Mr. Cebrián has been Chairman of Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. since July 2012 and since April 2011 has been Chairman of Diario El Pais of which he was the founding Editor-in-Chief. Previously he served as News Editor-in-Chief of the public Spanish TV network (TVE). He is also the Member of Advisory Board at The International Council on Security and Development.
He has won numerous journalism awards, including New York's World Press Review´s Editor of the Year Award, the Premio Nacional de Periodismo (National Journalism Award), the Free Speech Medal from the F.D. Roosevelt Four Freedom Foundation and Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. He is also the author of many books.