Ignasi Guardans

He started his professional career in the academic and legal research at the University of Navarra, specialising in Private International Law.

In 2004 he ran as candidate for the European Parliament, heading a joined candidacy of the main parties from Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia called GALEUSCA.

As a Member of the European Parliament he joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), and he assumed different activities and responsibilities[3] in particular in the areas of Culture and Media (CULT), Justice & Home Affairs (LIBE), and International Trade (INTA), where he was the Committee's Vice Chair.

Between 2014 and 2014 he channeled his consulting activities in European Public Affairs (mostly in the areas of trade and digital regulation and policy) as a Partner of a global law firm, K&L Gates LLP in its Brussels Office.

Among other tasks, he acted as Director in Europe for the TransAtlantic Business Council (TABC), as the European counterpart to his then colleague former Congressman Bart Gordon.

In parallel, through CUMEDIAE, a non-profit organization specialized in advice and project management in the field of media and the creative sector he co-founded, he has been involved in a number of projects and consulting activities for the arts and for culture and development in different areas such as Film Literacy,[6] gender equality in the media in the South Mediterranean[7] or the best identification of cultural indicators.