Vicente Arroyo is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He was a former Chair of the EASL-CLIF Consortium, Director of the Grifols Chair (2015–2021), and served as EF CLIF Director from 2015 to 2024. He was the Chief of the Liver Unit at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (1985–1998), Director of the Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (1998–2009), Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Barcelona (2000– 2003), and Director of the Esther Koplowitz Center for Biomedical Research (2009–2015). Arroyo is an Honorary member of several learned societies and research foundations across Latin America and active member of major national and international associations for the study of the liver. His research interests include complications of cirrhosis such as ascites, acute bacterial infection, and acute-on-chronic liver failure. Throughout his career, Arroyo has received numerous awards and has served as Editor-in-Chief of International Hepatology Updates (2012–2015), Associate Editor for Journal of Hepatology (1995–1999) and Hepatology (2001–2006). Currently, and Special Section Editor of Journal of Hepatology.