Azora appoints senior partner to lead entry into the Americas

Fernando Pérez-Hickman has joined Azora as a senior partner to lead the firm’s expansion into the United States, through the newly created AZORA EXAN.

The incorporation of Pérez-Hickman, who has nearly 25 years of experience in merger and acquisitions, and executive positions at leading international financial institutions, is consistent with Azora's international expansion strategy, which currently includes investments in Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, among other countries, in addition to Spain and the United States.

AZORA EXAN has an ambitious growth plan in the office, residential, hospitality and senior living segments, and the firm is expected to initiate new investments in the hospitality and residential segments, in the near future.

Pérez-Hickman was most recently the vice chairman of Iberiabank. Prior to this, he was the head of Banco Sabadell in the Americas and oversaw the bank's expansion in this market,