Eduardo Serra

Biography

 Eduardo Serra graduated with a degree in Law from Madrid Complutense University and passed the exams to enter the Spanish civil service as a lawyer with the highest marks of that year. He has held the following positions in the public sector: Chief of Staff to the Minister of Industry and Energy (1977-1979); General Secretary and Board Secretary of Spain’s National Industry Institute (INI) (1979-1982); director of Banco del Crédito Industrial (1979-1982); director of Butano (1979-1982); Vice-Chairman of Astilleros Españoles (1979-1982) and Chairman of Auxina (1979-1982); Under-Secretary of Defence (1982-1984); Secretary of State for Defence (1984-1987); director of Instituto Nacional de Industria (1984-1987) and of Instituto Nacional de Hidrocarburos (INH) (1984-1987). He was Spain’s Minister of Defence from 1996 to 2000. In the private sector, from 1987 to 1996 he was Chairman of Telettra España, Vice-Chairman and subsequently Chairman of Cubiertas Mzov, Chairman of Peugeot-Talbot España, and Chairman of Airtel. From 2000 to 2006, he was Chairman of UBS España. He was also formerly Chairman of Instituto de Cuestiones Internacionales y Política Exterior (INCIPE) (1989-1996), President of the Board of Trustees of Museo del Prado (2000-2004) and founding Chairman of Real Instituto Elcano (2001-2005). He currently heads consulting firm Eduardo Serra y Asociados, S.L., is Vice-President of Fundación EVERIS, and acts as director or trustee in numerous Spanish and international institutions.

Research Interest

 His area of research interest includes: Business Management in Pharmaceutical Technologies, Biotech and Pharmaceutical sciences.