Born in Barcelona in 1970.
Àngels Fitó has a PhD in Business and Economics from the University of Barcelona and is a full professor at the UOC. She was dean of the UOC's Faculty of Economics and Business between October 2010 and February 2019 and has been Vice President for Competitiveness and Employability between 2019 and 2023. Fitó was inaugurated on April 2023 as the new rector of the UOC.
Throughout her academic career, she has specialized in tax and financial management and management control, and has taught courses on these subjects at a number of universities (University of Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, and the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia). She combined her teaching work with a professional career in accounting and tax consulting for private companies and public institutions.
She has also been deputy chair of the Catalan Professional Association of Economists since November 2021, president of the International Development Center (CINDA) since October 2024, and member of the Advisory Board of the Observatory of Small and Medium Enterprises of Catalonia (PIMEC) since November 2024.
Her research interests focus on financial reporting harmonization processes, management control systems and the transformative power of higher education for employability given the complexity of labour market dynamics. She leads a number of different local and international initiatives in this field to reconfigure higher education and provide a response to the challenges for lifelong learning arising in the current context of transition.
She is the mother of three children and author of three novels.