IESE Business School

Emerging economies account for half the world’s GDP and in the future this proportion will be even greater. These countries are home to 85 percent of the world’s population, and their influence is steadily increasing. Nations such as China and India already play a central role in the global economy in areas such as trade, industry and finance. In order to succeed in the economic and business world, it is essential to have thorough knowledge of emerging economies, or at least information about them.

The main goal of the Banco Sabadell Chair of Emerging Markets, which works with IESE’s Center for Emerging Markets, is to help spread information and knowledge on emerging countries and offer training in this field of study.

Alfredo Pastor
Holder of the Chair

Alfredo Pastor is professor in the Economics Department of IESE Business School. His main specialties include the European Union, Spanish economic policy, the role of the state in the market economy and the Chinese economic system.

After earning a degree in economics from the University of Barcelona (1968) and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1972), Pastor began his career as a professor of economic theory, teaching economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 1973, with a year spent teaching at Boston University in 1980.

From 1981 to ‘83 he served as a Country Economist at the World Bank, and from 1983 to ‘85 he held senior posts at the National Institute of Industry, first as director of planning and then as director general.

Following that, he ran the company Enher for five years. Two years later, he became director of the Family Business Institute, a post he left to work as Spain’s Secretary of State for the Economy until 1995.

Around this time he joined IESE, first as a part-time professor and then as a full professor since 1997. In 2001 he was named dean of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai.

Since 1990, Pastor has combined his teaching and political work with business and institutional activities centered on management. He has been a board member at Bank of Spain, Círculo de Economía, SCANIA HISPANIA, SOL-MELIÀ, Miquel y Costas, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, COPCISA and ABERTIS Telecom.

The activities of the Banco Sabadell Chair of Emerging Markets focus on four tasks:

• Developing specific courses as part of IESE’s executive education programs.

• Holding working sessions for Banco Sabadell staff, other guests and bank clients.

• Offering continuous training sessions.

• Giving lectures and seminars on emerging economies.