Miriam González Durántez is an international trade lawyer, founder and chair of España Mejor, a non-profit organization that seeks to energize civil society to engage in the development of public policy proposals in an open, inclusive, non-partisan, and ideologically cross-cutting way. Miriam is also a member of the Toyota Europe Diversity Council, an independent director at Atrys Health, and serves on the Editorial Boards of La Vanguardia and El Confidencial.
She is part of the International Advisory Board of the Círculo de Empresarios in Spain, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and several educational institutions, and has taught international trade policy at Stanford University, California. Miriam is also the author of Devuélveme el Poder (“Give Me Back the Power”), a book focused on the need for political reform in Spain.
In 2015, she founded Inspiring Girls International, a global charity present in 40 countries, dedicated to raising the aspirations of young girls by connecting them with female role models from all sectors.
Miriam is married to Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with whom she has three sons.