Corporate governance

Born in Puente Genil (Córdoba) in 1949. He holds a Degree in Technical Architecture from the University of Seville. He has completed a range of specialist courses and programmes (Executive Management Programme for Parliamentarians at the Instituto de Empresa; 26th General Course on National Defence and two Specialist Courses on National Defence Strategy at the Centro Superior de Estudios para la Defensa [CESEDEN]).

He is co-author of several publications and articles, and has been a guest speaker at conferences relating to globalisation and relocation processes, Industrial competitiveness, the Aerospace Sector, the transformation of the Energy Sector, technological convergence with Europe and the incorporation of new sectors such as the energy sector within National Defence Directives.

He was a member of CaixaBank’s Advisory Board in Andalusia from 2013 to 2019. He is currently Senior Adviser to the Chairman’s Office at KPMG and has been since 2012.

For over fifteen years, he has worked at several companies operating in areas as diverse as Industry, Architecture and Urban Development.

From 1986 to 2011 he was Member of Parliament for the Seville constituency. He has been a member of parliamentary Committees for Public Works, Industry, Tourism and Trade, Energy, Defence and the Economy, the Combined Committee for the European Union and the Combined Scientific Research and Technological Development Committee, among others.

During his last two parliamentary terms (2004-2011) he was Chairman of the Industry, Tourism and Trade Committee and Chairman of the Spanish Space Group at the Biennial Inter-Parliamentary Conferences held with participation from the European Space Agency (ESA) in Madrid, Paris, Brussels and Rome. He has also held the post of Rapporteur in charge of liaising with Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council.