Corporate governance

Born in Ciudad Real in 1959. He holds a degree in Advanced Industrial Engineering from Comillas Pontifical University (ICIA); a Diploma from IESE’s Senior Management Programme (PADE); a Certificate on Good Corporate Governance (IC-A); and a Certificate from the Independent Directors Programme (ICADE Business School).

He has been recognised as a Member of Merit of the Engineers’ Association at the Higher Technical School of Engineering (ICAI) in recognition of his merits and professional relevance, and an Honourable Member of “Observatorio Industria and Tecnología” and holds a Diploma of Honour from the Army.

As regards his career as an executive, he worked first as a Systems Engineer at SAINCO in United States and subsequently at technology companies such as Sun Microsystems, where he was responsible for the Internet Business Unit. He was Executive Chairman of Lucent Technologies Iberia and CMO of Alcatel Lucent, with responsibilities in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and India, in the telecommunications, industry and defence sectors. He was also Director of Operations and CEO at SiTech Finanzauto, Executive Chairman of Grupo Daorje and CEO of Ingeniatrics Technologies.

As regards his experience as a Director, he has been Chairman of the Sustainability and Corporate Governance Committee, Chairman of the Auditing Committee and director-adviser to Antolin with operations in Europe, America and Asia, independent director of the SEC-US listed company Telvent GiT and Chairman of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee, independent director of Abengoa Solar, independent director of Lantero Group and Chairman of its Auditing Committee, and an independent director and adviser to Raona Enginyers, to IPS Group and to PackBenefit.

In the academic sphere, he is Director of the Chair of Smart Industry, Director of the Master's Degree in Smart Industry (Applied Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Cyber-Physical Systems) at the ICAI Higher Technical School of Engineering, part of the Pontifical University of Comillas, and professor in the Independent Directors Programme at ICADE Business School.

He has been an active member of various institutions and associations, such as the Spanish Engineering Institute and the Association of Telecommunications and Information Technology Companies, among others.