Management and structure

José Andrés Torres Mora is CEO of Acción Cultural Española.
presidencia@accioncultural.es

Doctor of Sociology. Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid. During the legislatures VIII, IX, X, XI and XII, he was a deputy for Malaga in the Congress of Deputies.
President of the Education Commission, Vice President of the Constitutional Commission and Spokesman of the Committee on Culture of the Congress of Deputies. He was also a Member of the Subcommittee for the elaboration of a Statute of the Artist and Speaker of the Bill of Intellectual Property.
Between 1997-2000, he served as director of San Juan Evangelista University College and is the author of two books, and numerous academic and opinion articles.

María Concepción López Arias is Chief Financial Officer at Acción Cultural Española. 
dirfinanciera@accioncultural.es

She holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration and is a member of the Superior Corps of State Auditors and the Technical Corps of Auditing and Accounting. With over 20 years of experience in Public Administration, she has held various positions related to evaluating the economic and financial management of public administrations.

Highlights of her professional career include: 
- Independent Fiscal Responsibility Authority: Responsible for the analysis and evaluation of the economic-financial management of Spanish Local Corporations.
- Ministry of Finance: Head of the Financial Advisory Coordination with the Autonomous Communities of the General Secretariat for Autonomous and Local Coordination, responsible for the evaluation of the processes of reorganization of the autonomous public sector and the management of the Inventory of its dependent entities; as well as Deputy Director General for Financial Relations with Local Entities with functions to verify and monitor the fulfilment of fiscal objectives of these administrations.
- INAP: Collaboration in training civil servants and participation in competitive examination boards.

Inmaculada Ballesteros is Director of Programming at Acción Cultural Española. 
dirprogramacion@accioncultural.es

Phd with mention of 'European Doctor' in Art History, European Diploma in Cultural Project Management and Master in European Union Law. Inmaculada has extensive experience in the cultural sector in countries such as Spain, Italy, Peru, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Between 2015 and 2023, she directed the Culture and Communication Observatory of the Fundación Alternativas, coordinating the production of the 'Report on the state of culture in Spain' and the Cultural Industries Forum. She is an expert consultant in planning and evaluating proposals for the development of public policies and projects on culture and communication. In addition to analyzing cultural phenomena and practices, she has carried out projects for cultural institutions, universities and other public and private organizations. She has been director of the Cultural Center of Spain in Guatemala and the Cultural Center of Spain in Nicaragua, as well as a teacher in postgraduate programs in Europe and Latin America.

Pilar Gómez Gutiérrez is Director of Production at Acción Cultural Española.
dirproduccion@accioncultural.es

She studied French at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. A cultural management professional with more than 30 years’ experience, she began her career in 1982 as a manager of major theatres such as the Lara de Madrid. She combined this activity with what would be her profession for many years, being in charge of producing different stagings and tours under the direction of Manuel Canseco, José Osuna, Miguel Narros and Emilio Hernández, among others, for successive editions of the Veranos de la Villa programme of summer events and the Almagro, Sagunto and Mérida festivals.
          
In 1988 she set up her own company, producing cultural projects and events of different kinds, such as general meetings of financial and business institutions. After becoming director of Production of the International Festival of Mérida in 1990, she worked on different independent productions, prominent among which was La Fiesta Barroca, organised as part of the Madrid Capital of Culture events. In 1995 she was appointed Director of Production of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, directed by Adolfo Marsillach.
          
In 2005, after serving in the Department of Culture of the regional government of Castile-La Mancha, she joined the Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior, S.A., SEACEX, occupying the post of Director of Projects and Coordination until the merger and creation in December 2010 of the current Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural.