Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Housing and Internal Government of the Barcelona City Council, he was manager of Urban Planning in the Council from 1999 to 2004, after which he occupied the positions of Secretary General of the President’s Department and, subsequently, Secretary of Government of the Generalitat (Government) of Catalonia. From 1988 to 1994 he was technical secretary of the Institut Municipal de Promoció Urbanística (Municipal Institute of Urban Planning Promotion) during the period of constructing infrastructure for the Olympic Games. He was then appointed deputy director of Barcelona Regional.