The Foundation
We are working to defeat this disease and achieve a future in which aging is associated with positive experiences.
We are working to defeat this disease and achieve a future in which aging is associated with positive experiences.
I want to help defeat this disease
We talk about Alzheimer's and its impact on those affected and their families.
We believe that only through research will we achieve a future without Alzheimer's.
We work towards changing the social perception of the disease through dissemination and public advocacy.
We put Alzheimer's on the political agenda.
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Antonio Vila Bertran, born in Barcelona in 1949, is the General Director of the Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona Banking Foundation, ”la Caixa”, since December 2019. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona. In 1975 he completed a stage He graduated in business management in Sacramento (United States of America). In 1975, he joined the Catalana Occidente Insurance Group in the life insurance business. In 1977, he began his professional career as a manager at Banca Jover, as branch manager and director of the securities department, and after it was bought by Banco Santander in 1978, he became head office manager. In 1980, he joined Nido Industrial, SA in management of investments, working in Brazil and Italy. He was regional director for Catalonia at Banco Internacional de Comercio (1981-1983) and at Banco Saudí Español-Saudesbank (1983-1985). In 1985, he began his career at ”la Caixa” as territorial manager of the Caixa Group, a position he held until 1987. Between 1987 and 1989, he served as deputy commercial director, and between 1989 and 1991, he served as deputy general manager of external assets, capital markets and insurance. In 1991, he moved on to senior management positions in the ”la Caixa” insurance group, being appointed general manager and director of VidaCaixa and SegurCaixa, and also being appointed director of Acesa and Adeslas. In 1998, he was appointed executive director of ”la Caixa”, member of the Management Committee and territorial director of Catalonia. In 2008, he was appointed president of CaixaRenting. In 2012, he joined CaixaBank, and participated in the merger processes of Banca Cívica and Banco de Valencia. In 2014, he was appointed President of MicroBank, and in 2015, he was also appointed President of CaixaBank Consumer Finance (CCF), an entity that merged with CaixaRenting that same year.
Ignasi Lopez Verdeguer, Director of the Area of Relations with Research and Health Institutions of the “la Caixa” Foundation.
He has more than 20 years of experience in financing and management of research and innovation and in the areas of science and society. He holds a degree in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona / Université de Grenoble and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from IESE-University of Navarra.
He is involved in research and innovation governance at national and international level. He has been President of the European Foundations Association (Philea) research group and the Advisory Board of Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) of EIT Health, among others.
Representing the “la Caixa” Foundation, he is a member of the board of trustees of various research centres. He is also an expert evaluator for the European Commission in the areas of Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovation and was a member of its Expert Group on Philanthropy in Research. He has led and participated in European Commission projects in these areas of the latest framework programmes since FP7.
