Head of Economic analysis at BBVA Research and Professor of Economic Analysis Fundamentals at the University of Valencia. MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and PhD in Economics from the University of Valencia.

He has served as Director General at the Economic Office of the Prime Minister, Director of the Institute of International Economics, member of the Advisory Board of the University of Valencia, and research collaborator with the OECD, the European Commission, Spain’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Rafael del Pino Foundation. He was a contributor to the National Statistical Plan 2013–2016. He has also been a member of the Committee of Experts on the Sustainability Factor of the Public Pension System, is an Honorary Member of the Spanish Economic Association, and serves as an advisory board member of the MasHumano Foundation and Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Analysis of Macroeconomic Statistics of Spain’s Higher Council of Statistics.

He has published numerous articles in leading national and international academic journals (including the Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, and European Economic Review) on economic growth, human capital, business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policy. He is the author of The Spanish Economy: A General Equilibrium Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan), In Search of Prosperity, and The Age of Digital Disruption (Deusto).