As director of the General Directorate of Financial Stability, Regulation and Resolution of the Banco de España, Ángel Estrada is responsible for i) the compilation, validation and publication of information from credit institutions; ii) the analysis of the Spanish financial system and the definition the orientation of the macroprudential policy; iii) the supervision of the preventive resolution of the entities; and iv) the drafting and implementation of the regulation of the banking entities. He also represents the Banco de España in different domestic and international institutions (European System of Central Banks, European Systemic Risk Board, Single Resolution Board, European Banking Authority, etc.)

Most of Ángel Estrada's professional career has been developed in different departments of the Bank of Spain. Initially, he was responsible for the conjunctural developments of the Spanish economy, later specializing in more structural aspects. In subsequent years, Ángel Estrada held different positions in the Government of Spain, which culminated in his appointment as Director General of Macroeconomic Analysis and International Economics at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. On his return to the Bank of Spain, he worked on the implementation of some operational aspects related to macroprudential policies and, later, on the coordination of the Deputy General Directorate for International Affairs. Before being appointed at his current position, he was director of the Department of Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy.

Ángel Estrada has a master's degree in monetary and financial economics from the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) a degree in economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.