Patricia Estany was born in Barcelona in 1962. She holds a degree in business administration and an MBA from ESADE, and also completed a PIM (International Management Program) at the HEC Paris school, as well as an AMP (Advanced Management Program) at the Harvard Business School. She is the current Managing Director of J.P. MORGAN, in the International Wealth Management division, in charge of Business Development for Spain. She joined the company in Spain in 2010, after having worked for J.P. MORGAN in London (1993-1996) in the investment banking area as Head of the Structured Financing (Capital Markets) team for Spain, France, Belgium and Portugal. She has also been a member of AGBAR's Advisory Board since April 2021. In the economic and society domain, she is a founder and the current president of the QUIERO TRABAJO Foundation, whose purpose is to help women in vulnerable situations return to work. She was vice-president (2003-2007) and member of the board (2000-2007) of ESADE Alumni, and a trustee of Fundación ESADE (2014-2018). She has also served on the Board of Directors of FOMENT DEL TREBALL (2014-2018).

She began her professional career at ANDERSEN CONSULTING, in their Paris office, in 1985. From 1997 to 2004, she led the internationalisation and restructuring of a range of family-owned businesses to which she was related. She has 25 years of international experience in the financial sector, and has held senior positions in different companies, including LOMBARD ODIER (2008-2010), CONSULNOR CATALUNYA (2005-2008) and CREDIT LYONNAIS, both in New York and London (1988-1993).