The Council of Notables of Alumni UB promotes more than one hundred initiatives to foster the relations between university and society
Yesterday, Tuesday 18th December, the Council of Notables of Alumni UB met. The Council of Notables is made up of distinguished former students and outstanding professionals from all fields of knowledge who take active part in our society. The meeting was chaired by the vice-rector for Institutional Relations and Culture of the UB, Dr Lourdes Cirlot, together with the honorary president of Alumni UB, Miquel Roca, and the director of Alumni UB, Jordi Garcia. The Council is the main advisory body of Alumni UB and its main object is to provide high-level support and lead the agencyʼs action guidelines taking into account the necessities of the university community.
Yesterday, Tuesday 18th December, the Council of Notables of Alumni UB met. The Council of Notables is made up of distinguished former students and outstanding professionals from all fields of knowledge who take active part in our society. The meeting was chaired by the vice-rector for Institutional Relations and Culture of the UB, Dr Lourdes Cirlot, together with the honorary president of Alumni UB, Miquel Roca, and the director of Alumni UB, Jordi Garcia. The Council is the main advisory body of Alumni UB and its main object is to provide high-level support and lead the agencyʼs action guidelines taking into account the necessities of the university community.
The meeting was attended by about twenty distinguished personalities: Pasqual Maragall, former president of the Government of Catalonia; Antoni Fogué, president of the Provincial Council of Barcelona; Francesc Baltasar, former minister of Environment and Housing of the Government of Catalonia; Marta Corachan, former president of the Red Cross in Catalonia; Joaquima Alemany, Catalan lawyer and politician; Magda Ferrer-Dalmau, businesswoman and member of the Board of Directors of the Círculo de Economía; Salvador Alemany, president of Abertis and of the Board of Trustees of the UB; Joan Castells, executive director of FIATC Assegurances; Josep M. Sans, historian and director of the Cataloniaʼs National Archive; David Barrufet, former captain of the FC Barcelona Handball Section; Rosa Vergés, film director; and Fernando Casado, director of the Business Competitiveness Council, among other dignitaries.