Bel worked as an economist at a professional firm of advisors he founded in 1991.
He was associate professor of public finance and corporate taxation at UB's Department of Economic Policy and Public Finance between 1990 and 2005.
He was an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University's (URV) Department of Private Procedural and Financial Law.
He has been associate professor at URV's Department of Economics since 2012.

Bel entered Tortosa Municipal Council following the resignation of Marià Curto.
He contested the 2003 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Tortosa and was re-elected.
He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.
He was president of Baix Ebre County Council from 2003 to 2007.
He was mayor of Tortosa between 2007 and 2018.

Bel contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.
He contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.
He was re-elected at the 2016 general election.
At the 2019 general election Bel was placed 2nd on the Together for Catalonia electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Tarragona but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.

Bel is a member of the Association of Economists of Catalonia (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya), Registry of Economists and Tax Advisors (Registro de Economistas Asesores Fiscales, REAF), Registry of Forensic Economists (Registro de Economistas Forenses, REFOR) and Spanish Association of Accounting and Administration of Companies (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA).
Bel worked as an economist at a professional firm of advisors he founded in 1991. He was associate professor of public finance and corporate taxation at UB's Department of Economic Policy and Public Finance between 1990 and 2005. He was an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University's (URV) Department of Private Procedural and Financial Law. He has been associate professor at URV's Department of Economics since 2012.
Bel entered Tortosa Municipal Council following the resignation of Marià Curto. He contested the 2003 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Tortosa and was re-elected. He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections. He was president of Baix Ebre County Council from 2003 to 2007. He was mayor of Tortosa between 2007 and 2018.
Bel contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Senate of Spain. He contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. He was re-elected at the 2016 general election. At the 2019 general election Bel was placed 2nd on the Together for Catalonia electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Tarragona but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.
Bel is a member of the Association of Economists of Catalonia (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya), Registry of Economists and Tax Advisors (Registro de Economistas Asesores Fiscales, REAF), Registry of Forensic Economists (Registro de Economistas Forenses, REFOR) and Spanish Association of Accounting and Administration of Companies (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA).
Ferran Bel