Carles M. Canals (Barcelona, 1956) has a degree in Media Studies by the University of Navarra. He was a political and economic editor for Europa Press Catalunya (1982-1987) and then correspondent for the financial newspaper Expansión in Barcelona (1987-1992). He was an editor for Expansión in Madrid and head of various sections (1992-1996). He was secretary of the editorial committees of Expansión and Actualidad Económica and a coordinator and business correspondent also for Actualidad Económinca. He is the author of various contributions in the collective works Cien Empresarios Catalanes (Lid, 2006, coordinated by Francesc Cabana) and Diccionario Biográfico Español by the Real Academia de la Historia (currently being printed). He is a regular columnist for Expansión.