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Jordi Rodríguez
Managing director
Degree in Political Sciences and Administration from Pompeu Fabra University, General Marketing Management from ESADE, Vicens Vives Program in Leadership and Civic Engagement from ESADE, and PDG from IESE Business School. He leads the overall strategy of the foundation, guiding and supporting the projects carried out, with a priority focus on practical application and technology transfer. His work includes defining strategic objectives, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and monitoring the progress of projects, ensuring that they are aligned with the goals of innovation and competitiveness. It also facilitates collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors, promoting the effective transfer of knowledge and technology to the market.

Paula Sanchez
Project Manager
Graduated in Biotechnology by the University of Vic (UVIC-UCC), a Master in Bioengineering by the Chemical Institute of Sarriá (IQS)-Ramon Llull University and a Master in Project Management by La Salle-Ramon Llull University. She has experience in the management of innovation and digital transformation projects in the healthcare field, both in the hospital and entrepreneurial sectors, as well as in the planning and launching of initiatives and training to promote innovative and intrapreneurship culture.

José Carlos Caba
Project Manager
Degree in Biology (2007), MSc in Pharmacology with a PhD in neurodegenerative diseases and an Executive Master in Innovation (2012). He has a scientific background in biosimilars production in biotechnology companies. For 8 years, he was Business Development Manager at Leitat leading the BDMs-healthcare team at national level where he specialized in competitive public fundraising. During 2024-2025 he joined Fundació Leitat coordinating the incubation of 20 demonstrative projects of Integrated Care through an initiative aligned with the Strategic Plan of Social Services and with the challenges of the Health Plan 2021-2025 of GenCat.

Olga Garcia
Project Manager
Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and PhD from the UPC in the specialty of Paper and Graphic Engineering. She has extensive experience in the field of R&D&I project management in different economic sectors, specializing in the most recent stage of her career in public sector projects of innovation in health and entrepreneurship. She currently focuses her work on management, monitoring and technical-economic justification of the foundation's projects.