Joan-Francesc Pont Clemente, Full Academician and President of the Third Section of the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras of Spain (RACEF), has been appointed third Vice President of the Cámara de Comercio de Barcelona (Barcelona Chamber of Commerce). Pont Clemente held since 2010 the Chair of the Committee on Fiscal Affairs and Legal.

The new Vice President is Professor of Tax Law, Doctor of Law and a Diploma in Business and currently serves as President of the firm of lawyers and economists Pont Mestres. With his appointment, the Chamber of Commerce aims to "give a boost to one of the highest functions of the new law includes cameras: extrajudicial mediation in resolving disputes between companies to reduce the burden on the courts", reports the organism.