José Maria Viñals Íñiguez (born 20 June 1954) is a Spanish economist and businessman. He serves as Group Chairman of

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and Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank, the United Kingdom subsidiary of Standard Chartered.

Early life

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 , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in 1977 and a PhD from

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in 1981.

Career

Viñals began his career as an assistant professor of economics at

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from 1981 to 1986. Viñals worked as an economist for the

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from 1986 to 2006, when he retired as deputy governor. Viñals worked for the

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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

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as group chairman of

on December 1, 2016.

Personal life

Viñals is married and has four children.

References

1954 births Living people University of Valencia alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Harvard University alumni Stanford University faculty Spanish economists Spanish chairpersons of corporations Standard Chartered people International Monetary Fund people Spanish officials of the United Nations {{Spain-economist-stub