Biography
Estela Luna de Maria, was born in Madrid. She has a degree in Physic (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and a degree in Mathematics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the State University of New York and an Executive Master in quantitative finance from the AFI School of finance (Madrid).
She has more than 15 years of experience in the Technologies and Financial Services field, focused mainly on Analytics and Data Management.
She is the Founder and Managing Director of Pentaquark Consulting, a consulting firm specialized in Analytics and Big Data for Areas of risk management, Digital transformation, and Customer Relationship Management and Marketing. She is the Responsible for the expansion of the company with 10 employees.
She worked in a company in New York where she was Director of the team responsible for the valuation of derivatives (futures, options), bonds, stochastic volatility, liquidity and Treasury management, stress testing, back testing etc…
She has been an advisor in Spain for financial institutions in the management and valuation of fixed income, equity and credit derivatives. Responsible for implementation of projects in the field of Capital Markets and Market Risks in London and Madrid: Basel II and III, credit risk, risk of counterpart (CVA, DVA), market risk and ALM, Liquidity Risk, Treasury front to back solutions.