Fernando Pereira Soler (Madrid, December 24, 1930–Barcelona, March 31, 2018) was a civil engineer, a university professor and third dean of IESE Business School.

In 1958, he moved to Barcelona and formed part of the founding team, which also included Félix Huerta Herrero, Anton Wurster, Rafael Termes, Juan Ferrán Nadal and Carlos Cavallé.

Another milestone in his leadership was the opening of the IESE campus in Madrid in 1974, in order to promote training for business leaders and executives in the Spanish capital.

[6] Under his direction, the alumni association grew into a vibrant source of support and advice, and a means of continued contact between current and former students, faculty and academic leadership.

As a professor, he had a gift for making complex accounting principles accessible and engaging,[6] able to captivate a full classroom with his rhetorical questions and sense of humor.