Diego Valero Carreras

Dr. Valero is Professor at the University of Barcelona and Professor at the London School of Economics in specialised programmes in pensions and behavioural economics. He also teaches Behavioral Finance at IE-University. He holds a PhD in Economics and Actuarial Science, and a Diploma in Senior Management from IESE Business School. He is also Honorary President of the 2008 ICADE MBA and Executive MBA. Dr Valero also teaches Economics at Montessori International School and is academic at the National Academy of Social Insurace in the US. He has been Chair of the Scientific Committee of LIFE Colloquium 2017 and he is Academic Adviser of the IPE Scholarship Fund
In addition to his teaching career, Dr. Valero has an extensive career in the business world. He is co-founder and Chair of Novaster and BeWay. He was President of OCOPEN (Organisation of Spanish Pension Consultants). He was also Vice-President of Spainsif (the Spanish Forum for Socially Responsible Investment). He has been repeatedly convened by the Parliamentary Commission of the Toledo Pact in Spain, and other parliamentary pension commissions in Latin America.
Author of several books and more than a hundred articles. He has translated into Spanish Peter Diamond (Nobel Prize in Economics 2010) and Nicholas Barr’s book Pension Reform. In 2018, together with Dr. Guillén and Dr. Ayuso, he published the paper Gestión Eficiente del Ahorro tras la Jubilación (Efficient Management of Savings after Retirement), winner of the XIII Premio Edad y Vida Higinio Raventós.
Prof. Valero shares his activity between teaching and consulting. As a consultant, he is specialist on pensions, finance, actuarial, insurance, behavioral economics, social responsible investment and social security.
He has participated in many international proyects, starting by TACIS European Community in the analysis of implementing a Social Security system in Kirghizstan, as well as in missions in Russia. He has also experience in Spain, Dominican Republic, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, UK, France, The Nederlands and Sweden.
He is a regular advisor of the Spanish Parliament and led the reports of the “Subcommission for the Study of Private Social Benefit Systems”, “Common Proposals Regarding the Substantive Legal and Fiscal Regime of Complementary Social Benefit Systems” and “The Reform of the Pension System in Spain in its European Environment”, for the Spanish Parliament. He has participated several times in the Spanish Parliament Commission Pension Reform (Pacto de Toledo).
Adviser at several Government Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean (AIOS, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Chile, Honduras, Peru), he usually colaborates with OECD and IADB.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• BeWay, Founder, since 2018

• Novaster Investments EAFI, S.L. CEO, 2016 – 2018

• Novaster, Founder, Chair, since 1989

• Áureo Wealth Advice EAFI S.L. Positions held: Member of the Advisory Board, 2013 – 2016

• Member of the Board and Vice Chair of Spainsif (Spanish forum of social responsible investment), 2009 – 2016

• Member of Consultative Council of Sagardoy Abogados, 2006 – 2010

• OCOPEN (Organization of Pension Consultants), Chair, 1995 – 2005

• AFP Camino in Dominican Republic, CEO, 2002 – 2004

• Gaesco Pensiones, Managing Director, 1988 – 1989

• Mutua de Seguros de Sabadell, Head of the Studies Department, 1987 – 1988

• Catalana de Gas, Economist, 1985 – 1987

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor at IE University in Behavioral Finance (Bachelor Behavioral Sciencies), since 2021

• Professor at the London School of Economics (Global Pensions Programme and customized courses), since 2012

• Associate Professor on leave of absence, Universidad de Barcelona, since 2017

• Associate Professor of Economics of Social Security at the Faculty of Economic of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1996 – 2017

• Associate Professor of Actuarial Statistics at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1992-1995

• Associate Professor of Statistics at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1987-1991

• Lecturer in Statistics at the Faculty of Economics of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1986 – 1987

• Academic Director at the London School of Economics – Global Pensions Programme, Since 2012

• Director of the Master’s Program on Pension Plans of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1996

• Deputy Director of the Master’s Program on Pension Plans of the Universidad de Barcelona, 1995

• Honorary President of the MBA and Executive MBA classes. Universidad Pontificia de Comillas-ICADE of Madrid, 2008

• Guest Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) in Santo Domingo (República Dominicana) and at the Universidad de San José de Costa Rica, 2003 – 2004

• Guest Professor at the Universidad de Valencia, 2001 – 2009

• Guest Professor to the Summer Courses. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1995

• Professor Economics in Montessori High School, since 2015

• Professor at the Escuela Fundación Estudios Financieros, since 2013

• Professor of the National Institute of Insurance Studies (Instituto Nacional de Estudios del Seguro, INESE). Professor of several advanced courses in Pensions organized by APD, 1988 – 2012

• Professor of the Master’s Program on Human Resources of the Executive Management School of Barcelona (Escuela de Alta Dirección, EADA), 1994 – 1997

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD in Economics

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Barcelona

• Actuary, Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Barcelona

• Master’s degree in baccalaureate teaching (UNED)

• Degree in Executive Management. IESE, University of Navarra

• Qualification as Actuary-Auditor, confered by the Register of Actuaries-Auditors. Instituto de Actuarios Españoles

• Certificate in “Financial Accounting”, confered by the Colegio Oficial de Auditores de Barcelona

• Insurance Agent and Broker. Title issued under the number 20.207 by the Ministry of Economy of Spain

• Certificate in “Finances for Management ”. Instituto de Empresa, Madrid