José Maria Viñals Íñiguez (born 20 June 1954) is a Spanish economist and businessman.

José Viñals was born 20 June 1954 in Madrid, Spain.

[2][4] Viñals began his career as an assistant professor of economics at Stanford University from 1981 to 1986.

[2] Viñals worked as an economist for the Bank of Spain from 1986 to 2006,[2] when he retired as deputy governor.

"[7] Viñals succeeded John Peace as group chairman of Standard Chartered on December 1, 2016.