Joan Rosell
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Joan Rosell

President of the Spanish employers confederation1

Joan Rosell Lastortras is the president of the Spanish employers confederation (CEOE). He replaced Gerardo Diaz Ferran in June 2011.2

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Born 1957.1

About

Prior to being elected to this post he was the president of the Catalan national employers federation (Foment del Treball Nacional) for 16 years. During his career he was president of the following companies; Congost, Enher, Fuerzas Eléctricas de Cataluña and OMB, Sistemas de Higiene Urbana.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedETSEIB3
  • Date not recordedPolytechnic University of Catalonia3

After initially working as a journalist in Diario de Barcelona and Telexpres he studied civil engineering and graduated from the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña. He also studied political science at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid.

In 1980 he cofounded the political party Solidaritat Catalan and was candidate in the 1980 regional elections. In 1995 he became president of the Catalan employers federation. He is also memberof the FC Barcelona Foundation and a non-executive director of Criteria Caixa Corp. He has also written several books on employment and economic policy.

He is married and has 3 children.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, engineer.11

  • 2011 to 2018President of CEOE5 9
  • 2005 to 2006President5 8
  • 2005 to 2006Chair, UNILAND10
  • 1996 to 1999President5 7
  • 1995 to 2011President of Foment del Treball5 6
  • Date not recordedFounded Catalan Solidarity4

Personal life

  • Born1957, Barcelona12
  • CitizenshipSpain13

Awards

  • 2017Gold Medal of Work Merit14