Senior Europe Analyst

José Luis Alzola is Senior European Analyst at Observatory Group, an advisory firm on economic and political trends, based in New York and Washington. His responsibilities include the analysis, understanding and forecasting the euro area and the monetary policy of the European Central Bank, and of other macroeconomic policies.

From 1999 until August 2008, Mr. Alzola was a Managing Director within Citigroup’s Economic and Market Analysis department in London, covering the euro area and the ECB. Mr Alzola joined Salomon Brothers (later Citigroup) in January 1993 as an economist for Southern Europe (Italy, Spain and Portugal).

Prior to joining Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, Mr. Alzola spent six years with the Bank of Spain in Madrid, initially as an economist in the international department, and later as Deputy Head of Foreign Operations.

Previous to his employment with the Bank of Spain, Mr. Alzola spent three years as an economist at the Banco de Bilbao (later BBVA) in Barcelona and Bilbao.

Education

LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, Investment Management

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, MA, Economics

DEUSTO BUSINESS SCHOOL, BA