His Grace, The Duke of Arion, Joaquin Fernandez de Cordova, is an advisor of Suez Capital Limited. Hailing from one of Spain’s oldest noble families, The Duke is an entrepreneur, diplomat and philanthropist. He is based in Vienna, where he supervises his business, Arion 1725 Crystal, a partnership with Swarovski that markets premium glassware embellished with Swarovski crystals, creating unique products that don’t exist in the market.

He is the founder of Concat Capital, a boutique, discreet market-entry and innovative financial engineering company specialising in strategic alliance advice in the Middle East. The Duke counts among his clients some of Spain’s leading companies and has played a major role in the success of Spanish companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is also the Founding Partner of eCORP International. Based in Houston, London, Madrid and Zurich. The company develops Shale Gas reserves, natural gas storage facilities and related assets, including pipelines, and natural gas-fired power generation.

He is Senior International Advisor to G2 Investment Group, a niche investment house specialising in primary industries such as food, water, shelter, communications, and energy. The Duke has spent the past six months of the COVID-19 lockdown organising and financing the delivery of food, via The Trocadero Group of restaurants, to frontline health workers in Malaga, Spain. His personal charitable foundation is active in Spain and parts of the Sahel, trying to alleviate the impact of this modern pandemic.