VOICES THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORLD TO COME
The 150th Anniversary of Fundación Ibercaja brings together leading international figures from the institutional, scientific, cultural, economic, and social spheres. These world-class figures, with well-established careers, offer insight, context, and perspective on the major challenges of the present and the future.
AMADO FRANCO
President of the Ibercaja Foundation
JOSÉ MANUEL DURÃO BARROSO
Prime Minister of Portugal (2002–2004). President of the European Commission (2004–2014)
FELIPE CALDERÓN
President of Mexico
(2006–2012)
JOSEP BORRELL
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2019–2024)
UN-CHAN CHUNG
Prime Minister of South Korea (2009–2010). President of the Korea Institute for Shared Growth
PILAR MANCHÓN
Director of Research Strategy and AI at Google
OMAR HATAMLEH
Former Global Director of Artificial Intelligence at NASA
TERESA PERALES
Paralympic athlete and recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports (2021)
JESÚS CALLEJA
Mountaineer, explorer,
and communicator
MOHAN MUNASINGHE
Nobel Peace Prize (2007)
TAWAKKOL KARMAN
Nobel Peace Prize (2011)
MANUEL PIZARRO
State Attorney. Member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain
FRANCISCO SERRANO
President of Ibercaja Banco
SHEEMA SEN GUPTA
Director of Child Protection at UNICEF
MARÍA NEIRA
Director of the WHO Department of Public Health and Environment (2005–2025)
ANTONIO LÓPEZ
Painter and sculptor
GUILLERMO SOLANA
Artistic Director of the Thyssen Museum
MARIAN ROJAS
Psychiatrist
PEDRO CAVADAS
Reconstructive surgeon. A world-renowned pioneer in complex transplants and highly challenging microsurgery
CARLO RATTI
Architect, engineer, and inventor. Professor at MIT
DAVID CHIPPERFIELD
Architect and Pritzker Prize laureate (2023)
CHRISTÓFOROS PISSARÍDIS
Nobel Prize in Economics
(2010)