Born in Madrid in 1957. Miguel Sebastián graduated with a degree in Economic and Business Sciences from Universidad Complutense University de Madrid. He also has a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota (USA) and from Universidad Complutense University de Madrid.

In the academic field, he has been deputy director of the journal Moneda y Crédito and a member of scientific committees at Revista Española de Economía, FEDEA and NOMISMA. He is Professor of the Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the Faculty of Economics in Universidad Complutense University de Madrid.

He has worked at the Directorate-General for Planning of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and at the Research Department of the Bank of Spain. He has been the General Manager of Intermoney. In 1996 he was appointed Chief Economist (Director of the Research Department and Deputy Director General) at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, and following its merger held the same post at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria until 2003. He has acted as consultant for several multilateral organizations. He has been a member of the Executive Committee at the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists and the Governing Board of the Spanish Association of International Economics and Finance.

He was a member of the Editorial Board at Expansión and Actualidad Económica. He has been a contributor to El Mundo, 20minutos, Alnavío.com, El Independiente, Informacion.com and Cadena SER. He is an occasional consultant at Aquila Clean Energy and Gate Center. He currently publishes a fortnightly column in El Español/Invertia and is a guest on La Sexta and other broadcasters. He is an occasional consultant at GLC Research. He is a member of the Honorary Board of Trustees of the Complutense University of Madrid Foundation (UCM) and the AG-Fitel Manuel Lito Foundation.

In the political career, he was coordinator of the Economic Program for the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) in the 2004 General Election and Director of 'Economistas 2004'. In 2004 he was appointed Director of the Spanish President’s Economic Office (with the rank of Secretary of State). In 2005 he was appointed Coordinator of Spain’s National Reform Programme ('Mr Lisbon'). In December 2006 he was nominated as the PSOE Candidate for the Office of Mayor of Madrid. In April 2008 he was appointed Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Government of Spain, a position he held throughout the 9^th legislative term until December 2011.

In Indra Group:

• Board of Directors: Director
• Audit and Compliance Committee: Director
• Strategy Committee: Director
• Sustainability Committee: Director

First and subsequent appointments:

• 31 January 2019
• 24 June 2019
• 23 June 2022
• 26 June 2025

Ownership Interest:

• Direct Shares: 14,644
• Indirect Shares: -
• Total Percentage: 0.0082%

Other gainful activities:

• Occasional consultant at GLG Research
• Collaborator with La Sexta, Cadena SER, El Español/Invertia and other media
• Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid