Doctor of Business Administration and Insurance Actuary. Professor at the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB), of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

The author graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economy from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), qualified as an insurance actuary and obtained a PhD in Business Administration from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

After working in the private sector, notably in the insurance industry, he joined the UPC as a professor. His activities have encompassed several positions at the university involving research, the development of industry consulting work and a diversity of lecturing responsibilities. He has been a visiting professor at Know Center, Graz, Austria; Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA; and at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.