Carolina Punset Bannel (born 5 January 1971) is a Spanish politician, lawyer and forensic handwriting expert.

Aside from her work as a lawyer and forensic handwriting expert, Punset has also developed her professional expertise in the field of non-governmental organizations such as ‘Proyecto Hombre’ (reintegration of drug addicts into society), Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, the City of Joy Foundation in India, and others.

In 2012, she stood as an independent Europe Écologie Les Verts candidate[3] in the 5th constituency (French citizens resident in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco) in France's legislative elections.

On 20 October 2018 she announced she was leaving 'Ciudadanos', criticizing the leadership and citing a shift in the direction of the party.

[4] Punset is the author of a book published in 2013: No importa de dónde vienes, sino adónde vas [Where you are going matters, not where you come from], in which she laid out her basic ideology as an ecologist.