Oriol is an economist at the Spanish Economy Unit of the Research Department. PhD in Economics by the London School of Economics (LSE) and MSc in Economics and Finance by Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI). Before joining CaixaBank, he worked as economist specializing on UK and Southern Europe at the National Institute of Economics and Social Research (NIESR) and as graduate teaching assistant at the LSE. His main areas of expertise include macroeconomics, with an emphasis on fiscal policy, and specializes on UK and East Europe.