Robert Tornabell Carrio

Robert Tornabell is Emeritus Professor of International Banking and Finance at ESADE. He was awarded a PhD in Business Administration by ESADE and a Degree in Economics and Business by Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Prof. Tornabell is one of the most highly-regarded economists both in Spain and the rest of Europe. He has held a wide range of senior posts during his career. Tornabell was: Dean of ESADE; World Bank Professor at Nijenrode Business School (Breukelen, The Netherlands), and at the International Banking Institute (US). He was also a member of: the Advisory Council of ”la Caixa” bank; the European Finance Association; the European Foundation for Management Development (Paris and Brussels). He was President of the Independent Group of Experts on Catalan Savings Banks, and was a teacher and consultant in Latin America, China, The United States, The Netherlands, and The Middle East.

He has written over 30 books on banking and finance, among them El día después de la crisis [The Day After The Crisis], as well as many articles in magazines and specialised journals worldwide