Carme Artigas

Carme joined Nazca in September 2026 as Operating Partner. She had previously begun her career in executive positions at Procter & Gamble, and went on to serve as Director of Business Incubators at Barcelona City Council and as CEO of Ericsson Innova, the Ericsson Group’s European venture capital firm. She later co-founded Synergic Partners, a pioneering European Big Data company, which she led as CEO until its acquisition by Telefónica in November 2015 and throughout its integration into the group. In January 2020 she was appointed Spain’s first Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence, a position she held until December 2023 and from which she led the negotiation and approval of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act during the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

She holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Químico de Sarriá, with her master’s thesis completed at the Max Planck Institute, and a postgraduate degree in Industrial Management from IQS, as well as executive education in venture capital from the Haas School of Business at the University of Berkeley. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, where she researches artificial intelligence and geopolitics, and a Senior Fellow at ADIALab (UAE) in the field of AI ethics. She served as Co-Chair of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and led the report Governing AI for Humanity, adopted by the General Assembly in September 2024. She brings over 30 years of experience in big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and technology innovation, and has held CEO, board advisor and chair positions at both listed and private companies.