GENERAL DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC POLICY

 

Responsibilities

• Ensuring consistency of the Government's actions with overall economic policy. To achieve this, the General Directorate analyses and reports on the economic impact of legislative proposals, plans and strategies prepared by ministerial departments, and serves as the Technical Secretariat of the Government Delegated Commission for Economic Affairs (CDGAE).
• Promoting high-quality economic regulation and an enabling environment for business creation and growth. In support of this objective, the General Directorate promotes better regulation at national, regional and local levels and the removal of obstacles to market integration. In addition, It assesses merger transactions, drafts competition policy legislation and analyses State aid. It also represents Spain before the European Commission as part of the European Semester, prepares the Government's instructions to the ICO, and evaluates the quality of public policies to strengthen the dynamism of the Spanish economy.​

Academic background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain.
• Master’s Degree in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain.
• Master’s Degree in Competition and Market Regulation from the Barcelona School of Economics.
• Civil servant of the High Corps of State Economists and Trade Specialists, 2020.

Professional experience

• General Director for Economic Policy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business since August 2025.
• Deputy General Director for European Funds from June 2024 until August 2025, overseeing the Spanish Recovery Plan, financial instruments managed by ICO, COFIDES, and the EIB, and representing the Ministry in negotiations with the European Commission.
• Adviser to the Cabinet of the Vice President and Economy Minister from September 2021 until June 2024, responsible for European Affairs.
• Digital Finance Adviser within the Spanish Treasury from December 2019 until September 2021.
• Senior Associate at RBB Economics, a UK-based consultancy specialising in competition economics from 2012 until 2015 and from 2017 until 2019.
• Earlier roles include positions at the Swedish Competition Authority and the Belgian pharmaceutical group UCB, contributing to his international experience outside the Spanish public sector.