Members

President - Ignacio Moreno Martínez graduated in Economic and Business Studies from the University of Bilbao. He also holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD. He is currently President of Metrovacesa, S.A., and director of Roadis Transportation Holding, S.L.U and General de Alquiler de Maquinaria, SA, among others. He is also a senior advisor for Apollo Investment Consulting Europe LTD. for Spain (he held the same position previously at BC Partners Limited). Until October 2016, he was Managing Director of Metrovacesa, S.A., where he had previously been president. He was also CEO of the Chairperson’s Office at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), Managing Director of N+1 Private Equity and Managing Director of Vista Capital Expansión, S.A., SGECR (Private Equity). At Corporación Bancaria de España, S.A. – Argentaria he performed the roles of Assistant General Manager at Banca Corporativa e Institucional, CEO of Desarrollo Urbanístico Chamartín, S.A. and Chairperson of Argentaria Bolsa, Sociedad de Valores, amongst others. He worked at Banco de Vizcaya, at Banco Santander de Negocios, and at Mercapital, as Office Manager, Director of Corporate Banking and Senior Director of Private Equity.

Nominee - Mariano Olmeda began his professional career at Arthur Andersen where he remained for almost six years. He has been deputy general manager of Banco Santander in the Santander Global Banking & Markets division. Specifically, and over a period of 30 years, he has managed the CREDIT global area, including fundamentally Structure Finance, Syndicated Bonds and Loans. Subsequently, he managed Spain and Portugal areas for CIB (Corporate & Investment Banking). During recent years, he has been in charge of Global Credit Watch (Restructuring). He is currently a Board Member at CESCE and INFORMA D&B. Furthermore, he is a member of the Advisory Board at ITHAKA TPG (Texas Pacific Group) and the on-line training company, Tutellus. Mariano is a graduate in economic and business sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid.

Executive - Jorge is CEO of Metrovacesa since 2016. With over €2.5 billion of assets under management. Metrovacesa is one of the leading real estate developers in Spain, representing one of the highest valued and most attractive land banks in the country. Jorge joined Metrovacesa to reorganize the company and relaunch its property development activity after the economic crisis in Spain, leading the company's IPO in 2018. Previously, he worked 12 years as top executive director at Grupo LAR, first as Head of Europe (leading all European operations including Germany, France, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and the Baltic States) and then as Head of Spain, holding full responsibility over €1,000 million of assets under management and assuming a key role in the IPO and subsequent growth of LAR España REIT. Before Grupo Lar, he was COO of Excite@Home Europe (broadband internet access and multimedia content creation), Managing Director & Partner of Fun & Basics (fashion clothing, footwear and accessories), and Manager at Boston Consulting Group (BCG, global management consulting). Jorge has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management from ICAI, at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. He is also Founder and President of Fundación Deporte y Desafío (NGO Sport & Challenge Foundation).

Nominee - Javier Garcia-Carranza is currently a Group Senior Executive Vice President of Banco Santander. He is in charge, globally, of Special Situations, Industrial participations, investment platforms and Restructuring. He joined Grupo Santander in 2016, previously he was at Morgan Stanley London during 17 years, working on the principal real estate fund (MSREF) and Special Situation fund and on investment banking being Co-Head of European Real Estate Investment Banking for EMEA and advising in M&A, IPO and financing transactions in Europe and Middle East. Mr. Garcia-Carranza is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Merlin Properties, Board Member of Metrovacesa S.A.,  Sociedad de Gestión de Activos Procedentes de la Reestructuración Bancaria (Sareb), Santander Mexico, Santander España,  Deva Capital, Tres Mares Capital and is a member of Santander Global Executive Risk Committee. He also participate in several non -profit foundations as trustee in Fundacion Princesa de Asturias or Fundacion Duques de Soria as protector. Mr. Garcia-Carranza has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration by the University Carlos III of Madrid.

Nominee - Carlos Manzano is currently Area Manager for investees within the Restructuring, Investees, Assets, Recovery and Divestment Strategy of Loans and Assets Department at Banco Santander. Before joining Banco Santander in 2017, Mr. Manzano worked at Deustche Bank as Property Manager for Spain and Portugal and, previously, at BAMI, Gecina and the former Metrovacesa. Carlos is a graduate in Economy and Business Studies of the University of Valladolid and holds an MBC from ESADE (Barcelona).

Nominee - Ana Bolado has more than 31 years of management experience in an international environment within the Santander Group, where she has been Corporate Strategy and Digital Business Manager at Santander Universities. From 2010 to 2013, she was Commercial Strategy and Business Development Manager at Banca Comercial in Spain, where she was also a member of the Steering Committee at Banco Santander España. Between 2005 and 2010, Ana worked as Human Resources Corporate Manager at Grupo Santander and, between 2003 and 2005, as Managing Director of Santander Global Banking and Markets. Previously, she worked in different areas related to financial products, investment banking and capital markets. Furthermore, Ana is a Board Member at Inmobiliaria Colonial, Unicaja Banco and Caceis Group, actively taking part on each of them within the Appointments & Remuneration Committee, the Audit and Susteinability Committee, and as Chairperson of the Appointments Committee in Inmobiliaria Colonial and Unicaja Banco. Ana is a graduate in Pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid and holds an MBE from the IE Business School.  

Nominee - Cesáreo Rey-Baltar is currently Property Investee Manager at BBVA. Cesáreo also held the post of Industrial Investee Manager and e-Business Project Manager at BBVA. Before joining BBVA in 1999, Cesáreo worked at Generale Bank (currently BNP Paribas). Cesáreo is a graduate in Business Studies and Insurance Actuary from the University of the Basque Country and has an MBA from IE Business School (IE).

Nominee - Enrique Migoya is currently Managing Director of BBVA's Equity Holdings area, where he manages the bank's equity portfolio. His professional career has been developed mainly in the M&A activity, during 7 years at the investment bank Goetzpartners, and the last 15 years in various positions at BBVA in both private equity and industrial portfolio management. Mr. Migoya holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and has also completed the Executive Development Programme and the Corporate Management Programme at IESE Business School.

Independent - Beatriz Puente joined Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as Chief Financial Officer in December 2020. She received a Bachelor in Business Administration with a major in Auditing from CUNEF, in Spain. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she earned her MBA from Kellogg School of Management, in Chicago. Prior to joining Siemens Gamesa, Beatriz was the CFO at NH Hotel Group and was member of the Board of Directors. Previously, she served as CFO of Aena where she led the company's privatization and IPO process in 2015. She was also involved in Vocento's IPO in 2006 and worked as CFO of the company. Early in her career, she worked as Vice President for Citigroup Investment Banking (M&A) in NY, London, & Madrid, and for Ernst & Young Audit. Beatriz Puente has been a member of Metrovacesa’s Board of Directors since 2018.

Independent - Emma Fernández has developed her professional career in the technology sector in companies such as Telefónica, Alcatel and Indra. In 1991 she started working at Indra Sistemas S.A. where she became CEO and member of the Executive and Management Committees (2007-2015). She has been globally responsible for Strategy and Innovation, HR and Organization Management, Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Brand. From 1991 to 2006, she held various operational and corporate management positions such as Director of Marketing and Corporate Development, including M&A (2003-2006) or Director of Strategic Development (1995-2002). She currently advises technology-based companies on strategy and digital transformation. She is an independent director and member of the Remuneration Committee of Axway (in France); independent director of GIGAS Hosting S.A.; and independent director, chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Responsible Banking Committee and member of the Audit Committee and the Risk, Regulation and Compliance Committee of Openbank; and is a member of the Advisory Board of AERTEC Solutions and a mentor at Ashoka and Endeavor. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Sopra Steria (France), the Board of Directors of Ezentis, the Board of Directors of ASTI Mobile Robotics and the Executive Committees of the Spanish Chamber, the Real Instituto Elcano and the EU High Level Group on Aeronautics Research and the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE). Ms. Fernandez holds, among other qualifications, a telecommunications engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1987), an MBA from IE Business School (1987) and has studied at CEIBS, Wharton, IESE and MIT (2015-2020).  

Independent - Vicente Moreno is director at Banca March, and belongs to the the Accenture Foundation, ESADE Professional Advisory Board, and to the International Advisory Council of the Hispanic Society of America. He was Managing Director (2005-2015) and Chief Executive Officer (2007-2015) at Accenture Spain. During this period, he was also a manager at Accenture for Portugal, Israel and Africa. Previously, he was Director General at Accenture Poland SP. Z.O.O. (1994-1997). He joined Accenture in 1985. In addition to the Accenture Foundation, Vicente is also a member of the Seres Foundation Board, the SM Foundation, the Referemte Foundation, the Princess of Asturias Foundation and member of the ESADE Professional Board. Vicente qualified as a Marine Engineer at the Naval Engineering School.

Lucas is a managing partner of the Hogan Lovells International Office in Madrid, where he also acts as a member of the Corporate Practise Department, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and corporate government. He is a recognized expert in infrastructure projects and transactions, with special emphasis on PPP, investments in airports, parking lots and motorways. Lucas is State Counsel (currently on leave of absence). He acted for more than a decade as general advisor and general secretary of the company listed on Ibex-35 Cintra (Grupo Ferrovial), one of the main transport infrastructure companies in the world, where he acquired extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and in corporate law in general. Moreover, Lucas has served as a board member and/or board secretary for multiple companies, some of them listed as the British BAA or ESSA. Since he joined Hogan Lovells, Lucas has overseen multiple mergers and acquisitions transactions, as well as corporate governance issues and conflicts between shareholders. He is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors at Metrovacesa. During his career in the Spanish public sector, Lucas was State Counsel at the Foreign Office and Ministry of Education and Science, where he focused on administrative law, public procurement and regulatory law.

Independent - Azucena Viñuela has a degree in Economics and Business Administration, with more than thirty years of professional experience in international backgrounds. She started her professional career at Arthur Andersen, where she worked for 11 years in the field of financial auditing and consulting. She was responsible for the Energy Sector and the Public Administration Sector of the Firm in Asturias. Furthermore, she was a member of the Board of Directors and President of the Audit Committee of Testa Residencial. She is currently Director of Internal Audit of Grupo Internacional Energías de Portugal SA. (EDP), and member of the Board and the Appointments and Remuneration Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors of Spain. She has extensive experience in the field of financial auditing and internal auditing, implementation of internal control systems, and criminal risk and risk prevention management models. She has the certificate of Auditor of Accounts from the Official Registry of Auditors of Accounts (ROAC. 1993), carried out Executive Training programs at IESE- Business School (Madrid 1994) and at INSEAD- Business School, (Fontaeblau, France) and was Professor at the Asturias Business School, the Spanish Energy Club and the ROAC.