He was appointed Head of the Monetary and Economic Department on 18 November 2013. At the BIS since 1987, Mr Borio has held various positions in the Monetary and Economic Department (MED), including Deputy Head of MED and Director of Research and Statistics as well as Head of Secretariat for the Committee on the Global Financial System and the Gold and Foreign Exchange Committee (now the Markets Committee). From 1985 to 1987, he was an economist at the OECD, working in the country studies branch of the Economics and Statistics Department. Prior to that, he was Lecturer and Research Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford University. He holds a DPhil and an MPhil in Economics and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the same university.

He holds a degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Seville, an advanced degree in Music from the Joaquín Turina Conservatory in Madrid, and a Masters in Foundation Management from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and has dedicated his professional career to teaching, performance and musical and theatrical production. He has been professor of Theatre at the University of Oregon, director of programmes in the non-profit sector. He is currently the president of the Fundación Teatro Joven / LaJoven, a cultural entity in which young artists, technicians and professional managers have made it their mission to put the Performing Arts at the service of Education and Health, especially for young people and adolescents.

Había oído hablar maravillas de Aspen Institute España, pero, aun así, el seminario al que asistí en Ronda superó todas mis expectativas. Vivimos en un mundo tan acelerado que a menudo resulta difícil encontrar el espacio y el tiempo para reflexionar sobre cuestiones fundamentales. Aspen Institute España me proporcionó ese espacio de reflexión y me permitió además compartirlo con un grupo extraordinario de personas con las que debatir y contrastar ideas desde la serenidad, la empatía y la escucha. Diría incluso que volví de Aspen transformada, con una mirada más serena sobre el mundo

Mediator. PhD in Law.

She is a specialist in person-centred innovation and legal education. With a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona and a Master of the Science of Law from Stanford University, in September 2023 she will join the PhD programme at the UB to study the impact of generative artificial intelligence on the teaching of law. She has also been an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy of Law at the University of Barcelona. In the corporate environment she is a UX researcher. She uses qualitative methodologies and design thinking to give voice to patients and users in the development of new medical solutions and treatments. She works in English, French, Spanish and Catalan.

Mónica Araya. International Executive Director of the European Climate Foundation

Director of Blockchain Intelligence. She is member of the professional board of the Foundation for Financial Innovation and Digital Economy and co-founder of Innovation for Change and Impact Hub. She is professor at IE University and has been selected Blockchain Expert at Los 100 de COTEC. Almudena has advised the Bundesbank and the European Commission and was Head of European Affairs at Banco de España. She hold several senior management positions at companies such as GE, Fortis Bankn (Brussels). She has supported the growth and internationalization of more than 300 startups through different European acceleration programmes. Almudena has also been scientific researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Hamburg) and CEPS in Brussels where she directed the ECRI Institute. University professor.