Strategic leadership to fulfil our mission
Our Board of Trustees is a collegial body comprising individuals or legal entities, which includes a minimum of three and a maximum of nine members who are appointed by the Fundación ”la Caixa”.
Mr Isidro Fainé Casas
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Chairman of CriteriaCaixa. Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences. Chairman of the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI). PhD in Economics.
Mr Javier Solana Madariaga
Board of Trustees Member
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of ”la Caixa” Foundation. Chairman of the Executive Committee of ISGlobal. Chairman of the ESADE Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics. PhD in Physical Sciences.
Mr Josep Maria Coronas Guinart
Board of Trustees Secretary and Member
General Manager and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the ”la Caixa” Foundation. Lawyer and economist.
Dr Josep Tabernero Caturla
Board of Trustees Member
Director of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and head of the Medical Oncology Service at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. Oncologist and PhD in Medicine and Surgery.
Ms Esther Planas Herrera
Board of Trustees Member
Deputy General Manager of ”la Caixa” Foundation. Economics graduate.
Ms Carmen Vela Olmo
Board of Trustees Member
Senior consultant of Gold Standard Diagnostics – Madrid, a biotechnology company. Former Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation of the Spanish Government. Graduate in Chemical Sciences.
Dr Àngel Font Vidal
Executive Director (non-member)
Assistant General Manager for Research and Fellowships of ”la Caixa” Foundation. Chairman of Philea (Philanthropy Europe Association). Chemistry graduate with a PhD in Economics.
Ms Marta Casals Virosque
Vice-secretary (non-member)
Corporate Legal Director of ”la Caixa” Foundation. Graduate in Law.