He directs, governs and manages the University, develops the lines of action approved by the collegiate bodies (Social Council, Governing Council, University Senate) and executes their agreements. He receives the assistance of the Governing Council to carry out these duties, which include the vice-chancellors, general secretary and the manager.
He was born in San Xulián de Cabarcos (Barreiros, Lugo) in 1964. He began his primary studies in the school of his native village, from where he moved to the Seminary of Mondoñedo. He also studied his baccalaureate in Mondoñedo, at the 'San Rosendo' Institute.
In 1981, he entered the Faculty of Law in the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he obtained his degree with an extraordinary prize in 1986. In 1991 he obtained his PhD degree at the USC, where he is professor of Financial and Tax Law.
From his graduation to the present day, he has had an intense teaching and research career with numerous publications and teaching and research residencies at the Universities of São Paulo, Montevideo and Bologna.
He is a member of several associations related to his speciality, including the Spanish Association of Professors of Financial Law, the Spanish Association of Tax Advisers and the European Association of Tax Law Professors.
He has held the offices of director of the Department of Special Public Law, secretary of the Phd Committee, vice-chancellor of Coordination of the Campus of Compostela and vice-chancellor of Infrastructures Management (1998-2002) and dean of the Faculty of Law (2005-2007).
In July 2007, the Galician Parliament elected him member of the Accounts Council, a position he held until December 2013. Between 2007 and 2010 he was a senior adviser to this body.
He likes reading and sports, enjoys long walks with his friends along the Camino de Santiago and has a great passion for basketball, and particularly for the Obradoiro team, of which he is a member and season ticket holder. He also enjoys do-it-yourself and gardening, but especially the summers in the Mariña.
