Biography
Xavier López is the General Corporate Director and Director of Operations at Eurecat, Technology Centre of Catalonia. Previously he worked as the General Director of the Ascamm Foundation, an integrated centre within Eurecat.
López has a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Barcelona, is a trained auditor and has a Master’s degree in Financial Management and Planning. He is the CEO of NEOS Surgery, SL and President of Ultrasion, SL, both technology-based companies in which Eurecat invests. He has served as President and is currently a member of the Governing Council of the Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Centres (FEDIT). He is also a member of the Innovation Commission of the Professional Association of Economists of Catalonia and a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he teaches Strategic Management and Business Policy.
He is also the author of different publications and studies on industry in Catalonia and in Spain and on themes related to strategic business management and innovation management.