Jonás Fernández

MEP, European Parliament

Jonás Fernández Álvarez (Oviedo, 1979) is a MEP in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. He is member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, where he has acted as coordinator for the European socialist party from 2019 to 2024. In addition, he has been a substitute member of the Budgets Committee.

Jonás Fernández Álvarez holds an Executive MBA from IESE Business School (2010-12), a M.A. in Economics and Finance from CEMFI-Bank of Spain (2002-04) and a undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Oviedo (1997-2001). He has completed his training with a program of Advanced Econometrics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2006) and the Senior Executives in National and International Security at Harvard University (2016).

Professionally, Jonás joined as an analyst in economics and international politics in the consultancy firm Solchaga Recio & Asociados in 2005, chaired by former Spanish finance Minister Carlos Solchaga. Three years later he was promoted to the company´s board and later on, appointed as Chief Economist in 2014. Jonás has combined his work activity with teaching at the Universidad Carlos III (2007-10) and various entrepreneurial activities. In addition, he is a regular op-ed contributor to the main Spanish newspapers (El País, Cinco Días, La Nueva España, etc.).

Politically, Jonás Fernández was Secretary General of the Socialist Youth in Oviedo (1998-2000) and served on the executive board of the Socialist Youth in Asturias (2000-01). During the college years he was also a member of the Senate of the Universidad de Oviedo as a student representative. More recently, he has participated in the design of the electoral programs in the 2008 and 2011 legislative elections, and was a policy advisor of PSOE (2004-05). Moreover, he is an associate in various national and international foundations. Jonás is also a participant of the Political Leadership Program of the Aspen Institute, chaired by Javier Solana, former EU Higher Representative and the Workshop in Global Leadership 2016 at Harvard Universit