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RamónAdellE-mail:adell@economistes.comEDUCATIONANDTRAININGGraduateandPhDinEconomicsandBusinessSciences(UniversityofBarcelona)(1981,1988)DegreeinLaw(UniversityofBarcelona)(2001)AuditorandCharteredAccountant.MemberofROAC(1983)FinancialAnalyst.MemberofIEAF(1989)ACADEMICACTIVITYNational Corresponding Academician of the “Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas yFinancierasdelInstitutodeEspaña”(2016).ProfessorofFinancialEconomicsandAccounting(profile:BusinessEconomics)intheDepartmentofEconomicsandBusinessOrganisationattheUniversityofBarcelona(1995-…).Guest lecturer on variousMasters and Postgraduate Courses. Regular speaker at public and privateinstitutions: Complutense University of Madrid, Autonomous University of Barcelona, University ofGirona, University of Alicante, Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de España, Escuela deAdministración y Dirección de Empresas (Barcelona), ICADE (Madrid), IEF (Barcelona), MenéndezPelayoInternationalUniversity,etc.Lecturer at various International Seminars in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama on “HedgingInstrumentsofRiskManagement”and“FinancialEngineering”(1994-1997),organisedbytheInstitutoInternacionalparaelDesarrollodelDerecho, theCentralBankand theSuperintendenciaGeneraldeEntidadesFinancierasdeCostaRica.DirectorofvariousPostgraduateCoursesandspecialistSeminarsat theUniversityofBarcelonaandMenéndezPelayoInternationalUniversity.BOARDSOFDIRECTORSANDADVISORYBOARDSListedCompanies(IBEXandContinuousSpanishMarket)IndependentDirectoratNATURGYENERGYGROUP,S.A.from2010.LeadDirector(2018-…),ChairmanofAppointmentsandRetributionsCommittee(2018-…),Memberof the Audit Committee (2012-...), Chairman of the Audit Committee (2014-2018), Member ofExecutiveCommittee(2015-2018).IndependentDirectoratORYZONGENOMICS,S.A.andChairmanoftheAuditCommitteefrom2015.

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NonListedCompaniesIndependent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at FÉNIX DIRECTO, COMPAÑÍA DESEGUROSYREASEGUROS,S.A.(ALLIANZGroup)(2019-…).IndependentDirectoratGRUPOTAURUS(2007-…).IndependentDirectoratINTERMASNETS,S.A.(2005-2017).AdvisoryCouncilsAdvisoryCouncilMemberatLABORATORIOSRUBIÓ,S.A.(2019-…)AdvisoryCouncilMemberatCENTRODEESTUDIOSINTERNACIONALES(CEI)(2018-…)AdvisoryCouncilMemberatPLANETAFORMACIÓNYUNIVERSIDADES(PFU)(2015-…).ScientificCouncilMemberatESERP–SchoolofBusinessandSocialSciences(2011-…).AdvisorCouncilMemberatEOSGLOBAL,CORRED.DESEGUROSYREASEGUROS(2007-2016).PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE2001-… GABESADE,S.L. Managing Partner. Business advisory firm focused on providing strategic and

financialadvice.Italsospecializesinindependentexpertreports.2001-2005 GRUPOEMMSA DeputyChairman.ResponsiblefordefiningtheGroup’sstrategy,M&Aoperations

andfamilypropertysuccessionplanning.1989-2000 MERCADOESPAÑOLDEFUTUROSYOPCIONESFINANCIERAS(MEFF) Advisor to the CEO from its creation, forming part of the original team that

promoted and developed the implementation of the Derivative Futures andOptionsMarketsinSpainandtakingontheroleoftheheadoftheDepartmentofRegulationandMarketMembers.

1985-1989 GRUPOMENARINI DeputyManagementController, responsible for thepreparationof theGroup’s

internal restructuringplanandsubsequentlycontinuedtoprovideadvice to theManagement.

1981-1985 PRICEWATERHOUSE Auditor and consultant, coordinating work teams in the areas of auditing and

internalcontrol reviews formore than30companies indifferentsectorsandofvaryingsizes.

INDEPENDENTEXPERTREPORTSEXPERIENCEHaswrittenmorethan150expertopinionsfornationalandmultinationalcompaniesoverthelast15years.Experience in theratificationanddefence thereofbefore theSpanishNationalHighCourtandotherCourtsofJustice.

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PUBLICATIONSLos Mercados de Futuros: un análisis funcional y prospectivo (Futures Markets: a functional andprospective analysis), Doctoral Thesis with CUM LAUDE classification, University of Barcelona(ISBN:84-7528-805-7),Barcelona,1988.Gestión de tesorería con futuros financieros (Treasurymanagementwith financial futures), Gestión2000,S.A.(ISBN:84-86703-53-0),Barcelona,1991.WinneroftheEADAAWARDin1990forBusinessManagementResearchandDevelopment.“Fiscalidaddelasoperacionesdefuturosyopciones”(“Taxationoffuturesandoptionsoperations”),.REVISTADECONTABILIDADYTRIBUTACION(FinancialStudies.JournalofAccountingandTaxation),Estudios Financieros No. 140, November 1994. Winner of the EADA AWARD in 1990 for BusinessManagementResearchandDevelopment.LosContratosdeFuturosyOpcionesFinancieras(FinancialFuturesandOptionsContracts),“ConocerlosMercadosFinancieros”(“GettingtoknowtheFinancialMarkets”)collection,Pirámide,S.A.,Madrid,1995.OpcionesyFuturosFinancieros(FinancialOptionsandFutures),“EmpresayGestión”(“BusinessandManagement”)collection,(ISBN:84-368-0963-7),Pirámide,S.A.,Madrid,1996.Co-authorandmemberAdvisoryCommitteefor"CursoSuperiorenDirecciónFinancierayContable”(AdvancedCourseinFinancialManagementandAccounting),Deusto,S.A.,Bilbao,1997.

Dirigir enel sigloXXI (Management in the21st century), FundaciónEspañoladeDirectivos,Deusto,Bilbao,2002.

Incertidumbres y retos de la transformación del sector eléctrico (Uncertaintiesandchallengesof thetransformationoftheelectricsector),RealAcademiadeCienciasEconómicasyFinancierasdelInstitutodeEspaña,RACEF,2017(https://racef.es/es/academicoscorrespondiente-nacional/radell).5 papers accepted by and presented at National and International Conferences on topics related toBusinessEconomics.Morethan20articlespublishedinjournalsandnewspapersontopicsrelatedtoBusinessEconomics.AWARDSHonoraryMemberoftheEuropeanHighCouncilofDoctorsandtheDoctorsHonorisCausa(2015).SilverMedalfromtheColegioOficialdeTitularesMercantiles(2014).“HonoraryDegree”fromESERPBusinessSchool(2011).Award forAcademicExcellence grantedby theAsociacióndeContabilidad yDireccióndeEmpresas(ACCID)(2009).EuropeanCitizens’Prize(2003).

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OTHERACTIVITIESVice-ChairofCEDEFoundation-ConfederaciónEspañoladeDirectivos(CEDE)(1997-...).HonoraryChairmanoftheAsociaciónEspañoladeDirectivos(AED)(2010-...).ChairmanoftheAsociaciónEspañoladeDirectivos(AED)(2000-2010).BoardMemberofAUDESCO-AsociaciónUniversitariadeEstudiosComunitarios(2015-…).FounderMemberof“SpanishLeaderNetwoek”(2015-…).Vice-ChairofFomentdelTreball(CEOE)(2014-2019).ChairmanoftheEconomicsandTaxationCommitteeandMemberoftheExecutiveCommittee(2011-2014).Chairmanofthe‘Societatd’EstudisEconòmics’(SEE)(2011-2019).AdvisoryMemberofthePlenumoftheBarcelonaChamberofCommerce(2009-2019).PresidentofFCBarcelona-ManagingCommission(2015).PresidentofFCBarcelonaStatutoryEconomicCommittee(2010-2015).PROFESSIONALASSOCIATIONSMember of the following professional institutions: Asociación Española de Contabilidad yAdministración de Empresas (AECA), European Academy of Management and Business Economics(AEDEM), Colegio de Economistas de Cataluña, Barcelona Bar Association, Instituto de CensoresJurados de Cuentas en España, Instituto Español de Analistas de Inversiones, European CommunityStudiesAssociation(AUDESCO–ECSASpain)and theSociedad InternacionaldeGestiónyEconomíaFuzzy(SIGEF).August2019.