22 September 2025
Bilbao Campus
Under the title: Corporate Finance in the New Economy: Challenges and Opportunities, the Icaza Auditorium (La Comercial Building at the University of Deusto) will host the 12th Deusto Business School-Deusto Business Alumni Financial Conference on Monday, 22 September. Organised in collaboration with Kutxabank Investment and Bilbao Plaza Financiera, this year’s conference will focus on analysing the new corporate financing strategies in the current context of economic and digital transformation.
The event will be opened by José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, chair of the Board of Deusto Business School, who will take part in a panel discussion entitled “Los retos económicos en un entorno de incertidumbre,” moderated by Mikel Larreina, Vice-Dean for International and Institutional Relations at Deusto Business School.
This will be followed by a roundtable discussion in which representatives from leading organisations will debate the financing options available to support business growth. The discussion will cover best practices, as well as the main challenges and opportunities in accessing financing in the current economic environment.
This discussion, moderated by Manuel Martín-Muñío, Managing Director of Kutxabank Investment, will feature the participation of Ignacio Faus, Partner and Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Permira; Amaya del Villar, Managing Director of the Basque Institute of Finance; Ana Beobide, Board Member of the Bilbao Stock Exchange; Amaia Arrizabalaga, Investment and Portfolio Management Analyst at Seed Capital Bizkaia; and José Iturriaga, Managing Director of Indar Kartera.
The closing of the event, scheduled for 11:00, will be led by Noël d’Anjou Olaizola, Minister of Treasury and Finance of the Basque Government, at 11:00.
