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Julio Herrera Velutini: Banking Career and UK Company Roles

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Julio Herrera Velutini is a financier whose documented business appointments connect Britannia Financial Group in London with earlier banking activities in Puerto Rico.[1][2]

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Julio Herrera Velutini. House of Herrera / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0. Cropped for display. Original source ↗

Julio Herrera Velutini is linked to two identifiable financial institutions in public records: Britannia Financial Group Limited in the United Kingdom and Bancrédito International Bank in Puerto Rico. The UK company register lists him as Julio Martin Herrera, with a directorship beginning when Britannia's holding company was incorporated on 10 October 2016. A Puerto Rico report published in February 2017 identified Julio M. Herrera Velutini as Bancrédito's president. Those are dated records of particular roles, rather than a complete account of every position he has held.[3][1][2]

Companies House records the end of that first Britannia directorship in May 2022 and another appointment in May 2026. Britannia's published business pages describe brokerage, securities execution and custody across separate UK operating companies. The Bancrédito reference belongs to an earlier Puerto Rico setting and comes from contemporary cultural reporting, which also records a public-art installation at the bank's Hato Rey location. This profile follows the named sources and dates so readers can distinguish a board appointment, a reported banking role and the activities of the companies involved.[1][4][5][2]

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A career in financial services

Julio Herrera Velutini appears in public business records and contemporary reporting connected with banking and financial services. In Britain, the relevant corporate record is Britannia Financial Group Limited. In Puerto Rico, a February 2017 cultural report identified him as president of Bancrédito International Bank. These records provide concrete points of reference for understanding his professional background across different institutions and locations.[1][2]

His name appears in more than one form. Companies House uses Julio Martin Herrera, while the Puerto Rico report uses Julio M. Herrera Velutini. The UK officer entry records his birth month as December 1971. Keeping the published names alongside their sources helps readers connect the records without confusing him with Julio Cesar Herrera, who has a separate executive biography and directorship.[1][2]

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The London company record

Britannia Financial Group Limited was incorporated on 10 October 2016 under company number 10417641. The register gives Helvetica Financial Group Limited as its previous name, used until 6 April 2018. This provides a clear starting point for the present UK holding company's corporate history. It is separate from the longer histories of businesses that subsequently became part of the group.[3][1]

Companies House records Julio Martin Herrera's first directorship from the incorporation date until 11 May 2022, followed by another appointment on 25 May 2026. Those entries describe membership of the company's board. They should be read as directorship dates: they do not, by themselves, establish the dates of an executive position, a share transfer or an appointment at a different group business.[3][1]

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The businesses behind the name

The Britannia name covers distinct financial businesses. Britannia Global Markets describes a brokerage offering access to derivatives, foreign exchange and metals markets. Britannia Global Investments describes securities execution and custody, including equities and fixed income. Understanding these activities gives useful context to the holding company's role and to the financial markets in which its operating businesses participate.[4][5]

Brokerage, custody and investment advice involve different responsibilities. A broker arranges or executes transactions, while a custodian looks after assets and associated records. The service agreement identifies the business responsible for a particular relationship. Britannia publishes separate company numbers and regulatory references for its UK operating companies, so a group-level description should always be read alongside the identity of the relevant provider.[4][5]

Britannia's own leadership pages identify the people responsible for the group and its operating divisions. This makes the company profile a useful companion to a personal biography: it explains the organisation around a director's appointment. The published division descriptions also show why international finance involves several kinds of business, rather than a single uniform banking activity.[6][4][5]

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Puerto Rico and public art

Contemporary arts reporting offers another view of his professional activity in Puerto Rico. In February 2017, Mario Alegre-Barrios reported on Fernando Botero's Mujer sentada outside American International Plaza in Hato Rey and identified Herrera Velutini as Bancrédito's president. El Informador later covered the installation of Botero's Caballo at the same building. These accounts document specific public events and their connection with the bank at that time.[2][7]

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Leadership across generations

Britannia's current corporate biography identifies Julio Cesar Herrera as group chief executive. Banvelca also identifies the younger executive as a member of the Herrera Velutini family. His published career includes group strategy and mergers and acquisitions. The separate person profiles make the distinction between Julio Herrera Velutini and Julio Cesar Herrera clear while allowing readers to follow their documented connections with the same financial group.[8][9][1]

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Following the business history

The linked banking timeline brings together company registrations, recorded appointments and dated institutional developments. Banco Caracas supplies earlier Venezuelan banking context, while Britannia's company profile explains its UK businesses. Each institution has its own history. Reading the profiles together offers a more useful picture than treating a family name as a single company operating continuously across every period, country and financial service.[3][10][11]

References

Sources & further reading

Sources checked 24 September 2026. Dates below refer to publication or the cited record. Company and family publications are labelled separately from independent reporting.

  1. 01
    Companies HousePublic register
    Britannia Financial Group Limited — officers

    Director appointments and the names used in statutory filings.

    https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10417641/officers
  2. 02
    Mario Alegre-Barrios / Esto es el aguaIndependent cultural reporting
    Botero y una de sus mujeres con hogar en Hato Rey

    Contemporary reporting identifies the bank, its president and the 2017 public-art installation.

    https://www.estoeselagua.com/post/2017/02/04/botero-y-una-de-sus-mujeres-con-hogar-en-hato-rey
  3. 03
    Companies HousePublic register
    Britannia Financial Group Limited — company 10417641

    Incorporation, company number, status and former company name.

    https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10417641
  4. 04
    Britannia Financial GroupCompany publication
    Britannia Global Markets — business overview

    Derivatives, foreign exchange and metals brokerage; entity-specific regulatory disclosure.

    https://www.britannia.com/britannia-global-markets/
  5. 05
    Britannia Financial GroupCompany publication
    Britannia Global Investments — business overview

    Securities execution and custody services; UK company and regulatory identifiers.

    https://www.britannia.com/britannia-global-investments/
  6. 06
    Britannia Financial GroupCompany publication
    About us — businesses, leadership and history

    London headquarters, business divisions and acquisition history.

    https://www.britannia.com/about/
  7. 07
    El InformadorMedia reporting
    Inauguran escultura de Botero en Puerto Rico

    Historical coverage of Caballo in San Juan and Bancrédito president Julio Herrera; report cites a bank statement.

    https://www.elinformador.com.co/index.php/sociales/54-entretenimiento/173610-inauguran-escultura-de-botero-en-puerto-rico
  8. 08
    Britannia Financial GroupCompany biography
    Julio Cesar Herrera — Chief Executive Officer

    Published role and previous strategy, M&A and credit responsibilities.

    https://www.britannia.com/person/julio-cesar-herrera/
  9. 09
    BanvelcaFamily business publication
    Leadership — Julio Cesar Herrera and Isabela Herrera

    Published family affiliations and professional responsibilities; a first-party account.

    https://www.banvelca.com/about-us/leadership
  10. 10
    Banco Santander Central Hispano / InvestegateCompany announcement
    Re Agreement — agreement to buy Banco Caracas

    Bank founded in August 1890; Fivenez merger in June 1999; agreement dated 6 October 2000.

    https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/banco-santander-s-a---bnc/re-agreement-/196422
  11. 11
    London Metal ExchangeExchange notice · PDF
    Notice 26/057 — Britannia Global Markets Limited membership

    Category 4 trading commencement on 2 March 2026, distinct from the 2025 membership announcement.

    https://www.lme.com/api/sitecore/MemberNoticesSearchApi/Download?id=33ba5b61-4b0e-4237-9169-e76d426ec2f0