{"id":9076,"date":"2021-12-29T09:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/?page_id=9076"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:59:50","slug":"cristina-garmendia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/en\/editions\/speakers\/cristina-garmendia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristina Garmendia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9076\" class=\"elementor elementor-9076 elementor-8400\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a05b3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a05b3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74492401\" data-id=\"74492401\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-306bd958\" data-id=\"306bd958\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668b1fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"668b1fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cristina Garmendia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3729ed05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3729ed05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b3bb2bc\" data-id=\"6b3bb2bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40412d5a elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40412d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cristina-garmendia-phgrqzjo36gwjp7gv79fuhq1713g3lykj7or2f8yxc.jpg\" title=\"cristina-garmendia\" alt=\"cristina-garmendia\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a69102 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71a69102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spaininvestorsday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cristina-garmendia-phgrqzjo36gwjp7gv79fuhq1713g3lykj7or2f8yxc.jpg\" title=\"cristina-garmendia\" alt=\"cristina-garmendia\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c39662a\" data-id=\"5c39662a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bf71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bf71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Former Minister of Science and Innovation<\/h3><p>Cristina Garmendia Mendiz\u00e1bal is a Spanish biologist and entrepreneur. With no previous political militancy, she was appointed Minister of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain in April 2008, a position she held throughout the IX Legislature, under the government of Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero. Since 2015 she has chaired the Cotec Foundation for Innovation.<\/p><p>With a PhD in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, before she was elected minister she was president of the Inbiomed Foundation and the Spanish Association of Bio companies. In 2000 she founded Genetrix, a company in the biotechnology sector, and in 2008 the venture capital company YSIOS specialized in health and biotechnology. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE). After leaving the Government, Cristina Garmendia resumed her business career as a partner of YSIOS and shareholder of Genetrix and has also been a member of private and public advisory boards, including the Government of Colombia. She is also currently a member of the advisory board of Mediaset Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristina Garmendia Former Minister of Science and Innovation Cristina Garmendia Mendiz\u00e1bal is a Spanish biologist and entrepreneur. With no previous political militancy, she was appointed Minister of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain in April 2008, a position she held throughout the IX Legislature, under the government of Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero. 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