Joan Rosell Lastortras is the president of the Spanish employers confederation (CEOE).

Prior to being elected to this post he was the president of the Catalan national employers federation (Foment del Treball Nacional) for 16 years.

In 1980 he cofounded the political party Solidaritat Catalan and was candidate in the 1980 regional elections.

He is also memberof the FC Barcelona Foundation and a non-executive director of Criteria Caixa Corp.

The highlight of his presidency was the negotiation of the spanish labour market reforms in 2012 with the government of Mariano Rajoy.