Numerary Member
Social Sciences: Dr. in Economics and Business Administration
Date of admittance: 8/05/2014
Admission Speech: La acción exterior de las comunidades autónomas
José Mª Bové
Barcelona, 1950
Statutory Auditor, Economist, Lawyer
Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, French, German, Italian
Founding partner and President of Bové Montero y Asociados (1978)
Honorary General Consul of Austria for Catalonia and Aragón
Education
– Degree in Economics
– Degree in Business Administration
– PhD in Business Administration
– Degree in Law
– Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Doctors [Royal Academy of Doctors] (RAD)
Positions held in Institutions
– First Vicepresident of the National Directive Committee of the Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España [institute of chartered accountants of Spain] (ICJCE); before he held different positions in said insitute as well as in the Col·legi de Censors Jurats de Comptes de Catalunya [association of chartered accountants of Catalonia] (CCJCC).
– Member of the Auditing Committee of the Institute of Accounting and Auditing (ICAC)
– Vice-President of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens [federation of European accountants] (FEE), 2001-2010; during eight years he was the President of the SME/SMP Working Party.
– Member of the SME Committee of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) advising the European Commission on the adoption of IFRS by SME
– Co-founder of the Arc Méditerranéen des Auditeurs [Mediterranean group of auditors] (AMA) ß Member of the Council of HLB International (HLBI)
Memberships
– Registro Oficial de Auditores de Cuentas [official list of chartered accountants] (ROAC)
– Col·legi de Censors Jurats de Comptes de Catalunya [association of chartered accountants of Catalonia] (CCJCC)
– Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España [institute of chartered accountants of Spain] (ICJCE) ß Col·legi d’Economistes de Catalunya [Catalan association of economists] (CEC)
– Il·lustre Col·legi Oficial de Titulats Mercantils i Empresarials de Barcelona [Barcelona association of business economists] (ICOTMEB)
– Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de Barcelona [Barcelona bar association] (ICAB)
– Asociación Española de Asesores Fiscales [Spanish association of tax advisors] (AEDAF)
– Kreis deutschsprachiger Führungskräfte [circle of German-speaking managers in Spain] (KdF)
– Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Juristas [Spanish-German association of jurists] (AHAJ)
– Asociación Hispano-Austríaca de Juristas [Spanish-Austrian association of jurists] (AHAUJ)
Other activities
-Regular conference speaker on auditing and accounting law related topics at a great number of congresses, round tables, etc.
– Member of the Club Rotary Barcelona 92 for 10 years
Publications
Various articles and interviews about auditing, accountancy, internal control and taxes in:
– Revista Técnica del Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España
– Alta Dirección ß Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft ß El País
– La Vanguardia ß Actualidad Económica ß Radio Economía
– La Gaceta de los Negocios ß Expansión Awards ß Auditor of the Year award (2001)
– Golden Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria (2008)
