Born in Madrid, 23rd of November 1962. Ms. Castillo holds BA Degrees in Business, Economics and Law from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas - ICADE - 3 in Madrid. Currently she heads Global Wealth Management business operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including Merrill Lynch Bank (Suisse) and the International Trust and Wealth Structuring business. She is a member of the Merrill Lynch EMEA Executive Committee, the Global Wealth Management Executive and Operating Committees. Prior to her current role, she served as head of Global Markets & Investment Banking in Iberia as well as President of Merrill Lynch Spain and before that as chief operating officer for EMEA Equity Markets. Ms. Castillo joined Merrill Lynch in 1997 as head of Equity Markets for Spain and Portugal. In 1999 she was promoted to Country Manager for Spain and Portugal and in 2000 she became CEO of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espa�a. Before joining Merrill Lynch, she worked for Goldman Sachs International in London for 5 years in the International Equities department. Prior to this she worked for 5 years at the Spanish broker Beta Capital. |