At its ordinary session of 30 March 2021, the FC Barcelona board appointed several new members
Following is the composition of the new members and their positions :
*Antonio Escudero
Vice President, Social Area
*Juli Guiu
Vice President, Marketing Area
Elena Fort
Spokesperson for the Board of Directors
Miquel Camps
Deputy spokesperson
Josep Cubells
Director, Basketball
Joan Solé
Director, Handball
Xavier Barbany
Director, Rink Hockey
Aureli Mas
Director, Futsal
Xavier Puig
Director, Women’s football
Joan Soler
Director, Youth football
Josep-Ignasi Macià
Director, Social area
Jordi Llauradó
Director, Espai Barça
Alfons Castro
Director, Security
Josep Maria Albert
Director assistant to the Delegate Councellor
*These vice-presidencies are in addition to those agreed at the previous meeting: Rafael Yuste, first vice-president for the Sports Area; Elena Fort, vice-president for the Institutional Area, and Eduard Romeo, vice-president for the Economic Area.
A quick look at the profiles of some of the prominent newly elected members :
Antonio Escudero
Albacete, 1954. In 1972 he emigrated to Catalonia to work in the world of hospitality and later began working in the Customs Agency dispatching trucks. From 1983 to 2001 he was a councilor for the Jonquera City Council for the Socialist Party of Catalonia. As a sports leader from 1998 to 1999 he was president of Girona Fútbol Club , a period in which the Girona team was in the Catalan first division, and shortly thereafter they were promoted to the third division.
Elena Fort
Barcelona, 1970. Fort has a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona. A lawyer specialized in public law and urban planning, she is a partner and founder of BRF Abogados SLP. She was a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia (May 2019 – December 2020) and also a member of the Barcelona Bar Association.
She was a director of FC Barcelona between 2008 and 2010.
Josep Cubells
Barcelona, 1964. Cubells has a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona. A lawyer with more than 25 years of professional experience, he is a founding partner of the law firm Iuris Grup Advocats, former president of the finance club of the University of Barcelona, a member of the procedural section of Icab, member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport of Catalonia and Master in international trade. He was a director of FC Barcelona between 2003 and 2010 and secretary of the Board between 2008 and 2010.
