Eva Eguiguren Medinabeitia, PhD in Business Administration from IE University, Master of Science Executive Education from the Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School, MSc in Analytics, Design and Management Information Systems, from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Bachelors in Business Administration from Texas Tech University, is the new Rector of EUNEIZ, following the appointment approved yesterday by the University’s Board of Trustees.
The new academic head, a native of Bilbao, replaces Lluís Vicent, who led the university through the initial implementation phase of the University of New Technologies, Sport and Health, as it embarks on a new period with important challenges ahead, such as the growth and consolidation of its academic project, the territorial anchoring, and the internationalisation of the institution and its students.
At the presentation ceremony of the most senior academic officer to the teaching staff of the University of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the university president, Jordi Roche, stated that “we are continuing to take the steps envisaged in the EUNEIZ development plan”. “After the first start-up phase, we are embarking on a new stage in which the aim is to achieve the goals that will enable us to make a qualitative leap forward as an academic institution with weight in the Basque Country and beyond”.
EUNEIZ President Jordi Roche thanked the former Rector, Lluís Vicent, for his work during these first two years, which “are always complex when a new project is launched”, and expressed his confidence in the new phase “because it will mark a before and after in the life of EUNEIZ”. “We are at a turning point where the institution is strengthening itself, while reaffirming its commitment to creating talent and transferring knowledge in order to contribute to the economic and social development of Alava and the Basque Country”, he stressed.
The President of the University of Vitoria-Gasteiz wanted to highlight Dr. Eva Eguiguren’s training and proven competence “in leadership, management and academic management, skills that will be vital to the university’s growth and consolidation”. Prior to her incorporation, she served as Head of Training at various institutions, as well as a lecturer at the San Pablo CEU University, after holding various management and academic management positions at Deusto Business School and Esade Business School.
For her part, the new rector underlined “the privilege of leading this dynamic and pioneering institution, integrating three key and interrelated disciplines necessary for training in the labour market of the 21st century”.
“We aspire to become a benchmark for knowledge and a driver of change for the progress of our territory. To this end, we work on the continuous improvement of alliances and agreements, both national and international, which benefit not only our students and teachers, but the entire ecosystem surrounding the university”, she concluded.