Joan Romero Circuns

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Joan Romero Circuns is Executive Director of ACCIÓ, an agency of the Government of Catalonia to promote business competitiveness through innovation and internationalization. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona, ​​a Master’s degree in Operations Management and a DAF Diploma in Operations and Innovation Management from ESADE. He has also been lecturer of World and Spanish Economy at the University of Barcelona. He worked in banking and strategic consulting before joining the Catalan Center for Innovation and Business Development (CIDEM), where he served as Director of Planning. With the constitution of ACCIÓ, he held the position of Executive Secretary and later CEO. He has improved the preparation of several plans to support companies, including Research and Innovation Plans of Catalonia, the National Agreement for Research and Innovation, the different strategic plans promoted by CIDEM and ACCIÓ during the last 15 years and the National Act for Industry. He has also directed the Annual Reports on R&D and Innovation in Catalonia, as well as the Barometer of Innovation in Catalonia, and has collaborated in different reports on the competitive situation in Catalonia from an international perspective, highlighting the OECD’s Reviews of Regional Innovation – Catalonia and Catalonia in the IMD World Competitiveness.