Maite Costa, David Sandalow, Manuel González Ramos and Clara García Fernández Muro join the board to replace Isabel Tocino, Antonio Hernández-Mancha, Gonzalo Solana and Ignacio Grangel
The Enagás board of directors has approved the appointment of Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri as the company’s new CEO, replacing Marcelino Oreja Arburúa. In this way, he will also assume all the executive functions as CEO, after the chairman of the group, Antonio Llardén, has decided to hand over his executive functions to the detriment of the new director of the company, for which he will continue as non-executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors.
The next general meeting of shareholders, to be held on March 30 or 31, will vote on the renewal of Antonio Llardén as president for a new term and the ratification of Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri as CEO, the company informed the National Market Commission of Securities (CNMV). With the appointment of Gonzalo Aizpiri, which has been approved by the governing body of Enagás, the energy company indicated that “the process undertaken in 2012 when the figure of CEO was incorporated” is completed. In this way, Marcelino Oreja leaves a position of CEO of Enagás that he held since 2012.
The new CEO of Enagás holds a doctorate ‘cum laude’ in Chemical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and in his professional career he has held positions of maximum responsibility in the private sector and also in the public sector. He has been part of the Repsol team since 1990 where he has held senior management functions, among others General Director of People and Organization or General Director of Communication, Institutional Relations and Presidency, being also responsible for the Audit, Control and Risk areas. In addition, throughout his extensive professional experience he has had the responsibilities of Research, Environment and Quality.
On the other hand, Enagás, 5% owned by the public holding company SEPI, will also submit to its next general meeting of shareholders the renewal of Ana Palacio as independent director and the appointment -also as independent directors- of David Sandalow, María Teresa Costa Campi, Manuel Gabriel González Ramos and Clara García Fernández Muro, replacing Ignacio Grangel, Antonio Hernández-Mancha, Isabel Tocino and Gonzalo Solana whose mandate expires this year.
With these proposals to its general meeting, the company indicated that it will implement the most demanding international and national recommendations in the field of Corporate Governance and will have a non-executive president and a CEO, the number of women on the board of directors will exceed 40% , more than 70% of directors will be independent; and “a certain renewal of the directors is carried out to face the new challenges that the company has in the decarbonization process in the coming years, also giving continuity to its key role as TSO and operator of energy infrastructures.”