José Viñals Íñiguez

Spanish economist and businessman (born 1954)

José Maria Viñals Íñiguez (born 20 June 1954) is a Spanish economist and businessman. He serves as Group Chairman of Standard Chartered and Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank, the United Kingdom subsidiary of Standard Chartered.²

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Born Jun 20, 1954.¹

Companies

Standard CharteredChair Dec 2016 to now¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedLondon School of Economics and Political Science³
Date not recordedUniversity of Valencia³
Date not recordedHarvard University³

José Viñals was born 20 June 1954 in Madrid, Spain. He graduated from the University of Valencia with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1976, and went on to earn a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics in 1977 and a PhD from Harvard University in 1981.

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Career

Occupation: financier, banker, economist, chief executive officer.⁷

Since 2016Chair, Standard Chartered⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Stanford University⁴
Date not recordedWorked at European Central Bank⁴
Date not recordedWorked at International Monetary Fund⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Bank of Spain⁴
Date not recordedSubgobernador del Banco de España⁵

Viñals began his career as an assistant professor of economics at Stanford University from 1981 to 1986.

Viñals worked as an economist for the Bank of Spain from 1986 to 2006, when he retired as deputy governor.

Viñals worked for the International Monetary Fund from 2009 to 2016, when he retired as the financial counsellor and director of the monetary and capital markets department. He was "also the IMF’s chief spokesman on financial matters, including global financial stability."

Viñals succeeded John Peace as group chairman of Standard Chartered on December 1, 2016.

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Personal life

BornJun 20, 1954, Madrid⁸
CitizenshipSpain⁹

Viñals is married and has four children.

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Awards

2001King James I Prize for Economics¹⁰

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