His Excellency Dr. Alfredo Rocafort Nicolau

Numerary Member and President of the Governing Board

Social Sciences: Doctor in Economic Sciences and Doctor in Law

Date of admission: October 3, 2006

Medal: No. 18

Admission speech: «The Global Phenomenon of Delocalization as an Instrument of Business Restructuring»

Reply speech: Dr. Isidre Fainé Casas, Doctor in Economic Sciences

Outstanding career: Auditor and economist with a distinguished career, he has combined business leadership with research and university teaching in the fields of accounting and corporate governance. Under his leadership, the RAED has strengthened its presence in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Dr. ALFREDO ROCAFORT NICOLAU

Born in Barcelona in 1949.

UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS

Mercantile Expert (1968) and Mercantile Professor (1970) from the School of Higher Mercantile Studies of Barcelona.
Sworn Auditor (1976).
Diploma, Bachelor’s Degree and PhD in Economic and Business Sciences (1986–1990) from the Universidad de Barcelona.
Bachelor’s Degree in Law (1992) and PhD in Law (2010) from the Universidad Camilo José Cela (Madrid).

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Professor at the Universidad de Barcelona since 1983: Associate Professor (1986), University School Professor (1992) and Full Professor (1997) in Financial Economics and Accounting.
Currently Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Universidad de Barcelona.
Director of Master’s and Postgraduate Courses in Economics and Business.
Visiting Professor at national and international universities in Doctoral and Postgraduate programs.
Numerary Member (since 1999) of the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras (RACEF), where he served as Secretary of the Governing Board and Chairman of the Admissions Committee (1999–2016).
Executive President of the RACEF’s Economic Research Observatory (2009–2016).
Numerary Member (2006) and President of the Governing Board of the Real Academia Europea de Doctores (RAED) since 2012.
He has been distinguished with the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (Mexico, 2009), Staffordshire University (United Kingdom, 2010), Lishui University (China, 2011) and Universidad de Ciencias de la Informática (UCINF) (Chile, 2011).
Numerary Member of the Asociación Española de Asesores Fiscales (1995).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Secretary (1992–1995), Deputy Director (1995–1997) and Director (1997–2004) of the University School of Business Studies of the UB.
Founder and editor of the journal Management & Empresa.
Member of the Board of Directors of ASEPUC (1992–2000).
Vice President of the Associació Catalana de Comptabilitat i Direcció (ACCID) since 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

Author of more than 30 books and manuals on accounting and business management.
Scientific articles in indexed journals and opinion papers on business management.
Supervisor of multiple doctoral theses in social sciences.
Founder of the professional firm Gabinete Rocafort (1974), specialized in accounting, tax and legal advisory services.

DISTINCTIONS

Pedro Prat Gaballí Award (1987).
Silver Medal from the School of Business Administration of Barcelona (1987).
Honorary Plaque from ASEPUC (1996 and 2003).
Commemorative Medal from the Il·lustre Col·legi Oficial de Titulats Mercantils i Empresarials de Barcelona (2014).

→ EXTENDED CURRICULUM VITAE