Professional experience

Current

Chief Economist, "la Caixa". (6/05 – current)

Professor, IESE Business School, Barcelona. Department of Economics. (4/87 – part-time since June 2005)

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (London), (3/89-current)

Guest Professor, Barcelona GSE (2009 - current)

International Advisory Board, Criteria (2009 - current)

Scientific Advisory Board, CREI (2009 - current)

Economics Council, Oxera (2008 - current)

Executive Committee, Real Instituto Elcano (2007 - current)

Board of Trustees, Barcelona GSE (2006 - current)

Previous Appointments

Chairman. Department of Economics, IESE Business School (5/92 – 9/94)(2/99-5/05)

Academic Director, Research Centre “Public Sector Private Sector”, IESE - Business School (9/01-5/05)

Coordinator, Research Projects on Job Creation, IESE (1993-94, 1996-2000)

Economic Advisor, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels. (9/94 - 9/96)

Research Fellow, Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, (CSIC), (9/88 - 05)

Associate Director of the Doctoral Program, IESE, University of Navarra. (1989-91)

Visiting Professor at the World Trade Institute (Bern, Switzerland) (February, 2001)

Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics, (Fall 2000)

Visiting Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, (Spring, 2000)

Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, (Spring, 1996)

Associate Professor. Universidad de Barcelona. Economics Department. Part-time position (9/87 - 8/88)

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley. Department of Economics. (1/85 - 8/86)

Research Associate, International Energy Studies, Environment and Energy Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. (6/84 - 12/84)

Associate Instructor, University of California, Berkeley. Energy and Resources Group. (1/84 - 5/84).

Associate Instructor, Universidad de Barcelona. Economics Department. (9/80 - 6/82)

Economist, Centro de Estudios y Asesoramiento Metalúrgico, (CEAM). Department of Economic Studies, Barcelona, Spain. (9/79 -6/82)

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