Professor Javier Quesada, on behalf of the Valencian Rei Jaume I Prizes Foundation, wishes to express his condolences and sadness at the death of Miguel Burdeos, collaborating trustee of the Rei Jaume I Prizes Foundation.

Miguel Burdeos was a wonderful person and very dear to the Foundation, always thinking about promoting science, research and entrepreneurship, as evidenced by the fact that he joined the Foundation in 2011 as President of SPB (Suavizantes y Plastificantes Bituminososos, S.L.).

His commitment to the promotion of knowledge and its dissemination led him to chair the Chemical and Environmental Association of the Chemical Sector of the Valencian Community (Quimacova), and he became one of the strong men of Valencian employers, being Vice-President of the Valencian Business Confederation (CEV), full member of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Regional Employers Cierval, and Patron Director of the Chair of Management and Business Culture of the Social Council of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He was also a member of the R+D+i Committee of the Spanish Employers’ Confederation CEOE.

Burdeos has always shown his interest in business and learning, as well as his desire to promote the Rei Jaume I Prizes, to the point of organising visits by Nobel Laureates to his company to stimulate his employees. Enthusiastic about chemistry and its use to improve life, he promoted Spanish science and research and supported many young entrepreneurs growing up in our country.

His mark, passed on to his daughters, who are also committed to recognising excellence, is an example and a source of inspiration to all those who knew him.

May he rest in peace.