Xavier Torra has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a Master’s degree in Marketing Management from ESADE.
He is the CEO of AltBath Company and the advisor to several family-run companies (Encofrats Alsina, Borges, Girbau, Metalogenia, Roquet, SECE, Giró Group, Simon).
Xavier is the former chair of the Board of Trustees of ESADE Business School and the former vice chair of the board of Ramon Llull University (2019-2021).
He sits on the Advisory Board of BBVA in Catalonia and is a member of the board of the Ship2B Foundation.
He has also been a member of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Industry Commission and the Tax Commission of the Cercle d’Economia (CAREC).
Xavier was chair of the Board of Trustees of the OXFAM-Intermón Spain Foundation for eight years, until 2018.
For 23 years, he was the CEO of SIMON HOLDING, a group of companies that manufacture small electrical and lighting equipment that are active in over 20 countries.
He previously held various executive positions at Dupont de Nemours, British Petroleum and Union Carbide (Argon).