

Carlos Gallardo Piqué
Chairman and Executive Director
Professional profile and biography
Carlos Gallardo holds a MS in industrial engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and he worked as an engineer in the autoacmotive industry in logistics and supply chain.
Carlos joined the pharmaceutical industry over 20 years ago when he joined Pfizer based in New York.
In 2004, he joined Almirall where he has remained until the present day. First as an executive in different countries and positions ranging from Strategy, Sales, Licensing, M&A and to Country Management. In 2013, he was appointed Board Director. He became Vice Chairman in 2020 and Chairman as of May 2022. In November 2022, he was appointed interim CEO and in light of the very positive evolution and performance, in February 2023 he was appointed CEO. In 2025 he has been re-elected CEO.
Additionally, Carlos has established a successful career in innovative healthcare technology. He is the founder of CG Health Ventures, which invests in early-stage digital health and medtech companies globally, providing a unique blend of operational support and capital. He serves on a number of boards of promising early-stage companies.
He recently joined EFPIA’s board after being appointed as the 2nd Vice President.
Member category
Chairman and Executive Director
Member of the Dermatology Commission
Date of first appointment, and subsequent appointments
First appointment 25/07/2014 by co-option; re-elected on 07/11/2014, on 08/05/2019, on 07/05/21, on 05/05/2023 and on 09/05/2025
Company shares and share options
Direct holder of 1,094 shares and indirect holder, through the company Grupo Plafin, S.A., of 95,151,624 company shares, and indirect holder, through Grupo Corporativo Landon, S.L., of 33,463,308 company shares.
Other significant Boards to which he belongs
Company name | Position |
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Olistic Research Labs, S.L. | Director |
Corporación Zamap, S.L. | Director |
Caleta XXI, S.L. | Representative under art. 143 RRM (Commercial Registry Regulations) of the director Surcogan, S.L. |
Surcogan, S.L. | Director |
Zentro Yoga Project, S.L. | Representative under art. 143 RRM (Commercial Registry Regulations) of the director Latitud 41, S.L. |