The bridge between Spain and Türkiye, built over three decades.

Vicente Balbín has lived and worked in Türkiye since 1992, at the meeting point of two Mediterranean nations with a deep and growing appetite for one another's markets. From 2006 he served as Director of Banco Sabadell's Representative Office in Istanbul, giving him a banker's command of the trade, finance and investment flows that move between the two countries. Opening doors between Spain and Türkiye has become his life's work.

Today, as Representative Delegate in Türkiye and Board member of the Official Spanish-Turkish Chamber of Commerce, he convenes the Spanish companies operating in the country, works hand in hand with the Spanish Embassy and the Trade Offices (ICEX) in Ankara and Istanbul, and signs agreements with Turkish chambers, from Bursa to Ankara, to deepen commercial ties. An alumnus of Madrid's Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI-ICADE), he brings the judgment of someone who knows, intimately, how business is really done in both cultures.

“The era of simply buying and selling is over. The future is cooperation between Spanish and Turkish companies, to gain scale, management capacity, and the strength to face global competition together.”