Overview

Gender

female

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Carina Szpilka earned a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid (ICADE) and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. Carina Szpilka began her professional career in the financial sector working at Banco Santander and Argentaria (now part of BBVA).

In 1998 Carina Szpilka was part of the team that founded ING Direct in Spain, where Carina Szpilka occupied the position of CEO from 2010 to 2013, having previously occupied said position in ING Direct France from 2008 to 2010. Carina Szpilka is currently an independent director at Abanca and a member of the Advisory Board of Reparalia and of Oracle España. Since the beginning of 2014 Carina Szpilka has been vice-president of UNICEF in Spain.

Carina Szpilka is also a member of the Professional Board of ESADE. In 2011 Carina Szpilka was given the "Female Executive of the Year" award by the Spanish Federation of Female Directors, Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs (Federación Española de Mujeres Directivas - FEDEPE).