Joseba Campos Capelastegui has been appointed by the President, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, as the new director general of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra. He succeeds José Andrés Gómez Cantero at position , who will go on to direct the Foundation for Applied Medical research . The appointment will take effect on July 1.

Joseba Campos holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Basque Country, where he obtained the place de Senior Associate Professor de Universidad and worked at teaching and research for thirteen years (1982-1995). He also holds a PDD from IESE.

After spending time at Tecnun, the School of Engineering of the University of Navarra(Campus in San Sebastian), where he was Director of programs of study (1995-2004), he made a transition to management. He is visiting professor at campus of IESE (2005) in Barcelona and visiting scholar at the School of Management of Boston University (2007) where he specializes in Career Development. Since then, he has been oriented to the teaching of the Personnel Management Service, both in Tecnun -assuming the subdirection of academic staff of the School of Engineering (2012-14)- and in the rest of the University.

In 2014 she moved to Pamplona, where she has actively collaborated in the Governing Body of the University which has allowed him to get to know closely the academic, welfare and research centers of the different campus, among them the Cima and the Clinic. He has combined this dedication with the teaching of postgraduate program in the two campus of the University in Pamplona and Madrid.

For his part, José Andrés Gómez Cantero assumes the direction of FIMA, the entity that owns Cima Universidad de Navarra, the Clinic's research center . During the years that he has been at the helm of the Clinic's management, expansion has taken place (first with the López Pozas outpatient center and then with the opening of the Clinic's headquarters in Madrid -November 2017-) and has boosted its process of internationalization, maintaining the standards of care excellence and personalization of medicine, with a specialized Nursing. In this last year and a half, it has also managed the Covid-19 pandemic and faced the challenge of combining the Covid activity with the ordinary activity.

In recent years, moreover, the Clinic's track record has been recognized for its good reputation both nationally and internationally.

The President of the University, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, thanked "the great work carried out by José Andrés in the growth and consolidation of the Clinic's healthcare, professor and research activities. accredited specialization Today it is a larger hospital, with two sites, and at the same time its hallmarks are still alive" and he made a special mention to the leadership of the entire Management committee and to the commitment of the Clinic's professionals in these years, marked especially by the hardship of the last few months.