Corresponding Academician
Social Sciences: PhD in Business Administration and Management
Date of admission: December 19, 2017
Admission speech: “The Disruptive and the Future: Technology and Society in the 21st Century”
Reply speech: Dr. José Ramón Calvo Fernández, PhD in Medicine and Surgery
DR. LUIS PONS PUIGGRÓS
- Born in Terrassa (Barcelona) in 1953.
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
- PhD in Business Administration and Management, with highest distinction “cum laude”.
- Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
- Master in Business Administration and Management from ESADE Business School.
- Chemical Engineer from the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), affiliated with the Ramon Llull University.
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Professor of Project Management in the Department of Engineering and Construction Projects at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (UPC).
- Researcher in innovation and crisis management.
- Promoter of young talent, both within the family sphere and in academic settings.
- Collaborator in the organisation of campuses and excellence forums.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Executive at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
- Executive at Diario El País, S.L..
- Executive at Premsa Catalana S.A., publisher of the newspaper Avui.
- Multicultural experience in a multinational company in the engineering sector and in a business group in the chemical industry.
