Isla attends the wake for Carles Vilarrubí

BarcelonaThe President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, attended the wake for businessman and president of the Catalan Academy of Gastronomy and Nutrition, Carles Vilarrubí, on Monday at the Sant Gervasi funeral home in Barcelona. Vilarrubí, 71, a former FC Barcelona executive, died suddenly in the early hours of Sunday morning. During the afternoon, former FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu, the leader of Junts in the Barcelona City Council, Jordi Martí Galbis, and one of the Torres brothers, renowned chefs, among other prominent figures, visited the funeral home. Vilarrubí was also one of the founders and an executive of Catalunya Ràdio, a board member of the Catalan Corporation of Audiovisual Media (CCMA), and held other positions in the finance and banking sectors. From a very young age, he was closely linked to Jordi Pujol, even before the latter became President of the Generalitat. Husband of Sol Daurella, president of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), he received the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of St. George) in 2015. His funeral will be held this Tuesday at 12:30 pm at the Parish of Saints Gervasius and Protasius in Barcelona.