Beatriz, of Austrian-Hungarian origin, was born in Madrid and holds a BA (Hons) in European Business Administration from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) and Fachhochschule Reutlingen. She has worked for a chocolate company (later acquired by Nestlé) in Vienna, Hypovereinsbank in New York and Repsol in Madrid. She also worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions department (M&A) of ING Barings – now ING Investment Banking – for seven years, first based in Frankfurt (three years), then in London (three years) and in Madrid (one year). At ING she worked on a number of cross-border M&A deals involving international companies such as Mannesmann, RWE, RAG, SAir, NH Hoteles, Thyssen Krupp, Imperial Holdings (S. Africa), as well as working for the Hungarian Government.