Meritxell holds a Law degree from Pompeu Fabra University and has more than 20 years of university teaching experience in constitutional law. She served as Speaker of the Congress of Deputies between 2019 and 2023; Minister for Territorial Policy and the Civil Service; Member of Parliament for Barcelona and Madrid between 2004 and 2023; member of the international delegations to the Council of Europe and the OSCE; and Director of the Carles Pi i Sunyer Foundation for Regional and Local Studies.
Her institutional and international experience will bring additional perspective and insights to the other board members’ profiles. She also has corporate governance experience, having served as an independent board member of the Ebro Foods Group.