UNDER-SECRETARY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND BUSINESS

 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the ordinary representation of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, the management and coordination of common services, institutional relations, legal advice to the Minister and the senior management of human resources, in accordance with Law 40/2015 on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector and, in particular, the Royal Decree establishing the Ministry’s basic organizational structure.

Academic background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
• Master´s journalism degree from ABC Newspaper.
• Civil servant of the High Corps of Civil Administrators of the State, 2010.

Professional experience

• Under-secretary for Economy, Trade and Business since May 2024.
• Director of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) from 2022 until 2024.
• Member of different Boards of Directors in International Intellectual Property Organizations such as the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• Head of the Technical Cabinet of the Under-secretary for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation from May 2018 until October 2022.
• Parliamentary Advisor in the Cabinet of the Government Vice President and Minister of Presidency and Territorial Administrations from March 2017 until May 2018.
• Parliamentary Advisor in the Cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of the Economy and Finance Ministry from January 2014 until March 2017.
• Technical Advisor in the Under-secretary for Development Cabinet from January 2011 until January 2014.