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He holds a PhD in Economics and Business, he is a University professor and Co-Director of the Unesco-URJC-UNED Chair on Water and Peace. Until his appointment, he was Dean of the Association of Economists of Madrid and First Vice-President of the General Council of Economists of Spain. He has extensive experience in corporate governance at several public (RENFE, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Gran Telescopio de Canarias, which he chaired) and private companies (GAMESA Corporación Tecnológica, S.A., ENCE Energía y Celulosa, S.A., AXIARE Patrimonio Socimi, S.A., among others). He has also worked extensively in the civil service: he was General Director of Taxes, Financial Policy and European Funds in the Regions of Castille and Leon and Madrid, General Director of Budget Analysis and Planning at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Secretary of State for Water and Coasts at the Ministry of the Environment.

Agronomist with a Degree in Environmental and Sanitary Biology, graduate in Environmental Sciences and Diploma in Advanced Studies in the Agricultural, Food and Environmental Chemistry program. Civil servant of the Corps of Agronomic Engineers of the State and diploma in Higher Studies of National Defense by CESEDEN (Africa course). He has developed his administrative career in different positions and Administrations such as the Junta de Andalucía, Government Delegations in Andalucía and Madrid, Ministry of the Environment, and Rural and Marine Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment and Ministry for Ecological Transition. At the proposal of the Madrid City Council, where he holds the position of general director of Water and Green Areas Management, his appointment as proprietary director was approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Canal de Isabel II in December 2019.

A graduate in Physics, he has also studied Industrial Engineering at the Higher School of Industrial Engineers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and has a master’s degree in the Development of Computer Applications from the Complutense IT Institute. With a career in the civil service, until June 2015 he worked at the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, in the position of Project Manager of Computer Systems. In addition, in the field of computer technologies, he has worked at the laboratory of the Quality Control and Research Centre of the National Consumer Institute, belonging to the Ministry of Health, Social Polices and Equality; and in the Management of the Social Security department, of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security. Since June 2015, he has been the mayor of Arganda del Rey, where he has been a councillor since 2007. Since November 2015, he has been the president of the Federation of Districts of Madrid.

Civil Servant. Senior Technician of the General State Administration. Degree in Law. Diploma from the School of Legal Practice, Specialist Diploma in Community Environmental Law and in Public Investment Management. Currently, he holds the position of Deputy Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Sustainability of the government of the Community of Madrid, but throughout his career he has also held various positions of responsibility in environmental matters in the Ministry of the Environment and the Department of the Environment of the Madrid City Council. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE), of the State Water Management Society of the North Basin, of the State Water Society of the Tagus Basin, of the Madrid Mobility company of the Madrid City Council, of the company Managemen and Environmental development of the Community of Madrid (GEDESMA) and the Madrid Institute for Research and Rural, Agrarian and Food Development (IMIDRA). On December 18, 2019, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Canal de Isabel II, as proprietary director, at the proposal of the Canal de Isabel II Public Entity.

Bac. / MSc. in Industrial Engineering from Carlos III University. He has been a visiting predoctoral researcher at the University of Washington (Seattle), is pursuing a PhD at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds several postgraduate degrees in engineering and management. He is currently responsible for international innovation in the automotive sector. He also serves as associate professor at the European University of Madrid, researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and business advisor. He has previously worked as an Engineer and Executive in various sectors (energy, defense, aerospace and automotive) both as company staff and as an entrepreneur/freelance. He has been General Director of Sustainability and Climate Change of the State of Madrid, trustee of the Energy Foundation of the Community of Madrid (FENERCOM) and member, among other bodies at the State of Madrid, of the Scientific Committee for Climate Change, of the Environment Council, of the Advisory Council for the development of the 2030 Agenda in the Community of Madrid, or of the Madrid Urban Planning Commission, as well as advisor in various urban consortia of the Community of Madrid.

Doctor in Business Economics and Accounting, professionally registered as an Economist and as a Lawyer, he completed an Executive Master in Technological and Industrial Management from the EOI business school. He is a University Specialist in Business Law from the UPM, DEA in Financial Economics and Accounting from the UNED and an Accounting Expert accredited by the Register of Accounting Experts (REC). He began his professional career in the Finance and Economy Area of ¿¿the Madrid City Council, developing it for the past 30 years to the present in various companies: Red Eléctrica, Radio Televisión Española, Astilleros Españoles, COFIVACASA, IZAR and Navantia, where he has held various managerial positions in the economic, industrial and strategy areas. He is a member of the Management Accounting Committee of AECA and has held various positions as a member of the Management Bodies of companies during the last 20 years. He was appointed independent director of the Board of Directors of Canal de Isabel II, S.A. on November 13, 2017 for the statutory term of 6 years and is a member of its Appointments and Remuneration committees and the Audit Committee, presiding over the latter since December 13, 2017.

She has an extensive experience on boards of directors and providing legal advice to companies and financial entities. She has developed her professional career in the Santander Group, where she has held management positions in the Compliance and General Secretariat, as Government, Regulation and Privacy Director, as Climate Change responsible and as the Board Secretary in more than 30 subsidiaries or affiliated companies, as well as director in several Group companies.

She is currently Deputy Secretary to the Board of Directors  of Santander Spain, and director-secretary of several companies of the Group. Iberian Lawyer - Inspiral Law has accredited her as one of the 50 best female lawyers in Spain and Portugal in its 2019 and 2020 editions and was included in the GC Powerlist - Iberia 2016. Legal 500, which recognizes the best company lawyers in Spain and Portugal. She also carries out a teaching activity in managerial programs on corporate sustainability and corporate governance.
She was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Canal de Isabel II at the General Shareholders' Meeting of November 25, 2020, with the category of independent.

She has more than 30 years of professional experience in chemical engineering both in business management sector and in the teaching and scientific research sector. Her works and contributions in science, innovation and sustainability have been awarded on numerous occasions. She has filed five patents and published two books and more than 200 scientific articles. In the corporate sphere, she has been an independent director and alternate coordinator of the Board of Directors of Ercros since 2016, where she is currently chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee.

She is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the founder and director of the Research and Development Centre on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH) at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. In addition, she leads several international projects related to clean energy, water treatment and sustainable processes.

She was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Canal de Isabel II at the General Shareholders' Meeting on November 25, 2020, with the category of independent.

He has an extensive experience as president and CEO of AENA SME, S.A., a company that belongs to IBEX 35, and president and CEO of CESCE, S.A.

He is currently a member of the boards of directors of companies such as AENA Desarrollo Internacional, SME, S.A. DIA, S.A. and Ahorro Corporación Financiera, S.A. He is a Commercial Technician and State Economist and holds a PhD (cum laude) in Economics. He has also held public office in matters of international trade and economics; he has provided consulting services in emerging countries, on financial policy and public debt; and, likewise, he has held different positions in several public sector companies. In the educational field, he is a professor of postgraduate programmes at IE Business School.
He was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Canal de Isabel II at the General Meeting of Shareholders on November 25, 2020, with the category of independent.

She is an architect and urban planner, and she has extensive experience in business, as well as in corporate governance and on boards of directors of numerous companies. She is currently a member of the board of directors of companies such as Socimi Lar España, Oryzon Genomics, Making Science, Clínica Baviera and the Mexican Cemex. In the past, she has been a member of the boards of companies such as Indra, Banco Mare Nostrum, Aegón España, or Banca Farmafactoring, among others. In addition, she has been President of GE Spain and Portugal, General Director of Google Iberia, General Director of Operations of the NH Hoteles group and CEO of Dell Computer for Spain, Italy and Portugal.

She has chaired the Social Council of the University of Seville and has belonged to that of numerous other companies and entities, such as Oracle Iberia, the Farmaindustria employer, Pelayo Mutua de Seguros, the engineering company IKOR Sistemas and the Human Age Institute, of the Manpower group. In addition, she is a member of the advisory board of Deusto Business School and associate professor of Deusto and ESADE Business School, and she performs business consulting functions in strategy, sustainability, operations and innovation.

She is a State Lawyer and a Graduate in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has been secretary of the Board of the National Lottery and State Gambling Company (SELAE), of the National Heritage Property Management Company (SEGIPSA), of Acción Cultural Española, S.A. (ACE), of the Sociedad Estatal de Exposiciones Internacionales, S.A. and the EFE Agency. She was a director of various companies, such as SELAE, SEIASA and INISAS. She has held various posts in the Government Legal Service, such as Head of the Government legal service at the Ministry of the Treasury, Economy and Finance, at the Secretariat of State of Economy, in the Government Legal Services at Avila and Segovia; and other posts at Government legal services, such as before the Supreme Court, before the High Court of Justice of Madrid, at the Ministry of Health, at the Railway Infrastructure Management Body (GIF), at the Government’s Regional Office in Madrid and at the Regional Administrative-Economic Court of Madrid.