A lawyer by profession, Ramon Mascort has been a great promoter in the creation of tourism companies in the Empordà and other companies such as Lynx Edicions, a publisher house promoted together with the naturalist Jordi Sargatal and the doctor Josep del Hoyo, in 1989, with the purpose of develop and publish the Handbook of the Birds of the World.
His father, Ramon Mascort Galibern, and his uncle, the painter José Mª Mascort Galibern, introduced him to the world of art and art collecting
Ramon Mascort has received several recognitions such as the Montgrí Medal, on August 24th 2014, and the Gold Medal of the Antiquarian Guild of Catalonia, on February 18th 2016. That same month he was named Honorary Academician of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi. He was also awarded by the Fundació Valvi Prize, who awarded the Mascort Group in recognition of his career in the field of preserving the environmental and landscape heritage within the framework of the Girona counties.
Who we are
The Patronage
The Patronage is the governing body of the Mascort Foundation and is made up of representatives from various fields.
Ramon Mascort Amigó
President
Lawyer
Carmen Pascual Massaguer
Lawyer
Director of Companies and Tourist Activities
Jordi Sargatal Vicens
Naturalist
Director of the Aiguamolls Natural Park (1984-1998) and of the Fundació Territori i Paisatge (1998-2009)
General Director of the Mascort Group (2010-2023)
Rosa M. Creixell Cabeza
PhD in Art History - Specialist in Decorative Arts
Associate Professor in the UB Department of Art History, specializing in Museology and Museography
Joan Surroca Sens
Degree in History
Retired educator and museologist
Josep del Hoyo Calduch
Doctor
Lynx Edicions Director (1989-2022)
Francisco Fernández de Villavicencio Álvarez-Ossorio
Economist - Tax Advisor