Manel del Castillo Rey

Doctor in Medicine by Universitat de Barcelona, specialist in Family and Community Medicine and Master in Public Company Management by ESADE. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital since April 2003 and, in the international area, he held the presidency of the European Children's Hospital Organisation (ECHO) from 2020 to 2024.

Del Castillo began his career in health management as head of Primary Care in Mallorca. He was provincial director of Insalud Baleares and managing director of the Manacor Hospital Foundation. In Catalonia, he was manager of the Municipal Hospital of Badalona and held the position of general secretary of the Consortium of Health and Social Employers' Association (CAPSS). He has also received awards such as the Arthur Andersen Diario Médico, Bearing Point, Professor Barea and Fundació Factor Humano Mercè Sala.

He is currently a lecturer in healthcare management at Universitat de Barcelona and a guest professor at various business schools such as IESE, La Salle, ESADE and San Telmo, among others.