Ana Palacios Morillo appointed as Spain’s new Director General of Data

April 13, 2026

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The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration has appointed Ana Palacios Morillo as the new Director General of Data. This body, part of the Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (SEDIA), leads Spain’s national data spaces strategy and promotes the data economy across both the public and private sectors.

In this context, it is worth noting that Ana Palacios Morillo recently chaired the latest meeting of the data spaces working group, a forum that brings together key stakeholders from Spain’s data ecosystem, in which BAIDATA actively participates. Her appointment represents a further step in advancing collaborative initiatives that are essential for the development of the data economy at a national level.