Chairman of Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

Born in Madrid in 1946, Emilio Lamo de Espinosa has doctorates in Law from Madrid’s Universidad Complutense and in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he furthered his studies from 1972 to 1975. He has served as Chairman of the Elcano Royal Institute since 28 March 2012.

At present he is a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas and of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Vice-president of the Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos, and trustee or board member of a number of foundations (Fundación Ortega-Marañón, Fundación Real Instituto Elcano, Fundación Botín, Fundación Príncipe de Girona, Fundación Transición Española, Fundación Fernando Pombo and Fundación ICO).