SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE

 

Functions

The representative of the Secretary of State for Trade is the senior official responsible for Spanish trade policy. Its functions include: defining the Strategy for the Internationalisation of the Spanish Economy; participating in and monitoring the design and application of the European Union's trade and investment policy as well as defending Spain's trade interests before international organisations; promoting exports and attracting investment through its instruments, such as ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones; and promoting and maintaining bilateral economic and trade relations with third countries. Its work includes: the development of economic intelligence based on its foreign network of economic and trade offices as well as its internal network of territorial and provincial directorate;, boosting the competitiveness of Spanish companies; supporting SMEs in their internationalisation process; and coordinating with the autonomous communities and economic and social agents to strengthen the positioning of the Spanish economy.

Academic background

• Bachelor´s Degree in Law, with a specialization in European Union Law, San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, 1998.
• Civil servant of the High Corps of State Lawyers since November 2005.

Professional experience

• Secretary of State for Trade at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business since May 2024.
• President of ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, a public business entity integrated into the structure of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business, under the Secretary of State for Trade.
• Undersecretary of Economy, Trade and Business from December 2023 until May 2024.
• Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation from January 2020 until December 2023.
• Undersecretary of Economy and Business from June 2018 until January 2020.
• Member of the Board of Directors of SEPI, member of the Governing Committee of the FROB and member of the Consortium of the City of Toledo since June 2018.
• Head of the Spanish Delegation of UNCITRAL Group V, Insolvency Law from April 2014 until June 2018 and rapporteur of the 53rd session.
• Legal advisor to the Working Group for the Proposal for a Directive on Restructuring and Second Chance since January 2017.
• State Lawyer coordinating the legal assistance agreements with Consorcio Ciberesp, Portel Servicios Telemáticos S.A., Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) and with the Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte Terrestre (SEITTSA).
• Head of the Insolvency Department in the Subdirectorate General of the Contentious Services of the State Attorney's Office, from September 2013 until June 2018.
• Legal advisor to the Ministry of Justice for the Working Group for the reform of the European Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings from 2012 until 2013.
• Deputy Chief State Attorney, Coordinator of Insolvency Matters, Legal Service of the State Tax Administration Agency, Central Services, from November 2010 until July 2013.
• State Attorney before the Central Contentious-Administrative Courts between January and November 2010.
• State Attorney at the Barcelona State Attorney's Office before the High Court of Justice of Cataluña, between November 2005 and January 2010, where she worked as coordinator of the Contentious-Administrative Courts and Criminal Courts.