{"id":504272,"date":"2020-12-19T13:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=people&#038;p=505878"},"modified":"2025-04-03T01:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:24:40","slug":"fernando-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/ch-en\/about-us\/management-and-governance\/management-team\/fernando-alvarez\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Alvarez*"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/header>\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para undefined section section--intro\"><div class=\"intro-para\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-1\"><nav class=\"article-social\"><ul class=\"social-nav\"><li class=\"ip-order-fb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/ch-en\/about-us\/management-and-governance\/management-team\/fernando-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-fb\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/ch-en\/about-us\/management-and-governance\/management-team\/fernando-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-li\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10\"><h2 class=\"intro-para-title\">In January 2020, Fernando Alvarez was appointed Chief Strategy and Development Officer, in charge of Strategy, Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (M&amp;A), Partners and Ecosystems for the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Group. 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