He is also a board member of Fundació Bancaria "la Caixa" and independent conselor of Ebro Foods, S.A.[2] The son of a cardiothoracic surgeon, he was born and raised in Blackburn, England.
He moved to Barcelona and studied industrial engineering and specialized in Machine Mechanics at Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
[3] Between 2006 and 2011, he held various positions in the public sector: manager of social services at Barcelona City Council, general director of Red.es (2006) and chief of staff of Joan Clos while he was Minister of Industry (2006-2008).
On the other hand, since 2017 he has been working as an assistant professor of economics and business at Pompeu Fabra University, in Barcelona.
[8] In January 2025 he was appointed executive chairman of Telefonica, in substitution of José María Álvarez-Pallete, to adapt the company to its new shareholding structure.