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Ecix appoints Borja Vega as Director of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence – a profile that combines technical rigour and strategic vision to lead the firm’s next phase of AI development.
A Telecommunications Engineer with a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics, Borja Vega brings a well-established track record in the design of models and algorithms applied to regulated environments: privacy, compliance, risk management, governance and cybersecurity. His mathematical background and practical experience have enabled him to bring artificial intelligence into the operational reality of organisations – translating technical capability into real-world impact. A logic he also cultivates away from work over a chessboard: patterns, strategy and decisions under uncertainty.
Carlos Saiz, partner at Ecix, states that Borja’s appointment represents a qualitative leap forward in Ecix’s commitment to artificial intelligence applied to the legal and regulatory world: “Although AI may seem like a recent arrival, at Ecix we have been working in this space since 2015. We needed a strategic profile capable of moving simultaneously across the latest technical advances, operational realities and regulatory frameworks. Borja brings precisely that combination.”
This move forms part of the “AI Driven – Human Focused” strand of Ecix’s Strategic Plan “On Air” for the 2025-2027 period. In parallel, Javier Naharro, the former CTO, will take on a role focused on business development for AI solutions and on the continuous training of the firm’s Legal Engineering team.
Under Borja Vega’s leadership, Ecix will continue to develop its own models and algorithms, as well as its Soft AI line: agentic systems designed around the use case, enabling non-technical profiles to execute complex processes autonomously. All of this sits within the framework of ISO/IEC 42001 – the international standard for artificial intelligence management under which Ecix was certified as the first firm in the sector.
“I have long been aware of Ecix’s potential and pioneering profile, which is why I am joining this project,” says Borja Vega, Director of Innovation and AI at Ecix. “What we aim to do is consolidate an approach to building artificial intelligence that is technically rigorous, governed and genuinely useful for organisations – integrated with their processes and their knowledge.”
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