sector both in Europe and North America. Prior to that, Raul spent 9 years working for the concession arm of the Spanish construction group ACS in four countries (Ireland, Canada, Australia and Colombia). At ACS, Raul structured and negotiated funding solutions for several infrastructure projects as well as engaged in strategic business development, including public and private sector institutional relationships and contract negotiations.
Raúl has a BD in Business Administration from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master’s in international management from IE Business School. He is native in Spanish and fluent in English.