The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall direction of the School. It guides the School and draws up the rules governing its activities. It adopts the budget and appoints the Honorary President, and the Chairman, who are Trustees, and names the Director-General and the Academic Committee. The Board is made up of representatives of the founding academic institutions (UPF, UAB, IAE-CSIC and CREI), private institutions (Agbar Group, AXA Research Fund, Banc Sabadell, Caixa de Catalunya savings bank, "la Caixa" savings bank, and the FemCAT Foundation), and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Catalan Government, as well as several distinguished academics in the field of Economics.
Trustees
Mr. Joaquín Almunia (Honorary President) Vice President of the European Commission and European Competition Commissioner
Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell (Chairman)
Professor
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Prof. Josep-Joan Moreso
Rector
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Prof. Ana Ripoll Aracil Rector
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Prof. Rafael Rodrigo Montero
President
Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
Mr. Joan Majó i Roca
President
Center for Research in International Economics (CREI)
Prof. Manuel Arellano
Professor
Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)
Prof. Ramon Marimon
Professor
European University Institute and Universitat Pompeu Fabra