Jaume Guardiola wins election at Cercle d’Economia

In his first words as elected president, Guardiola underlined participation and ‘fair play’ among candidates. According to him, the way the process develops shows “how alive the institution is”. He and the outgoing president Javier Faus thanked the work of lawyers Jaume Marfà and Eudald Vendrell and the Cercle team. He also promised to meet with Cañadas and his candidacy.

One of the issues that slows down the count is proxy votes, because it is necessary to check whether the member finally chose to vote. The former head of Cercle chaired the selection table. Salvador Germanypraised the way the process was carried out, and integrated by Jordi Hereu Y Monica Ribeboth members of the departing board of directors and Esther Seum Y Joan TorresCercle members selected by lottery in the presence of a notary public.

The two candidates held a single debate last week where they discussed issues that set them apart from Cercle’s ability to influence the need for more foreign projections. Javier FauThe outgoing presidents got off to a rough start, making changes without consulting previous presidents, as is custom. One of his changes was to move the Annual Meeting from Sitges, where Cercle has held since 1997, to Barcelona, ​​where it brings together politicians, economists and business people. Faus also welcomed the progress of the elections and reminded that the statutes allowing these elections were drawn up during José Manuel Lara’s presidency.

After the pandemic bracket, the two editions in the Catalan capital were attended by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Korean President Moon Jae In, in addition to King Felipe and European Commission President Ursula von in the 2021 edition. they say, they read this year. It also renewed 70% of the board of directors and made it a partner.

Guardiola proposes a 21-member meeting with the economist and director of the Barcelona Institute of Economics, Teresa Garcia-Mila and the publisher of Random House, Nuria Cabuti as vice presidents. Other members Quiroga Road (notary); carmina gag (Colonial); Oriol Spanners (CaixaBank); Marc Puig (Puig Group President); Miguel Trias Sagnier (Quatrecasas); Jordi Amat (author and philologist); Maite Barrera (president of Barcelona Global); Merce Conesa (Inkasol); José Maria Lassalle (strategic consultant, author and political analyst); Nuria Mas (director of IESE and Bank of Spain); Alfonso Rodes (Head of Havaş Media Group); Francesc Rubiralta (Celsa Group); Laura Urquizu (CEO and President of Red Points) and Xavier Vives (IF). All of them, including Guardiola, are already part of the current board of directors. Also, it contains Clara Kampa (Asabys Partners), Pol Morels (director of Cidob), Dani Aicart (Barcelona Municipal Services) and Rita Almela (entrepreneur, investor and digital transformation, innovation and technology specialist and co-founder of 101 Ventures).

Cañadas, for his part, proposed a board of 16 members. Sasha Michaud (Glovo); Gerard Garcia (Founder and CEO of Dehale); Joan Francesc Bano (co-founder of Open House Games and mentor of start-ups through ‘Aticco Lab); Joseph Gomez Torres (Reby’s founder and CEO), Ramon Palou (founder of Onsecur); together Maria Rosa Fiol (Metal.lurgical Employer Union); Jorge Lasheras (Former president of Yamaha in Spain and current president of Japan Business Circle; Marina Lopez Sanjurjo (Director and corporate director of the Hotusa group); Rosa Nonell (PhD in Economics (UB) from the University of Barcleona; Straight Martha (Co-founder of Digital Origin); Xavier Prats (Teach All Special Counselors); Stella Raventos-Calvo (president of the Spanish Association of Tax Advisors); Joseph Soler (General director of the Financial Research Institute), Silvia Sorribas (Telam) and Rafael Vilasanjuan (Columnist for IS Global and EL PERIÓDICO). Only Cañadas herself, Marta Plana, and Rosa Nonell attended Cercle’s previous meetings.