The ProFuturo Foundation, as the driving force behind the educational innovation and technology promoted by Telefónica Foundation and the “la Caixa” Foundation, has appointed Juan Ramón Fuertes as its new Chairman of the Board of Trustees; until now he was the deputy managing director of the project.
Together with the new Chairman, the Board of Trustees of the ProFuturo Foundation comprises Marc Murtra and Isidro Fainé, as vice-chairs, in their respective capacities as Chairman of Telefónica Foundation and on behalf of the “la Caixa” Foundation; the trustees are Josep María Coronas, in his capacity as managing director of the “la Caixa” Foundation, and Luis Prendes, in his capacity as managing director of Telefónica Foundation, and Pablo de Carvajal, currently General Secretary and Head of Regulatory Affairs at Telefónica, as non-trustee Secretary.
Magdalena Brier continues in the role of general executive director of the project, and Albert López joins as assistant general manager, from Microbank, the social bank of the CaixaBank Group.
Juan Ramón Fuertes, new Chairman of the ProFuturo Foundation, was associated with ProFuturo as assistant general manager last year. He also served as Assistant General Manager of the “la Caixa” Foundation. He had previously spent a large part of his career at CaixaBank, which he joined in 1980, where he was area manager in the Canary Islands, Executive Director of Retail Banking, Marketing and Quality, and held other positions of responsibility such as Area Manager of the Balearic Islands, General Executive of Lleida and the Barcelona Belt, and Head of the Business Department in several areas. In Portugal, he was also a member of the Board of Directors of BPI and a member of the bank’s executive committee.
About ProFuturo
ProFuturo is an educational innovation programme with technology set up by Telefónica Foundation and the “La Caixa” Foundation in 2016 to narrow the education gap in the world by providing quality education for children in vulnerable environments in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. The intervention model is based on the impact evidence provided by continuous monitoring processes, studies and evaluations.
ProFuturo relies on innovative teaching methodologies with which it seeks to help teachers and students develop skills to face the challenges of the 21st century. The programme works with other institutions and companies, aspiring to create a large international network of teachers who teach, learn and share knowledge in order to jointly achieve better education around the world.
During 2024, ProFuturo worked in 3,600 schools in 30 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, with a direct outreach in the training of 251,000 teachers and the education of 940,000 children.
