Dr. Hisham El Sherif

Honorary Academician

Social Sciences: Doctor in Economics and Business

Date of admission: June 29, 2023

Admission speech: «The Metamorphosis of Money»

Reply speech: Hon. Dr. Montserrat Casanovas Ramon, Doctor in Economic and Business Sciences

Outstanding career: Economist and communicator, former Dean of the College of Economists of Catalonia and one of the most prominent voices in Spanish economic analysis. Specialist in banking, monetary policy, and financial sustainability.

Dr. ANTÓN GASOL MAGRIÑÀ

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

  • Academic collaborator at the Institute of Financial Studies (IEF).
  • Lecturer of the European Financial Advisor Master’s (EFA) at UB.
  • Lecturer in Monetary and Financial Policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
  • Lecturer in the Financial System at ISEA.
  • Lecturer in the Master’s in Financial Management and Financial Markets at the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).
  • Coordinator of Economics at the Universitat Catalana d’Estiu.
  • Economist at ”la Caixa” by public competition.
  • Extensive career in credit investment, staff training, strategic and budgetary planning, management control, and studies for the e-laCaixa holding.
  • Director of Sectoral Risk Monitoring at ”la Caixa”.
  • Consultant and economic-financial analyst, columnist, and speaker.
  • Member of the Governing Board of the College of Economists of Catalonia.
  • Trustee of the FiBS Foundation.
  • Vice President of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CEES).
  • Dean of the College of Economists of Catalonia (2018–2020).
  • President of the ”la Caixa” Staff Association (2013–2018).

PUBLICATIONS

  • International and European Financial Architecture (2012).
  • The Pendulum Law (2009).
  • The Banking Industry within the Basel II Framework (2006) – Joan Sardà Dexeus Award.
  • As I See It: Citizens and Economy Today (2004).
  • Co-author of Financial System of an Independent Catalonia, in “Economy of Catalonia, Questions and Answers on the Economic Impact of Independence” (CEC and Profit, 2014).
  • Contributor to Volume IV Founding a New Country from the series “The Road to Independence” (Ara Llibres, 2014).