About me

Although my roots are Andorran, my earliest years were spent in Barcelona. That said: when the holidays came, it was time to go home. We would head up to Andorra, to Escaldes-Engordany, my home parish.

That "heading up" was almost a ritual: from the big, impersonal city to the small country, from the buildings and the smell of petrol to the clean, fresh air, from the Burgos bar and the stoves commanded by Auntie Ignasieta and, ultimately, to that sense of belonging which, as a child, you cannot put into words but which already stays with you and defines you.

And of course, Augé, which connects me to a grandfather, Josep, a man of great character, one of those we would today call "irreplaceable", who lived through the Barcelona of the early twentieth century and who, although he excelled in the world of banking, truly loved reading, writing and lyric song. A brilliant bohemian, a contemporary of Santiago Rusiñol, with a short but intense life.

I never got to meet him in person, but thanks to my mother's stories I have the genuine feeling of having known him. And so it was that, with my father's permission, one day I decided to honour his memory and take his surname: alongside my name —Pere— there was fixed forever what I truly am, bound to my origin, Andorra.

When the time came, the decision was an easy one to make: I studied Law at the University of Barcelona. I then rounded off my training with a master's degree in Taxation and preparatory doctoral studies.

And then came one of those chapters that leave their mark: I joined Bufet Pintó Ruiz as a trainee. I had an extraordinary teacher and mentor, Mr. Pintó, a unique and irreplaceable jurist. There I learned technique, judgement, professional ethics and that very particular way of working. I owe much of what I am as a lawyer to that firm and that team. I will say it plainly: eternal gratitude.

One day I discovered in myself what was to motivate me most and what still motivates me more than anything else today: an innate calling to promote Andorra as a natural destination for international talent and investment, aware of the need to diversify our economy after the shock of the 2007 financial crisis.

It is in this period that my collaboration with the Andorran Business Confederation (CEA) was born, where I first chaired the International Relations Committee and later the Andorra Brand Committee. And from there came travel, conferences and a great deal of promotion of the new model that Andorra was offering the world under the slogan "Invest With Andorra": from Spain to France, taking in Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Mexico and everywhere there was an opportunity to explain all the good things our country could offer.

In 2019 things changed and, once an ill-fated Andorra Brand project had been presented —only to end up filed away in the drawer of history because of the political changes of the time— I stepped down from the active part of the CEA as a board member. I remain connected to it as a member of the jury for the CEA Awards, especially the Andorra Brand award, always in the hope that the project will be revived, all the more so in times of indecision and lack of vision for the future such as the present.

On the family front, I am very proud of my role as father to Pere and Pau. Pere Junior —sociable and a humanist, entrepreneurial and versatile— today leads an innovative coliving project in Andorra. Pau —brilliant and creative, persevering and tenacious— is a lawyer specialising in strategic international taxation and moves between Andorra and Dubai, deploying his talent across two worlds.

Because the professional and family group I lead feels especially motivated to give back to society everything that life has given us, we have felt the moral obligation to drive forward an initiative that does its bit to support those groups who need a boost, especially the youngest or those disadvantaged by a social, economic or health situation.

And so, very soon, the Chrysalis Foundation will begin its journey, designed to strengthen grassroots sport in Andorra, to help talented young people who lack sufficient means —with sports and/or study grants— and to lend a hand to initiatives aimed at those who need it.