V Employment Congress 2022

Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal

PhD in Biological Sciences, specialising in Genetics, and a doctorate in Molecular Biology under the supervision of Professor Margarita Salas. She completed her academic training with an MBA from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra. Ms Garmendia is currently President of the COTEC Foundation. She sits on various advisory boards such as Unicef and the Spanish Cancer Association (AECC), among others, and on several university boards. She is an independent Member of the Board of Directors of Caixabank, Grupo Logista, Mediaset and Ysios Capital Partners and a member of the Space Advisory Board of the European Commission. Among others, she established the company, Satlantis Microsats. She was Minister of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government during the IX Legislature. Her work and entrepreneurial vision has been acknowledged with awards for research and business innovation.