The Executive Committee is the Foundation’s executive arm, delegated by the Board of Trustees and responsible for fulfilling its directives. It is headed by the President of the Board of Trustees and its members are chosen to represent the trustee companies and Ministries.
Among its functions are oversight of compliance with the goals and budget, the programming of activities deemed to be of interest but not provided for in the Action Plan, proposing new members and the basic criteria for signing new agreements and protocols. It is also responsible for establishing the distribution and application of available resources among the Foundation’s goals, within the general guidelines set out by the Board of Trustees. It meets six times a year.
Executive Committee Members
José Juan Ruiz
Chair
Elcano Royal Institute
María Dolores de Cospedal
Deputy Chair
Elcano Royal Institute
Diego Martínez Belío
State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs
Ministry Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation
Almirante Juan Francisco Martínez Núñez
Secretary General for Defence Policy
Ministry of Defence
Jordi Martí Grau
Secretary of State for Culture
Ministry of Culture
Israel Arroyo Martínez
State Secretary for the Economy and Business Affairs
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business
Miguel Arias Cañete
Representative of the Popular Party (PP)
Luis Gimeno
General Counsel
Acerinox
Juan Ignacio Sell Sanz
Director of Institutional Relations
Airbus Spain
Matilde García Duarte
General Coordinator
Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Madrid City Council)
Eva Valle Maestro
Director General Institutional and European Relations and Transparency
Banco de España
John Rutherford
Director of Institutional Relations
BBVA
Enric Fernández
Head of Strategic Planning and Research
CaixaBank
Inmaculada Riera
CEO
Cámara de Comercio de España
Jorge Montero
Chief of Strategy
Corporación Hijos de Rivera
Belén Feu
Chief Technology Officer
EM&E Group
Jesús Saldaña
Enagás International General Manager
Enagás
José Casas Marín
General Manager of Institutional Affairs and Regulatory Iberia
Endesa
Íñigo Osoro
Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
IBM España
Mario Ruiz-Tagle
CEO
Iberdrola España
Santiago Martínez-Lage
Director of Public Affairs
Inditex
Juan Ramón Hernández Barrera
Director of Institutional Development
Indra
Jaime Rivas
Associate Director of Government Affairs
Insud Pharma
Luc Steuns
Head of Strategy and Sustainability
Moeve
Lorenzo Cooklin Díaz
Deputy Director General of Communication, Institutional Relations and CSR
Mutua Madrileña
Jordi García Tabernero
Managing Director of Communication and Institutional Relations
Naturgy Foundation
Gregorio Garvía Arrogante
Advisor to the Executive Chairman
Grupo OESÍA
Antonio Rubio
Secretary General
Prosegur
Renfe (*Pending)
Ángel Luis Bautista Fernández
Corporate Director of Institutional Relations
Repsol
Juan Manuel Cendoya
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Santander Spain
Banco Santander
Jesús Valero Congil
Managing Director
Tecnalia
Trinidad Jiménez
Global Strategy Director of Public Affairs
Telefónica
Charles Powell
Director
Elcano Royal Institute