Barcelona City Council
David Esteban is an experienced cybersecurity professional currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at Barcelona City Council since July 2024. In addition, David holds the position of Board Member for the Barcelona Chapter of ISMS Forum, focusing on strengthening the information security community through various projects and events. Previously, David spent nearly two decades at Cellnex Telecom, where roles included Global Security Manager, responsible for implementing a unified security strategy across multiple countries and achieving ISO 27001 certification, as well as overseeing various project management responsibilities. David's career began at Retevision as a Project Manager. Academically, David holds an MBA from EADA Business School and a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Barcelona City Council
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Barcelona is governed by a city council formed by 41 city councillors, elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage. As one of the two biggest cities in Spain, Barcelona is subject to a special law articulated through the Carta Municipal (Municipal Law). A first version of this law was passed in 1960 and amended later, but the current version was approved in March 2006. According to this law, Barcelona's city council is organized in two levels: a political one, with elected city councillors, and one executive, which administrates the programs and executes the decisions taken on the political level. This law also gives the local government a special relationship with the Spanish government and it also gives the mayor wider prerogatives by the means of municipal executive commissions. It expands the powers of the city council in areas like telecommunications, city traffic, road safety and public safety. It also gives a special economic regime to the city's treasury and it gives the council a veto in matters that will be decided by the central government, but that will need a favourable report from the council.