Honorary Member
Technological Sciences: Industrial Engineer and Doctoral Studies in Decision Support Systems
Date of admission: 20 November 2025
Admission speech: “La segona revolució digital: L’economia digital i la Intel·ligència Artificial ens estan conduint a una nova era de la humanitat?” (The Second Digital Revolution: Are the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Leading Us Towards a New Era of Humanity?)
Reply by: H.E. Dr Rodolfo Fernández-Cuellas, Doctor of Law
Mr Antoni Garrell Guiu
Antoni Garrell i Guiu is an industrial engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), specialising in innovation and the knowledge economy, with a Master’s degree in Management and Administration and doctoral studies in Decision Support Systems.
He has developed a broad professional career in both computational technology and organisational and strategic management, holding various positions in companies such as Arthur Andersen, La Caixa, the La Salle University and Technology Foundation, and the FUNDIT Foundation, serving as general director of the latter two.
Since 2021 he has been President of HM Hospitals of Catalonia.
He has also been part of several corporate boards and advisory councils, and has held institutional roles including: President of the Cercle per al Coneixement, Trustee of the Ramon Llull University Foundation (where he chaired its executive council), the Foundation for Industry, the Royal Monastery of Poblet Foundation, the CIREM Foundation, the Liberty and Democracy Foundation, the Indicis Foundation, and member of the board of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). He is currently a trustee of the Eurecat Foundation, the Populus Alba Foundation, the Cercle per al Coneixement Foundation and the Puente Xina Foundation, chairs the association El país de demà, and is a member of the Social Council of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), appointed by the Parliament of Catalonia.
In the academic field, he has taught and lectured at various national and international universities, receiving several recognitions, including the National Knowledge Society Award from UNIACC in Chile. As a disseminator, he is the author of more than 850 articles on technical, economic and opinion topics. He founded the technological journal INPUT, directed the “Papers per a Debat” collection and promoted the “Conèixer la Indústria” series. He is the author or co-author of nine books on digital technology, multimedia and industry. His two most recent books are: “Industry 4.0 in the Digital Society” (2019) and “Intelligent and Sustainable Products and Services” (2021).
