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Eduard Mendiluce and Daniel Villanueva, SI, appointed to the Esade Foundation Board of Trustees

21.04.2021

The Board of Trustees is the governing and representative body of the Esade Foundation – Esade-URL’s legal titleholder

Wednesday, 21 April 2021Eduard Mendiluce, CEO of Anticipa Real Estate and Aliseda Inmobiliaria, and Jesuit Daniel Villanueva, executive vice-president of the Entreculturas Foundation and Alboan Foundation, join the Esade Foundation Board of Trustees at the proposal of the Society of Jesus.

Eduard Mendiluce holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from UAB and an MBA from Esade-URL. He is vice-president of the Esade Alumni Real Estate Club and a member of the Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute. He is also vice-president of ASVAL (Association of Rental Property Owners). He was previously responsible for Estate Management at CatalunyaCaixa, and a member of the bank’s management and risk committees until 2013. He was also responsible for Corporate Real Estate Development at Criteria for 14 years, and deputy director at Port Aventura.

Daniel Villanueva, SI, is a member of the Society of Jesus and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Valladolid, a degree in Moral Social Theology from the Boston College, and a Global Executive MBA from the Georgetown University and Esade-URL. He also has postgraduate degrees in Humanitarian Aid from Fordham University and in Leadership, Innovation, and NGO Management from Esade-URL. He is specialised in organisational networks, digital communications, international cooperation, and education. He is head of International Cooperation for the Society of Jesus in Spain and a member of the governing boards of the International Federation of Fe y Alegría, the Xavier Network, and the Georgetown University.

Esade Foundation Board of Trustees and values

The Board of Trustees is the highest governing and representative body of the Esade Foundation (the Esade-URL titleholder) and operates within a framework of collaboration between the Society of Jesus and civil society. Half of the members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the Provincial Father of the Society of Jesus. The other half – esteemed individuals from business, legal, academic, and cultural spheres – are appointed by co-option after considering the opinion of the Foundation’s Assembly of Members.

Esade-URL's mission focuses on three axes: firstly, training and the promotion of a set of values consistent with human quality and academic and professional excellence, such as integrity, diversity, as well as contribution to the common good; secondly, research to generate knowledge that helps improve organisations and society; and thirdly, social debate to build free, prosperous, fairer, and more sustainable societies.

Esade-URL aspires to influence the character and values of its students to create a fairer and more sustainable society through technology and innovation – as well as strengthening a more humanistic vision of education. 

The current members of the Board of Trustees of the Esade Foundation are:

  • Xavier Torra Balcells (Chair)
  • Joaquín Uriach Torelló (Vice-Chair)
  • Maite Barrera Xaubet
  • Germán Castejón Fernández
  • Ramon Forn Argimon
  • Jaume Guardiola Romojaro
  • Luis Javier Herrero Borque
  • Lluís Magriñà Veciana
  • Iván Marten Uliarte
  • Eduard Mendiluce Fradera
  • Tomás Muniesa Arantegui
  • Pedro Navarro Martínez
  • Isabel Pagonabarraga Mora
  • Enric Puiggròs, SI
  • Daniel Villanueva, SI
  • Pere Viñolas Serra
  • Mariona Xicoy Cruells
  • Ignacio Zurdo Garay-Gordóvil

More information

Mar González
Director
Esade-URL Communications Unit
Tel. 93 495 20 99 | mar.gonzalez@esade.edu

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