Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is in charge of managing and administering the Foundation. It is a collegiate body made up of natural and legal persons, both public and private.
The Catalunya La Pedrera board of trustees is made up as such:
1) Public and private legal persons, who were founders or have a long history in managing Caixa d’Estalvis de Catalunya, Tarragona i Manresa, or regional public bodies that have a presence in the institution:
- Bages University Foundation
- Tarragona Provincial Council
- Barcelona Provincial Council
2) Public and private legal persons that promote activities that are similar or related to the one in the Foundation’s goals and and that could provide their knowledge and synergies in the field in which the Foundation acts and activities or programmes that it seeks to implement.
- Environmental Protection Network
- Fight Against Infections Foundation
- Futbol Club Barcelona Foundation
- Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation
- Carulla Foundation
- RACC Foundation
Natural persons of high prestige put forth by the other groups in the Trust
The Chairman of the Trust is currently Mr Germán Ramón-Cortés.
Germán Ramón-Cortés Montaner
President and ON BEHALF OF THE RACC FOUNDATION
Degree in Business Sciences. Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from ESADE, l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in Paris and New York University (STERN College at NYU). Graduate in Professional Business Management Services from Babson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Currently:
President of the Board of Trustees of the Topromi Foundation. President of the Board of…
Sebastià Catllà Calvet
On behalf of the Bages University Foundation
He founded the metallurgical company L. Oliva Torras. Founder of the Manresa Practical Training Centre, which is part of the Lacetània Foundation. Founder of the winery El Molí. Vice President of the Manresa Chamber of Commerce (1998-2002). President of the Bages Metallurgical Employers' Association (1999-2003).
He is currently:
President of Grup Oliva Torras. Member of the Board…
Joan Josep Garcia Rodriguez
Representative from Tarragona Provincial Council
Computer engineer technician. Businessman. President of Regional Environmental Services, SA (2013-2019).
Currently:
Mayor of Alforja since 2011. Provincial representative to Tarragona Provincial Council. Second Vice President of the Tarragona Provincial Council. Delegate of the Citizen Assistance Services - SAC of the Tarragona Provincial Council.
Jordi Roca Ventura
REPRESENTATIVE FROM BARCELONA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Local Law from the UAB. Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management in the Service of Local Entities from the UAB and the Rovira i Virgili University. Master's degree in Regional and Local Finance: economics and advanced management from the University of Barcelona.
He is currently:
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Marc Ordeix Rigo
Representative for the Land Stewardship Network
PhD in Forestry and Environmental Management from the University of Lleida. Degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona. Postgraduate diploma in Water Technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Master’s in Nature Conservation and Management of Natural Resources from the IUSC (Barcelona). Master's in Flora and Fauna Management and Diversity from the Autonomous…
Josep Menéndez Cabrera
PRESTIGIOUS MEMBER OF SOCIETY
Degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1982). Graduate in Business Management from ESADE (2002).
Currently:
Member of the Board of Trustees for a number of social and knowledge foundations, and on the Advisory Board for a range of educational, social and public entities. Adviser on educational change management processes for…
Bonaventura Clotet Sala
On behalf of the FIGHT AGAINST INFECTIONS FOUNDATION
He graduated in Medicine in 1976 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and was awarded a research PhD on prognostic markers for connective tissue diseases in 1981. He has conducted research activities in internal medicine and infectious diseases, mainly related to HIV and related diseases.
He is currently:
Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at the Germans Trias…
Josep Ma Lozano Soler
Representative of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation
Doctor of Philosophy and Educational Sciences. University of Barcelona. Degree in Theology. Faculty of Theology of Catalonia. Degree in Philosophy and Letters. University of Barcelona. Business Administration (ESADE). Local Government Management (ESADE). His teaching and research activities have always focused on the contribution companies can make to society, and the human quality…
Mireia Tomàs Carulla
On behalf of the Carulla Foundation
Business Management - ESADE Business & Law School (1984 – 1989). PADE (Senior Management Programme) - IESE Business School - University of Navarre.
Currently:
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Carulla Foundation. Member of the Board of FERO (Oncological Research Foundation).
Lluís Torner Sabata
Prestigious member of society
Degree in Physical Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. PhD from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Central Florida and at the University of Arizona.
Currently:
General Director at the Institute of Photonic Sciences. President of the European Centres for Outreach in Photonics. President of the Research Evaluation…
Mercè Boada Rovira
Prestigious member of society
PhD in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and neurology specialist. Founder and medical director of the ACE Foundation. Barcelona Alzheimer Treatment & Research Centre until 1995. President of the Catalan Neurology Society until 2002.
Currently:
Mercè leads a number of projects financed by Spanish, European and private institutions. AES, H2020, EFSD, ERA-NET,…
Carme Borbonès Brescó
Prestigious member of society
PhD in Education from the University of Barcelona and researcher at the CSIC. Director of Caritas Diocese of Tarragona until 2008, and advisor at Caritas Spain and President of Caritas Catalonia until 2016.
She is currently:
Honorary director of the Chair of Social Inclusion at the URV. Member of the Governing Board of the Health and Social Network of Hospital Sant Pau and Santa…
Marta Domènech Tomàs
Prestigious member of society
Degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Ramon Llull University. University expert in protocol and ceremonial for the University of Oviedo. Diploma in Direct Marketing by the Institute of Electronic Commerce and Direct Marketing. Sommelier from Rovira i Virgili University. Master in Systemic Psychology at CUDEC. Certified in WingWave Coaching – Institut Gestalt Barcelona
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