Adrian Alonso

Along with Kaloum Bankhi, Adrián works at Arcano Capital, one of the Spanish’s leading alternative investments firms with €6.5 billion AuM. More concretely, he is an Investment Analyst at the Arcano Earth Fund (“AEF”), a fund of funds with a target size of €250 million (€215 million raised as of today) financing the green transition by investing on sustainable infrastructure in OECD countries with a particular emphasis on renewable energy funds across Europe and North America. Prior to Arcano, he was the youngest intern at the Elcano Royal Institute, the leading Spanish think tank for international and strategic studies, and worked as a Program Assistant helping to plan community-building for promoting inter-cultural understanding between people from 70+ different countries at International House, Berkeley. Adrián’s recognitions include the Madrid Scholarship of Excellence (2018-2019) and the Barbara Lynch Crossing Borders Prize (2018). Adrián studied International Studies at Carlos III University, the University of California, Berkeley and Bocconi University. He also completed a summer school in Global Politics, Development and Security at the Barcelona Institute of International Studies. He speaks fluent English and Spanish, and has working proficiency in Italian as he has lived in Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Italy. He is currently learning Mandarin. Adrián is from Madrid, Spain.