Qualifications:
Degree in Economics and Applied Economics, University of Zaragoza.
Postgraduate qualification in International Marketing, Mercuria Business School (Helsinki, Finland).
Master of Arts in International Business, University of Central Lancashire (Preston, UK).
Member of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN).
Member of the Spanish Institute of Internal Auditors.
Member of the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts.
Experience:
Ramón has over 20 years’ experience in corporate responsibility, and above all corporate governance, ethics and integrity, sustainability and non-financial issues relating to securities markets.
Before joining KPMG in 2005 he worked for six years at an institution conducting research into ESG issues at Spanish companies, among which businesses listed on the FTSE4GOOD index.
He has also been a member of the Social Council at INDITEX S.A. and the Global Reporting Initiative, and a member of the Global Compact Executive Committee.
He has led a number of due diligence projects focusing on ethics, integrity and corporate governance for leading Spanish companies operating in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Since 2005 he has been working on the implementation of ethics and compliance programmes for major Spanish business players.
He has provided strategy and ESG-approach services for Investor Relations departments at a number of blue-chip infrastructure, banking and energy companies.
The following are his latest projects:
- – Advising the Boards of leading companies on improving their good governance practices.
- – Advising the Boards of leading companies on assessment of their performance.
- – Helping Investor Relations departments at major companies to identify ESG policies among their institutional investors, and to devise response strategies.
He is a regular speaker on these issues at courses and seminars, both in Spain and abroad. He has lectured in microeconomics, and is also a habitual contributor to economic publications, especially the Spanish daily “Cinco Días”, where he has a regular column. He is also the author of the non-fiction book on economic psychology “Capitalist Wolves. Stories of Success and Madness”.