Jaume Guardiola Romojaro

Jaume Guardiola
Born
Jaume Guardiola i Romojaro

1957 (age 66–67)
Barcelona
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
Occupationbanker & businessperson
Known forBanc Sabadell CEO (2007-2019)

Jaume Guardiola i Romojaro (Barcelona, 1957) is a Catalan businessperson, CEO of Banc Sabadell between 2007 and 2020.[1] Since 2021 he Chairman of the ESADE Foundation and since 2022 is the President of the Cercle d'Economia.[2][3]

Biography

Guardiola has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and a degree in Business Sciences and an MBA from ESADE.

During the 1980s he worked at Banco Bilbao, where he was deputy general manager (1985-1989) and general manager (1995-1990). Later, at BBVA, he held managerial responsibilities in Mexico and Puerto Rico in the 2000s, during the bank's international expansion to Latin America. In 2007 he joined Banc Sabadell as the new CEO.[4] During his management, Sabadell grew and acquired other entities such as Banco Gallego and Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo.(CAM) In December 2020 he stepped down as CEO of Banc Sabadell, and in 2022 he was elected president of the Barcelona's think tank Cercle d'Economia.[5] He is also Chairman of the ESADE Foundation.[6]

References

  1. ^ Gutiérrez, Íñigo de Barrón, Hugo (2020-12-16). "Oliu dejará la presidencia ejecutiva del Sabadell con el nuevo consejero delegado". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Cercle d'Economia". onthinktanks.org. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  3. ^ "Jaume Guardiola, new president of the Esade Foundation Board of Trustees - Esade". www.esade.edu. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  4. ^ "President of the Cercle d'Economia (2022-2025)". cercledeconomia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  5. ^ "Cercle d'Economia | Jaume Guardiola Romojaro". cercledeconomia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  6. ^ "Jaume Guardiola, new president of the Esade Foundation Board of Trustees - Esade". www.esade.edu. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-13.