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Board of trustees

Elena Barraquer
Elena Barraquer
Chairman

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1977). She continued her training in the United States, with a research grant from the National Eye Institute (Bethesda, Maryland). She continued her curriculum as a Fellow in the Ocular Pathology Laboratory of the Wilmer Eye Institute (Baltimore), as a resident in Internal Medicine at the Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, and from 1984 to 1987 she trained as a resident physician in Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary (Boston). He then completed a two-year Cornea Fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Miami), and settled in Turin (Italy) at the end of 1989.

Isak Andic
Isak Andic
Trustee

Fashion entrepreneur, co-founder, owner and president of the multinational textile company Mango.

Elvira Arzubialde
Elvira Arzubialde
Trustee

CEO of  VMLY&Rx (formally known as Sudler) in 2013 as Managing Director. In 2016 she became WPP Health Practice CEO for Spain taking responsibility for all heath agencies including VMLY&Rx.

With over 30 years of experience, she spent the first 10 years of her career focused on consumer, corporate and political campaigns. She moved into health as a specialty after integrating her own agency in Barcelona into a global advertising network. She has extensive expertise in Oncology, Hematology, Inflammatory diseases, CNS, Dermatology, rare diseases and other therapeutic areas.

Elvira has collaborated with different Universities and is a regular speaker on the health and marketing circuit. She also regularly publishes articles in the Professional Spanish Press including (PMFarma, FarmaEspaña, IPMark).

Johan Derksen Nefkens
Johan Derksen Nefkens
Trustee

Co-founder and shareholder of the Kettal Group, a world leader in customizable, eco-friendly outdoor furniture.

Joaquín Fernández
Joaquín Fernández
Trustee

CEO Clínicas QVISION.
Specialist Surgeon in Refractive Surgery for the Correction of Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism, Presbyopia and Cataracts. With a volume of more than 1500 annual surgeries. Member of the ESCRS (European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons) and the ASCRS (American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery).

Isabel López Marin
Isabel López Marin
Trustee

Clinical ophthalmologist with more than 30 years of experience.

María del Mar Martín
María del Mar Martín
Secretary - Not Trustee

Partner of Pintó Ruiz & Del Valle, joining the firm in 2002. Director of the Public Law Department, she advises public administrations, financial institutions and individuals in matters of urban planning, management and discipline, as well as in public procurement, administrative concessions, tenders and regulated sectors. He also has extensive experience in litigation and judicial and arbitration proceedings related to real estate and construction law, commercial contracts and corporate law. On the other hand, he regularly intervenes in sports law matters, advising clubs, athletes and institutions, both national and international.

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