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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Falcó and the second or maternal family name is Girod.

Manuel Falcó y Girod, 13th Marquess of Castel-Moncayo, GE (born April 30, 1964), best known as Manolo Falcó, [1] [2] [3] is a Spanish peer and banker. He is the current global head of banking, capital markets and advisory at Citigroup, a position he has held since September 2018. [4]

Family

Falcó was born in Woodland, California, to one of the most important families in the peerage of Spain. [5] His father, Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón, was at the time a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, where he met Manuel's mother, Jeannine Girod. The couple married in 1963. [6]

Through his father, Falcó is a grandchild of the 9th Duke of Montellano and a great-grandchild of the 8th Duke of Arión, who was President of Club Puerta de Hierro. He is also a descendant of El Gran Capitán, amongst others. [7]

As Carlos' eldest child, Manuel inherited the Marquessate of Castel-Moncayo ( Grandee of Spain) in September 2020. [8]

Career

Falcó's banking career at Citi spans more than 20 years. Prior to it, he began working for S.G. Warburg in Madrid, followed by London. After 10 years at the firm, he joined Citi in Madrid and became head of operations for Spain and head of investment banking for Spain and Portugal. [9] He then moved back to London to lead the EMEA investment banking division of Citi, and in September 2018, he became the global head of that branch.

Titles and styles

Titles

Styles

  • 10 August 1964 – 20 May 1981: Don Manuel Falcó y Girod
  • 9 March 1978 – 4 September 2020: The Most Excellent Don Manuel Falcó y Girod [11]
  • 4 September 2020 – present: The Most Excellent The Marquess of Castel-Moncayo

References

  1. ^ Yahoo Finance: Citi Shuffles Top Investment Bankers in Power - February 25 2020
  2. ^ Financial Times: Citigroup names new global co-heads of equity capital markets - 11 October 2019
  3. ^ Reuters: Citi's corporate banking arm aims to pick up steam as market cools down - 13 January 2020
  4. ^ Expansión: Citi nombra a Manolo Falcó co-director global de banca de inversión - 7 September 2018
  5. ^ Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España, Elenco de Grandezas y Títulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Ediciones Hidalguía, Vol. 50 (Madrid, 2018), pp. 417-418
  6. ^ El Español: Muere Carlos Falcó, marqués de Griñón, por coronavirus a los 83 años de edad - 20 March 2020
  7. ^ El Mundo: Carlos Falcó, el marqués emprendedor - 27 June 2015
  8. ^ Vanity Fair: Los hijos más desconocidos de Carlos Falcó (más allá de Tamara) - Un banquero, una marquesa, un activista contra el aborto - 20 March 2020
  9. ^ Business Insider: 31 españoles que triunfan en la élite de las mayores multinacionales del mundo - 25 January 2019
  10. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 28 September 2020
  11. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) - 9 March 1978
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