Born on 22 May, 1969.

LL.M. from the Universidad de Navarra and M.A. in Community Law from the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (UC3M). 

Currently:

• Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po (since 2022).
• Member, Advisory Board, European Council on Foreign Relations.
• Member, Advisory Board, Munich Security Conference.
• Member, Advisory Board, multilateral Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
• Member, International Advisory Board, ONS Foundation.
• Member, Advisory Board, Bertelsmann Foundation.
• Member, Advisory Board, Mo Ibrahim Foundation.
• Board Member, ARTE, European television channel.

Formerly:

• Chair, High Level Group for Customs Union reform appointed by the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs (2021-2022).
• Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain (2020-2021).
• Deputy Director-General, United Nations and Executive Director, International Trade Centre (joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization) (2013-2019).
• Chief of Cabinet of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization and its representative (Sherpa) to the G-20 forum (2005-2013).
• She has also held various positions in the European Commission, advising the European Commissioner for Trade, negotiating trade agreements, and acting as EU spokesperson.
• Associate, German law firm Bruckhaus Westrick Stegemann (Brussels).

Other details of interest:

• Author of various books including Making Trade Work for Prosperity, People and Planet (2023), and Women Shaping Global Economic Governance (2019) and regularly contributor to national and international media outlets.
• She has received awards including the Grand Cross of the Spanish Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III (2022), Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2022), and an honorary doctorate from the International University of Geneva (2014).