Some careers cannot be explained by titles, companies, or numbers alone. They make more sense when you talk about education, decisions, and the way you look at life. Víctor Martín's is one of them.

He studies Business Administration at the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, but his story begins long before. At only 13 and 14 years old, he traveled to Boston and other parts of the United States to perfect the language. That experience didn't just let him master English; it brought him closer to the American educational model, to a different way of understanding training, economic thinking, and the professional world. That's also when his interest in the United States and in the financial markets — especially volatility markets — emerged.

In that process there is a key figure: his father. From him he received a lesson that would mark his entire career: education as a legacy. Pursuing a good education wasn't an option, but a responsibility. Today, Víctor recognizes that the same legacy is what he wants to pass on to his children.

After university he completed the Master in Financial Markets at CEU San Pablo, a program with a decisive feature: the professors themselves selected talent for high-level positions. From there came his entry into investment banking and, later, into Treasury and Capital Markets, working in environments tied to US trading desks. It was the start of his time at Santander Investment, where he began moving in a context of maximum demand.

When he talks about financial markets, he brings in an unusual reflection: volatility, he explains, shouldn't be understood as permanent instability, but as opportunity. A strategic perspective that only comes with experience and perspective. In constant change lies opportunity as value.

Before 25, he joined Arthur Andersen, doing strategic consulting in the Financial Sector. A high-pressure environment with major responsibility and impressive numbers. A world where money and pace can push toward extreme lifestyles. Yet he describes it with ease: it was an intense, demanding, and in a way exciting period. A lot of work, a lot of travel, and a strong connection to the Latin American market for more than six years. Then came EY, another of the major international firms. That's when a deeper reflection emerges. We asked him whether that high-pressure, high-paying environment ends up shaping the way you live. His answer is clear: he talks about fulfillment, conscious choice, and an idea that runs through the whole conversation: true elegance lies in how you manage money, not in how much you have.

He doesn't like flattery. He does like sales, understood as negotiation. He's an expert and currently teaches in master's programs at universities in Madrid, where he teaches negotiation techniques from a practical and human perspective. His experience and background in a highly competitive world have allowed him to specialize in this matter. When we ask about his life today, he doesn't hesitate to define it as fulfilling and family-centered. No artifice.

His incorporation into CLERHP Estructuras as Corporate General Director, alongside Juan Andrés Romero, is a turning point. He recognizes in him qualities he had only seen in large IBEX35 listed companies: daily vision, courage, closeness to the business, and a spectacular capacity for work. He doesn't speak of names out of empty admiration, but of leadership styles you can see day-to-day; he sees Juan Andrés as the new Botín of integrated urban development.

At CLERHP he says he has found real challenges — the kind that bring back professional excitement. Wanting again to give his best, to put a whole career, criteria, attitude, and craft accumulated over the years at the service of a project.

At the end of the conversation, when we leave behind markets and strategy, we ask him for a book and a perfect plan. He smiles. The plan is simple: BBQ and family, no interruptions. The book, The Leopard. And as a film reference, La buena estrella. Maybe that's the key to all of the above. To understand that true success doesn't always make noise. Sometimes, it's simply about knowing how to choose well.

Macarena Perona

Communications Director