He was appointed as Other External Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. He holds a degree in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, Connecticut, as well as a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Instituto de Empresa, Madrid.
He is the Chief Executive at Abengoa. He started his professional career in banking, working for Citibank and Crédit Agricole. After that, he was Director and Chief Financial Officer at Corporación J M Aristrain, and later he was Chief Financial officer at Aceralia Corporación Siderúrgica. At ArcelorMittal Group, he held different executive positions such as Vice President of Stainless Steel, Long Products and China, Principal of AACIS, AMDS, Head of the Tubular Products, and Principal of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Communication, Institutional Affairs and Occupational Safety. After that, and before holding his current position, he was the Head of the Strategy area at ArcelorMittal.
He is on the Board of Directors of Fertiberia and Atlantica Yield. He is also the president of the Hesperia Foundation and member of the Board of Trustees of the Princesa de Asturias Foundation. He was member of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción, Holding Gonvarri, Aperam, and certain companies belonging to ArcelorMittal.