Corporate governance

Born in Pamplona in 1966. He holds a Doctorate (PhD) in Economic and Business Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) (also graduated from UAM, specialising in Economic Theory). He also holds a Master's in Economics from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) and an Economics Diploma from the University of Kent (United Kingdom).

Senior Fellow at Esade Geo and Professor (Centro de Economía Global y Geopolítica de Esade) and Head of the Department of International Relations and Technical Assistance to the General Secretariat at the Economic and Social Council of Spain (CES).

30 years of experience in International and Geopolitical Economic Relations, Economic Analysis and Studies, Finance, Institutional Relations, Diplomacy and European Affairs, both in the public and private sectors, at Analistas Financieros Internacionales (AFI) (1993-1994), Spanish Economic and Social Council (CES) since 1994, Spanish Congress of Deputies, Banco Español de Crédito (BANESTO); associate professor at Madrid’s Universidad Carlos III (1996-2004), and professor and programme director at Deusto Business School (Universidad de Deusto) (2017-2022); as an expert for the European Commission, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and as a private analyst and consultant for companies, as well as at various educational and civil society institutions and foundations.

Member for Navarra in the Congress of Deputies in the 8th, 9th and 10th legislatures (2004-2016), where he was spokesman for the European Union’s Cross-Party Economics Committee, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Chair of the Spanish Delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, delegate for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and member of its coordinating committee with the United Nations (UN). He was also a member of the PSOE’s Federal Executive Committee and permanent committee, and in 2011 stood as a candidate for Mayor of Pamplona, eventually becoming a member of its city council.

Author of "Emprendedores y función empresarial en España” (Entrepreneurs and the role of business in Spain) (Instituto de Estudios Económicos, 2008), “Ser hoy de izquierdas" (Being on the left today) (Deusto, 2014), and 400 articles on economics, international relations, European affairs and politics in specialist journals and the media. He currently writes for El Mundo-Actualidad Económica. Lecturer and professor in a wide range of areas (universities, postgraduate courses, think tanks, foundations), he has participated in more than 200 conferences and seminars in 80 countries. Fellow of Aspen Institute España (and Director of the Global Policy and Citizenship Programme), Board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Fellow of the United States German-Marshall Fund and member of the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of various Foundations. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Atlantic Association and Vice President of the Consejo Federal Español del Movimiento Europeo.

Honoured by the Republic of Italy as “Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia”.

He attended high school in Pamplona and the United States. He speaks English and French.