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Parc Científic de Barcelona welcomes Arnau Pla as its new Business and Communications Director

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 10/04/2024  > 10/05/2024

Parc Científic de Barcelona welcomes Arnau Pla as its new Business and Communications Director

Arnau Pla joined the Parc Científic de Barcelona team on Monday as the new director of Business and Communication. Pla brings his more than 15 years’ experience in RDI, strategic planning and execution, marketing and sales, and leadership of cross-functional teams in the biopharmaceutical industry. Pla will be in charge of the areas of business, communication and science dissemination at the PCB.

With a background in Chemical Engineering, a PhD in Biotechnology and an MBA from ESADE Business School, Pla held the positions of RDI director and head of Operations of the advanced therapies division at the Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona’s blood and tissue bank, between 2009 and 2014. In 2014, he and three others founded CELLAB, a biotech company dedicated to regenerative medicine, and since 2020, he has been the Business Development Manager of the Biotechnology area at the IQS (Institut Químic de Sarrià).