The Mrs. Gloria Oliver has been appointed Deputy Director General after having been Manager of the entity since its creation and, until now, Director of Scientific Infrastructures, the Dr. Josep Maria Argimon, has been appointed new Director of Health System Relations to strengthen this key axis.
Both appointments strengthen the governing bodies of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and its research centre, the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), to cope with the current period of expansion and growth, and to adapt to the current social and research environment.
Glòria Oliver has been appointed Deputy General Manager of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, thus strengthening the governing bodies of the entity chaired by Cristina Maragall and directed by Dr. Arcadio Navarro. Oliver has been manager of the Foundation and the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center since the beginning of the two entities and has contributed to the growth of both foundations thanks to her great management work for more than fifteen years.
Oliver holds a degree in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University, a Master's Degree in Taxation (Centro de Estudios Financieros, 1999) and a Master's Degree in Management and Leadership in Science (Barcelona School of Management-UPF, 2008). She was also awarded a scholarship in the first edition of the Executive Programme for Women in Senior Management of the Promociona Project (2013-2014) taught by ESADE.
Currently, apart from her responsibilities at the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, she is President of the Spanish Fundraising Association (AEFr) and First Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Catalan Coordinator of Foundations (CCF). She is also a member of the Social Council of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). In addition, she is co-founder of the Spanish Association of Executives and Directors (EJE&CON), an entity whose mission is to promote the presence of women in senior management positions and on Boards of Directors.
Furthermore, Dr. Josep Maria Argimon, Director of the Scientific Infrastructure Unit of the BBRC since 2022, has been appointed as the new Director of Relations with the Health System of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, with the aim of strengthening this key axis of both entities, leading the strategy of current and future alliances with other relevant institutions and centers.
Josep Maria Argimon holds a degree in Medicine and a PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He is a specialist in preventive medicine and public health, with a diploma in epidemiology and statistics from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, a master's degree in epidemiology and health planning from the University of Wales and a master's degree in Evidence-Based Medicine from the University of Oxford.
In his extensive career, he has been Health Minister of the Generalitat of Catalonia between 2021 and 2022 and has held different positions in the Catalan Health Service, including Director of the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS) and Director of the Catalan Health Institute. He has also been an international consultant in Latin America for the European Union and has experience in teaching at different universities.
