Cristina Garmendia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain
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Place of Birth: Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
About Cristina Garmendia
- Dr.
- Cristina Garmendia y Mendizábal (San Sebastian, 1962) is a Spanish biologist and businesswoman.
- With no previous political career, she was appointed as Minister of Science and Innovation in April 2008 by the President of the Government of Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.With a PhD in Biology from the Universidad AutĂłnoma de Madrid, before her election as a minister, she was the president of the Inbiomed Foundation and the Spanish Society of Bio enterprises.
- In 2000, she founded Genetrix., a biotechnology company and in 2008 YSIOS, a venture capital firm, specialized in health and biotechnology.
- She was also a member of the board of the Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organizations (CEOE).
- After her term was over, Dr.
- Garmendia has taken up again her management side as member of YSIOS.She is a shareholder of Genetrix, and a member of scientific or advisory boards for many organizations, such as the Women for Africa Foundation.
- and the Colombian Government’s Productive Transformation Program International Advisory Board.
- She is also an active board member of a number of Spanish companies, branch organizations and a top business school.
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