Julio Pomés is president and founder of Civismo, a Spanish think tank dedicated to the analysis of public policies and promotion of economic and individual freedom. Head of Expectativas’ Magazine, a quarterly publication focused on the analysis of socioeconomic trends, he is also a columnist for ABC, other twelve regional newspapers from Vocento Group, and Diario de Navarra newspaper. Until 2002 he was Chemistry Professor at the Public University of Navarra and between 2002 and 2011 he was a weekly columnist at Expansión. Ph.D. in Science and Economics, he also has a Senior Management degree from the IESE Business School.