Board of Directors

He is on the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción since its inception on December 22, 1997, and was appointed the Executive Chairman on March 23, 2017. He holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E-3), Madrid.

He started his professional career at Gonvarri Group, where he held different positions such as Director of Corporate Development, and later he became the Chief Executive Officer. He promoted the creation of Gestamp Automoción in 1997 and has been since then its Chief Executive Officer.

He is part of the management bodies of certain companies of the Gestamp’s Group as well as other Acek Group companies (including companies belonging to Gonvarri Group, Acek Renewables Energy and Inmobiliaria Acek Group). Outside Acek Group, he is member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica, CIE Automotive, General de Alquiler de Maquinaria (GAM) and Sideacero. Furthermore, he is part of Endeavor foundation and the Chairman of the Instituto de la Empresa Familiar, among others.

He is on the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción from its creation on December 22, 1997, and he was appointed Proprietary Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors on March 24, 2017. He holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E-3), Madrid.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Gonvarri Group and the ACEK Renewables Group. He began his professional career in the Business Development area of the Gonvarri Group, at which he later assumed the position as Chief Executive Officer, which is the position he currently holds. He promoted the creation of ACEK Renewables in 2007, and has been since then its Chief Executive Officer.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holding Gonvarri and ACEK Renewables and member of the management bodies of certain subsidiaries. Additionally, he sits the Board of Directors of certain Acek group companies (including Inmobiliaria Acek Group). Outside Acek Group, he sits the Board of Directors of CIE Automotive, Global Dominion and certain companies of Sideacero Group. Besides, he is part of the Juan XXIII Foundation, among others.

He was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 5, 2010, and was appointed Executive Director on March 23, 2017. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Politécnica University of Barcelona, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the IESE Business School, Barcelona.

He has a wide experience in the automotive supplier industry with more than 18 years working in executive positions at Gestamp Group. Before, he was the Managing Director of some companies in the industrial mining and textile sector. He joined Gestamp in 1998 as Corporate Development Director and later, in 2008, he became the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In December 14, 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Gestamp Group by the Board of Directors.

He is also Director of certain Gestamp Automoción subsidiaries.

He was appointed Proprietary Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción, with effects as of April 2, 2020. He was graduated from the Economics faculty of the Wakayama University, Japan.
 
For the last 29 years, he has been working at Mitsui Group developing his experience in the steel sector through a variety of executive positions worldwide. He currently is the Operating Officer of the Iron & Steel Products Business Unit. Before joining the Mitsui Group, he was the Financial Officer at CAEMI Mineracao e Metalurgia for 7 years. At Mitsui Group, he was the General Manager in the Investment Department of Mineral & Metal Resources Business Unit, and later post General Manager of the Investment Department of the Iron & Steel Product Business Unit in Japan. After that, at Mitsui’s New York Offices, he developed different executive positions such as General Manager in the Investment Department for the Financial Management Division, among others. After that, back in Tokyo, he was appointed General Manager of the Automotive Parts Business Division, and later General Manager of the Investment Administration Department.

He is Director of certain companies belonging to Mitsui Group, and a company participated by Mitsui Group, Bangkok Coil Center. He is also Director of certain companies of Acek Group (including companies of Gestamp Automoción Group, and Gonvarri Group). In the past, he was part of the management bodies of some Mitsui Group’s companies, Siam Yamato Steel, Vina Kyoei Steel, Mahindra Sanyo Special Steel, MS Avant, as well as, of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción between 2017 and 2019.

He was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami, and took part in the Business Senior Management Program (PADE) from IESE Business School. Moreover, he has a degree in Securities Exchange Commission and National Association of Securities Dealers as: Registered Options Principal, Financial y Operation Principal, Securities Principal.

For the last 30 years, he has been at Asesores y Gestores Financieros. He is a founding partner, shareholder, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Additionally, he is member of the management bodies of certain companies belonging to A&G. He started his professional career at Merrill Lynch as a Finance Consultant.

He was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. He holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E-3), Madrid.

He is the General Secretary of the Spanish Banking Association (AEB). He is also the President of the Tax and Legal Committee, member of the Legal Committee of the Banking Federation of the European Union, and member of the Advisory Committee of the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), which is the Spanish government agency responsible for the financial regulation of the securities markets in Spain. He started his professional career at Uría & Menéndez law firm, and later, he was the State’s attorney for the Zamora region in Spain. At CNMV he held different leadership positions such as the General Manager of Legal Services, or the Secretary of the Board of Directors. He also was the Secretary of the Special Working Group that elaborated the “Unified Good Governance Code of Listed Companies” in 2006, and member of the Committee of Experts in charge of elaborating the “Good Governance Code of Listed Companies” in 2015.

Besides, he is Director of GDF Energía España.

He was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. He holds a degree in Mining Engineering from the Oviedo University, as well as a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the MIT, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts, and a PhD in Engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey.

He currently is a Co-Founder of an investing company called Sainberg Investments. He developed a relevant part of his professional career at United Technologies Corporation in a variety of positions worldwide. He started his career at United Technologies Corporation, Connecticut, as a Research Engineer from where he moved to Principal Engineer and Manager of Advanced Technology. After that, he was the New Equipment Director at Otis Elevator Mexico, the General Manager of Otis Portugal, the Chief Executive Officer of Zardoya Otis, the President of the South Europe and Middle East area at Otis Elevator company, and finally the President of the Otis Elevator Company.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Scalpers Fashion, Naturgy Energy Group and on the Social Board of the Carlos III de Madrid University. In the past, he served in the management bodies of certain companies of the Zardoya Otis Group. He is also member of the Board of the Princess of Asturias Foundation.

She was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. She holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics and in Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E-3), Madrid, and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the MIT, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts.

Currently she serves as Non-Executive Director at the Board of Directors of the following companies: Renovalia, Technicolor, Eutelsat Communications and Merlin Properties, DLA Piper y Globalvia. She started her career at McKinsey & Company, and later she worked for Wolff Olins, as well as at Goldman Sachs International. After that, and for 9 years, she was the Managing Director of Corporate Development, and later the Chief Financial Officer at TPI- Páginas Amarillas (Telefonica Group), where she also was a member of the Board of Directors of certain subsidiaries of TPI. She also held different leadership roles at Hibu Group (ex-Yell) such as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yell for the Spanish and Latin American business for 7 years, and Chief Global Strategy and Development Officer, as well as member of its Global Executive Committee, taking part of the company's digital transformation strategy.

Furthermore, she was director of Cape Harbor Advisor.

He was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on March 24, 2017. He holds a university degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the ESIC Business & Marketing School, Madrid. He took part in the Executive Development Program (PDD) from the IESE Business School, Madrid, and in the Executive Leadership Program from Harvard University, Massachusetts.

He is the President of Microsoft Latin American Organization and Vice President of Microsoft Corporation. He started his career in the banking industry, at Banco 21 (Banco Gallego), and afterwards he joined Software AG. In the last 20 years, he has been working at Microsoft in many different leadership positions Worldwide such as General Manager of Microsoft Business Solutions Europe, Middle East and Africa, the Worldwide Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Services of Microsoft Latin America, or President of Microsoft Asia Pacific.

Mr Cernuda is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Americas Society/Council of the Americas http://www.as-coa.org/ and the Trust for the Americas http://trustfortheamericas.org representing Microsoft.

She was appointed Independent Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción, with effects, on July 29, 2019. She holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Autonoma University of Madrid, as well as an Advance Management Program from IESE, Madrid, and an Executive Program from Singularity University, California.
 
She is partner of Seeliger y Conde, executive search firm. She started her career at Telyco (a subsidiary of Telefonica) as Product Marketing Director. After that, she was Marketing Director at Amena (now called Orange) and Marketing Director at Xfera (now called Yoigo). Later on, she worked for Nokia as CEO of the Iberia business and as SVP of Telefonica global business at Nokia for 7 years while also serving as a member of the Global Brand Board of the company. After that, she moved to Telefonica as Global Director of the Devices Business Unit, and later, as Global Marketing Director. Her last role at Telefonica was as Deputy General Director of Digital and Commercial Global Unit. Afterwards, she was Senior Advisor at Ericsson and President of the International Women Forum.
 
She currently serves as independent director at Cellnex Telecom (IBEX35). She also serves as member of the advisory board of Mutual Society of Lawyers, Madein Mobile and TuvSud. Furthermore, she is today member of the board of the Spanish Directors Association (AED) and Vice-President of International Women Forum Spain.

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.

He was appointed Proprietary Director of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción, with effects as of April 2, 2020. He has a bachelor’s degree in Arts from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), and he holds an International Student Program from the Tecnológico de Monterrey University, Mexico.  

He has a wide professional experience in the steel sector, with more than 20 years working for Mitsui Group, through different positions worldwide. He is the General Manager of the Automotive Parts Department of the division of the same name. He started his professional career in 1998 at Mitsui, holding different positions at the Bar, Shapes & Rails Division, as well as, at the Flat Rolled Steel Overseas Division, in Tokyo. From 2009 to 2015 he was Assistant General Manager of the Steel Product Division for the Middles East, Chief Representative of Al-Khobar Office and General Manager of the Metal Department of the Saudi Arabia branch of Mitsui. After that, and before holding his current position, he was appointed General Manager of the Rail Oversees Department of the Pipe, Plate, & Rail Overseas Division.

He is also Director of certain companies of Acek Group (including companies of the Gestamp Automoción Group).

He joined the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción on December 22, 2016 as Secretary. He holds a degree in Law and a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E-3), Madrid. He also holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the M.B.S.-University of Houston, Texas and a Master in European Union Law from the Pontificia de Comillas University (ICADE), Madrid.

He is General Director of Legal Affairs, Tax and Corporate Governance of the Gestamp Group, and member of its Steering Committee. At Gestamp, he also was the General Manager of the North America Division in 2006 and 2007. He started his career in banking through different roles at Banesto Banking Corporation (BBC) in New York and at Cajamadrid in Madrid. After that, he developed part of his career at the university. He was professor and coordinator of European Union affairs at the M.B.S-University of Houston, and subsequently became the Director of the MBA program at the same business school. Later, he held different managerial roles at the Antonio Nebrija University (Madrid), such as La Berzosa Campus Principal or Director of the Social Sciences School. Simultaneously, he was professor in business disciplines at the same University and law professor at the Pontificia de Comillas University (ICADE).

Additionally, he is Secretary and Director of other companies within the Gestamp Automoción Group and the Gestamp Renewables Group.

She was appointed Vice-Secretary (non Director) of the Board of Directors of Gestamp Automoción and Vice-Secretary of the Audit Committee on July 24, 2017. She holds a degree in Law by the Pontifical University of Comillas (ICADE E-1). She also holds a Master degree in Corporate Law by the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, as well as a Master degree (LL.M.) in Securities and Financial Regulation by Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

Currently she is head of one of the areas of the corporate law department of Gestamp’s Group. She started her professional career as a lawyer within the corporate law department of the Uría Menéndez law firm. Later, in 2012, she joined Gestamp as a manager of the Spanish corporate law area, and thereafter she became the head of the area, which is the position she currently holds.