• Urbano will join the company’s Management Committee, which consists of eight members.
• He has 25 years of professional experience in financial management, business processes, financing, real estate, and M&A at leading companies in Spain and Portugal, such as Grupo Lar, ING Real Estate, and ING Lease.

September 7, 2023 — Culmia, Spain’s leading residential real estate project management platform, announces the appointment of Juan Carlos Urbano as its new chief financial officer. Urbano, who has 25 years of experience in financial management, business processes, financing, real estate, and M&A at leading companies in Spain and Portugal, will join the company’s Executive Committee.

Juan Carlos Urbano has extensive experience in the financial sector related to real estate. He has served on the Board of Directors of various subsidiaries of Grupo Lar, focusing on strategy, corporate governance, and risk management. During his seven years at Grupo Lar, he served as CFO of Iberia, the Group’s corporate CFO, and head of corporate ESG. Prior to that, he served as CFO at ING Real Estate and ING Lease in Spain and Portugal for eleven years. He also worked for Deloitte for five years in the business process consulting practice.

According to Francisco Pérez, CEO of Culmia, “We are proud to have someone with such extensive experience—closely tied to our industry— who will play a key role in the company as we work toward our roadmap, which, among other objectives, includes a target of delivering 13,500 homes for sale or rent by 2030 and an additional 6,000 in the affordable housing segment over the next five years.”

In the words of Juan Carlos Urbano, “I am taking on this new challenge at Culmia with great enthusiasm, as I am joining a company with an exciting future, one that boasts outstanding professionals and projects in the pipeline that will help it establish itself as a leading player in the national real estate sector.”

He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid and a bachelor’s degree in law from the UNED; he also has a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of Alcalá and is a member of RICS.

Following this appointment, Culmia’s Executive Committee is now composed of: Francisco Pérez as CEO; Pablo Méndez, director of investments and land management; Gema Muñiz, Head of Legal; Cristina Ontoso, Head of Sales and Marketing; Jaume Borràs, Head of Business; Juan Manuel Borrás, Chief Operating Officer; Almudena Corbella, Head of Human Resources; and Juan Carlos Urbano, Chief Financial Officer.