Clara Barreneche

Clara Barreneche is the Head of Innovation and Business Development at the Institute of Science and Technology of Barcelona (BIST), a foundation that brings together seven multidisciplinary research centers of excellence in Barcelona. In the period 2002-2018 she was the director of the office of ACCIO – Trade and Investment Agency of Catalonia – in New York, promoting and managing investments of American companies in Catalonia, boosting the access of Catalan companies in the American market, and encouraging the technological collaborations between the American and Catalan markets. She has worked in a wide range of sectors, from technological, to industrial, services or consumer products.