José Manuel Campa Fernández (born 20 July 1964) is a

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economist, economy professor and politician who has been serving as the chairperson of the

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since May 2019. Prior to this, he has been a senior member of

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and has previously served as the 10th Secretary of State for Economy in the

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Biography

Campa has a degree in law and economics from the

University of Oviedo The University of Oviedo (, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres. History Th ...

and a

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in economics from

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. Between 14 May 2009 and 23 December 2011 he served as the Secretary of State for Economy of the Spanish government under the premiership of

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (; born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. O ...

. Before being Secretary of State he was finance professor in the

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of the

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. He has been a consultant of the

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, of the International Monetary Found, the

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, of the

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, of the

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, of the

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and of the

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. In 2014, he was appointed Director of Investor Relations and Analysts of the

. He continues being finance professor of the IESE Business School as an External Collaborating Professor. On 19 February 2019 he was nominated to be the next Chairperson of the

, replacing

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. The

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approved the nomination on 14 March 2019. He assumed the office on 1 May 2019. In February 2024, the

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renewed Campa's mandate as Chairperson of the EBA for a second five-year term, until May 2029.

References

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