Secretary of State for the Economy and Business Affairs

 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the orientation of economic policy, monitoring of the economic outlook, forecasting of macroeconomic indicators, coordination of sector specific economic policies, management of the State Treasury and public debt, financial policy, private insurance and reinsurance, capitalization and pension funds, policy for the prevention of money laundering, and representation in international financial institutions and forums.

Academic background

• Bachelor´s Degree in Economics and Business Administration and in Sociology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
• Diploma in Advanced Studies in Public Economics (UCM/IEF/UNED).
• Civil servant of the High Corps of Actuaries, Statisticians and Economists of the Social Security Administration, 2004.

Professional experience

• Secretary of State of Economy and Business Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business since January 2024.
• Secretary of State for Social Security and Pensions from January 2020 until June 2022.
• Deputy General Director of Public Debt at the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) from 2017 until 2020.
• Deputy General Director of Budgets, Economic Studies and Statistics at the General Treasury of Social Security from 2012 until 2017.
• Deputy General Director of Payment Management and Reserve Fund Management from 2019 until 2012.
• Previously he served as Head of Statistics, Economic Studies, and Conjunctural Analysis of the Economic Situation at the General Treasury of Social Security.