Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting UPF Barcelona School of Management

President Fundació Economia i Empresa (Catalan Economist Association)

Vicepresident Xarxa Vives d’Universitats

Board member of different companies, private foundations and public organizations.

Studies and titles
Degree in Business Administration and MBA by ESADE (1979)
Degree in Economic Sciences, UAB (1985)
Doctor in Business Administration, UAB (1991)
International Teachers Programme Stockholm School of Economics (1982)

Past Professional activities
2021-2023-Rector Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2020-2021-Dean Catalan Economist Association

2018-2021-Dean UPF Barcelona School of Management

2015- Member of the Catalan Parliament
2013- President Catalan Accounting Association (ACCID)
2011-2015 Board member of CNMV (National Commission of the Stock Exchange)
2014-2015 President of the Spanish Register of Accounting Experts
2011-2015 President of the Spanish Register of Accounting Economists
2011-2015 Member of the Advisory Council for Economic Catalonian Growth
1996-2011: Board Member of the Economist Association of Catalonia
2004-2013 Vice-president Catalan Association of Accounting
2006-2011: Director Center for Quality and Teaching Innovation (UPF)
2003-2004: Director of the Department of Economy and Business (UPF)
1998-2001: Vicerector of Economy and Information Systems of UPF
1985-1991: Professor Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona
1978-1992: Professor EADA Business School
1977-1978: Auditor Arthur Andersen

From 1979 it has made diverse professional works in the area of Accounting and Finance. He has been visiting professor of several European, American and Asian universities. He participated in the work groups that elaborated the General Accounting Plan (Spanish GAAP).
Publications and conferences
Has published several books translated to several languages and numerous works in academic and professional journals in the field of accounting and finance. Key note speaker in national and international Congresses. He has directed 8 PhD thesis. Director of Revista de Contabilidad y Dirección, Deputy Director of Revista Iberoamericana de Contabilidad y Dirección. Editorial board member of other academic journals.