Marc Murtra

Marc was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom, in 1972.

He is the Chairman of Indra.

Since December 2021, he is an independent Director of Ebro Foods, S.A., and member of its Executive Committee and Audit and Control Committee.

He is a trustee of the Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, ”la Caixa” since February 2021.

He is an Industrial Engineer, specialized in Machine Mechanics, from the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers Industrials de Barcelona (ETSEIB), of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), majored in Finance, from the Leonard School of Business at New York University.

He began his career in the nuclear industry, at British Nuclear Fuels Ltd in the UK. He then worked for the Management Consultancy DiamondCluster, where he worked for large technological companies.

He has held public responsibilities for several years, where he was a specialist in Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation and Public-Private Partnerships. In this role he served as General Manager of Red.es, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce of the Government of Spain, where he turned out to be one of the youngest General Managers of the government and the youngest Ministerial Chief of Staff of the moment. He was General Manager of Education, Culture and Well-being at the Barcelona City Council.

In 2011 he returned to the private sector as an Investment Banker. He is also Chairman of the Board of Closa Investment Bankers, leader in its market since 1987. In his experience as a financial advisor he has led numerous corporate transactions in various sectors such as TMT (e-commerce, enterprise software, education, artificial intelligence, video marketing , analytics, fleet management, entertainment, cyber security, recruitment, SaaS, content production, television channels, advertising, etc.), Industrial (machinery, security equipment, textile, agri-food, etc.) and Public Private Partnership (BTR, Infrastructures, etc.) with international companies and investors from around the world. He has received numerous accolades and honours for this work.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Financial Management and Financial Economics at the Pompeu Fabra University, where he teaches Business Administration and Economics undergraduate students. He has been a member of several boards of directors including Paradores de Turismo de España, Red.es, the National Institute of Communication Technologies (INTECO) and Gordoning. He promotes different philanthropic initiatives and is a regular contributor to various respected media outlets, including La Vanguardia.