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Enric Masllorens

MANAGING DIRECTOR | JESUÏTES EDUCACIÓ

Education

  • Degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Barcelona (1981).
  • Master’s degree in Underground Hydrology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1983).
  • Business Organisation and Creation Course jointly organised by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Fundació “la Caixa” (1989).
  • PhD in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona (1997). The title of his doctoral thesis was “Evaluation of permanent teacher training in Catalonia: an innovative training model”.

Professional experience:

  • Director of La Blanquerna Primary School (URL). During this time the curricula were changed (new specialties) and a market study and pedagogical viability study were carried out to organise the Diploma in Speech Therapy (1992-1995) and the Degree in Physical Sports Activities.
  • General Director of the Pia Balmes School, overseeing 1,200 primary and secondary school students (1996-2003)
  • Director General of Institución Cultural del CIC, Fundación Privada, with around 6,500 students (Escuela Thau Barcelona, Escuela Thau Sant Cugat, CIC A-Levels and Training School, CIC Language School, Virtèlia Music School) (2003-2011).
  • Director General of the publisher SM (SM Group) (2011-2016). Publishing company that invoices 70% of its budget in paper and digital textbooks, 20% in children’s and youth literature books (especially from the Barco de Vapor and Gran Angular collections) and 10% in the “Let’s Educate” Information Technology Platform. He is a member of the SM Group’s Education Commission (publishers in nine countries in the Americas and five publishers in Spain).
  • Director General of La Fundación Jesuitas Educación (2016 – present). The foundation teaches 14,000 students over eight schools and directly employs 1,500 people.

Other responsibilities

  • First Vice President of the Association of Catalan Language Publishers and of the Organisational Board of Catalan Book Week (2012 to 2016).
  • President of the Agrupación Escolar Catalana (AEC), a business association that brings together 96 schools across Catalonia) from 2008 to 2011. Prior to that, he had been Vice President since 2004.
  • From 1995 to 2010 (July), he was President of the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia – Unescocat. Prior to that, he was the Vice President and he sat on the Board from the beginning (1983) until 2015.
  • Since 1980, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Peace and has actively participated in its permanent commission.
  • Account auditor and member of the Abacus cooperative members’ commission. From June 2010 to January 2012, he also participated in its Governing Board.
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