Corresponding Academician
Social Sciences: PhD in Economic and Business Sciences
Date of admission: February 14, 2019
Admission speech: “Fuzzy Logic in Business Investment Decision-Making under Risk: Twenty Years between Pure and Applied Research”
Reply speech: Dr. Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente, PhD in Law
Dr. Richard ONSES
- Born in Pau (France), 1962.
- Married for 30 years to Béatrice, a graduate in Computer Science.
- Father of three children.
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
- Studies at Esade, IQS and Toulouse Business School.
- PhD in Economic and Business Sciences “Cum Laude” from the University of Barcelona.
- Preparatory HEC classes in Bayonne (France).
- Graduate School of Commerce, Administration and Finance of Bordeaux KEDGE, Master’s Degree in International Trade.
- Research proficiency obtained in Barcelona.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Over 30 years of experience as an international expert in privatizations.
- In Argentina: participation in the world’s largest water privatization.
- In California: first global transfer of water rights.
- In Spain: career in a leading group in the water sector.
- In France: responsible for the first four Spanish bids in this market.
- Member of the advisory board of a New York-based water hedge fund.
- Expert for international organisations: UN (UNOPS), UNICEF and the World Bank.
- Candidate for the French legislative elections representing French citizens abroad.
- President of the Parti Radical Valoisien in Spain.
- President of the French Circle of Barcelona (founded in 1884).
- Treasurer of the French Benevolent Society (founded in 1845).
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
- Creator of the concept “Second-Order Expert” for investment risk calculation.
- Creator of the model “Impact PPP” applied to privatizations in developing countries.
