Mr. Mario Rubert

DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL
(CITY PROMOTION MANAGER)

Memorandum of Understanding signed by Barcelona and Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.

Mario Rubert has been working at the Barcelona local government since 1993, always in the field of economic promotion.

After working for 4 years as Deputy Director for Economic Promotion at Barcelona City Council, Mario Rubert became responsible for the city’s international marketing and economic promotion strategies, as a Director of Promotion of Foreign Economic Activity at Barcelona Activa, the Local Development Agency. Since 2008, he is in charge of designing and coordinating the actions to attract foreign investment, managing the brand “Barcelona” and promoting the business opportunities of the city.

Before his responsibilities in the local government of the city of Barcelona, Mario Rubert worked as legal expert and was an intern at the European Parliament and the European Commission. Mario Rubert graduated in Law from the Universitat de Barcelona and holds a Master’s degree in Public Service Management and followed the General Management Programme at the IESE Business School.