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Our Team · 04

The bench behind the mandate.

A small, deliberate team of senior partners. Each profile is reachable directly — Ottawa does not route counterparties through general inboxes once a mandate is live.

Board & Strategy · 01

Strategic Leadership

Khalifa Salim Ali Salem Al Shamsi
Khalifa Salim Ali Salem Al Shamsi
Co-CEO & Strategy

Strategic partnerships and regulatory architecture. DIFC/DFSA certified practitioner; represents Ottawa in DMCC and ADGM consultations on commodity trading frameworks.

José María Lopez
José María Lopez
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Architect of the Ottawa platform. More than 20 years in commodity finance and cross-border structuring; previously led trade finance at two tier-one European banks before founding Ottawa Corporation in Dubai.

Executive Leadership · 02

Platform Management

Safa Jdir
Safa Jdir
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Coordinator to the CEO

Responsible for operational discipline across all seven divisions. Former Big Four partner specializing in compliance and audit frameworks for cross-border trading houses; PhD in operations research.

Operations & Trading · 03

Front Office & Business Lines

Madalina Stoica
Madalina Stoica
Operations Director · Head of Oil Trading Division Territorial Director · Eastern Europe

Eastern and Central Europe division. Leads origination among key regional refineries; expert in corporate strategies and international operations management.

Martin Ghenadie
Martin Ghenadie
Deputy Director · Operations & Oil Trading · Eastern and Central Europe Division

Risk, structuring and credit. Builds LC and performance guarantee architecture for each CEE mandate; former head of commodity finance at two tier-one banks.

Jordi Roca
Jordi Roca
Director · Spain Director · Southern Europe Head of New Business Division · Real Estate

Premium development and asset management in Dubai and selected international markets through The Best Land Real Estate (TBL). RICS member.

Strategic Investment & Communications · 04

Capital, Markets & Communications

Victor Arandes
Victor Arandes
Director of Investment & Development

Leads discretionary mandates and co-investment partnerships across infrastructure and energy capital. CFA · former portfolio manager at a top-tier European asset manager.

Ibai Sierra
Ibai Sierra
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Origination and underwriting of private-market opportunities. Specializes in midstream energy infrastructure and growth equity across the GCC corridor.

Maria Cecilia Rodríguez
Maria Cecilia Rodríguez
Territorial Director · Americas

Multi-stage cross-border trade structuring across CBAM, OFAC and Incoterms 2020. Native Spanish speaker · trilingual; manages the EU–Latin America–Africa corridor.

D. Marcelino Martín Arrosagaray
D. Marcelino Martín Arrosagaray
Director · Press & Communications Division

Journalist and reference figure in the journalism sector. Founder of the SERVIMEDIA news agency; former senior executive in Ibex 35 companies.

Phillip Chabata
Phillip Chabata
Territorial Director · Africa (Continent)

Specialist in diplomatic and international relations on the African continent; specialist in OECD due diligence.

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