Pilar is Head of the Central and South Eastern Europe Department, in the Operations Directorate of the European Investment Bank (EIB) since 1 December 2022. She started her career in financial services in Barclays Bank and Deutsche Bank in London. In 2005 Pilar moved to Luxembourg and joined the EIB. Since then, she has held a number of investment roles across Europe as well as in Developing Markets, delivering new business and monitoring portfolios, as well as through credit risk functions. Pilar also spent two years in the United States at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington DC, with a focus on the agribusiness sector. She studied in Barcelona (Spain), where she earned her BA and MBA degrees from ESADE Business School.