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Directors
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NAME POSITION
 
José Domingo de Ampuero y Osma Chairman
 
Nestor Basterra Larroudé First Vice Chairman

Independent director

Law degree and Economics graduate from the University of Deusto.

He also has an MBA from IESE

He spent most of his career working in corporate banking both internationally and in Spain as responsible in capital market and corporate department in Bank of America and Banco Santander. 

He is currently Vice-president of Iberpapel Gestion SA, partner and member of the board of Director of Amistra SGC, S.A.  and member of the Executive Committee of Viscofan, S.A., Director of Naturin Viscofan GmbH , and Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra, S.A.U.

He is member of the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A, and member of its Executive Committee.

% Voting rights: 0.456%

First appointment
29 jul 1997
Last appointment
03 jun 2008
 
Agatha Echevarría Canales Second Vice Chairwoman

Independent director

Law degree from ICADE (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas) and is a Business Studies graduate from the same university.

Born in San Sebastian. She has broad professional experience in a number of multi-nationals, including the audit firm Touche & Ross, S.A., British Petroleum España, S.A. and the investment bank Charterhouse Limited in which she was Managing Director and Director of its Spanish subsidiary and founder and director of D+A Documentación y Análisis S.A.

She currently acts as a business strategy adviser to family firms

Member of  the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A., of its Executive Committee and Audit Committee.

% Voting rights: 0.036%

First appointment
28 jan 1999
Last appointment
03 jun 2008
 
José Cruz Pérez Lapazarán Director

Independent director

Agricultural Engineering graduate from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid.

Native of Madrid. With broad experience in government service at the Ministry of Agriculture, with postings in Spain and abroad, and deputy in the general courts of the spanish state.

He has held the positions of Director General of Agri-food Organization and Industry in the Government of La Rioja, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry in the Government of Navarre, was Chairman of the Boards of various listed companies and professor in the Food Technology and Projects Departments of the University of Saragossa and the Public University of Navarre.

Former senator and currently deputy of the congress he has been very active as member of the various committees of the Congress. He is a recipient of the Gran Cruz del Merito Agrario y Pesquero.

He is member of the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A, and member of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee.

% Voting rights: 0.000%

First appointment
24 jun 1998
Last appointment
03 jun 2008
 
Gregorio Marañón Bertrán de Lis Director

Independent director

Marquess of Marañón.

Law graduate from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and completed the Senior Executive Programme at the IESE.

He has broad experience working in the legal profession and in the financial sector, where he was Managing Director of Banco Urquijo, Chairman of Banif and Director of Argentaria and  BBVA.

He is currently Chairman of Roche Farma, of Universal Music Spain, of Logista, S.A;  Director of Prisa and member of its Executive Committee, president of its appointments and remuneration committee and member of its corporate governement committee; member of the board of director of Prisa TV, and of its Audit Committee and president of its Appointments and Remuneraton Committee; member of the board of Altadis; chairman of Advisory Board of Spencer Stuar; and member of the advisory board of Vodafone and Aguirre Newman.

In the cultura sphere he is Presidente of the Teatro Real, the Foundation Greco 2014, and Real Fábrica de Tapices; Vice-president and president of the Executive committee of the Ortega-Marañon Foundation; director of Santillana Foundation, Altadis Foundation, Real Fundación de Toledo, Army Museum and Toledo International center for the peace. He is a permanent member of the San Fernando Real Academia de Bellas Artes, and has been member of the International Council of the Tate Gallery.

He holds the grand cross of Alfonso X el Sabio and officer of the french legion of honor, and adopted son of the city of Toledo.

He is member of the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A, and member of its Audit Committee.

% Voting rights: n/d

First appointment
28 jan 1999
Last appointment
03 jun 2008
 
Alejandro Legarda Zaragüeta Director

Independent director

Industrial engineering graduate from the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales in San Sebastian and holds a Masters in Economics and Business Administration from IESE (Barcelona).

With broad experience in industry, in 1989 he was appointed Financial and Administrative Director of Construcciones Auxiliares de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (CAF) where he subsequently became General Managing Director in 1992.

In 2006 he joined the Board of Viscofan, S.A. as an independent Director and in 2007 became member of its Audit Committee.

% Voting rights: 0.018

First appointment
22 may 2006
Last appointment
22 may 2006
 
Ignacio Marco Gardoqui Ibáñez Director

Independent director

Economics degree from Deusto University.

Mr. Marco Gardoqui has a long professional career, he has worked for financial entities, and his activities have covered teaching, consulting, and the press world ,where he has a strong reputation for his actively contribution as economic expert and columnist, he belongs to the Publishing Committee of Vocento Group.

He also has developed a wide experience in several industrial companies, belonging to multiples Board of Directors; currently he is Director of Scheider Electric España, Progénika Biopharma, Minerales y Productos Derivados, Tubacex SA and Iberdrola Ingeniería y construcción (IBerinco) SA.  Previously, he has belonged, among others, to the Board of Director of Técnicas Reunidas, Banco de Comercio,  IBV, and Banco de Crédito Local, and chairman of Naturgás.

He is member of the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A, and chairman of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee

% Voting rights: 0.065%

First appointment
15 dec 2009
Last appointment
01 jun 2010
 
Laura González Molero Director

Independent director

Graduate in Pharmaceuticals from the “Universidad Complutense de Madrid”, Executive MBA from the “Instituto de Empresas”,  she holds several graduate degrees at prestigious Universities such as Harvard Business School, Insead, IMD, and Kellog Business School.

Chairman of Merck in Latam and CEO of the Merck Group in Spain. Independent Director of the Leche Pascual Group.

Currently, she is leading the integration process of Milipore to the Merck Group, with experience in the integration process with the biotechnology company Serono, a company with which she has been linked, in different posts, since 1999, and in which she was Vice-Chair of Serono Iberia y Paises Nordicos and Nordic countries when purchased by the Merck group.

She was previously Managing Director of Farmacéutica Essex from the Schering-Plough Group, and Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Guerbert, S.A, as well as sales director for Roche, S.A.

Currently she is member of the Board of Directors of the Circulo de Empresarios, APD, and Adecco.

Her career has also been recognised by numerous prizes and awards in recognition of her work as a notable director.

She is member of the Board of Directors of Viscofan, S.A, and member of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee

% Voting rights: 0.000%

First appointment
22 apr 2010
Last appointment
01 jun 2010
 
José María Aldecoa Sagastasoloa Director

Independent director

Electronic engineering graduate from the Escuela Politécnica of Mondragón and MBA from IESE.

He has been chairman of the Mondragon Cooperative from 2007 until 2012, with a broad experience in the international industrial world, especially in the Asian area, including the creation of F. Electronics in Hong Kong, the implementation of a new factory in Thailand, the implementation in China of  production plants for Fagor Automotive and Orkli, and the opening of the Kunshany Technology Park in India.

In 2012 he joined the Board of Viscofan, S.A. as an independent Director and became member on its Audit Committee.

% Voting rights: 0.000%

First appointment
23 jun 2012
Last appointment
23 jun 2012
SECRETARY NON-DIRECTOR
 
Juan María Zuza Lanz Secretary non-director

Law degree from the Universidad de Navarra.

Practising lawyer with his own law office, working mainly in the area of civil and mercantile private litigation, and qualified in Navarre Local Law. He has been a faculty memeber of the two law schools, Escuelas de Práctica Jurídica, in Navarra since they were first created; and currently lectures at the EPJ at the Public University of Navarre.

He is on the list of arbitrators in mercantile law of the Arbitration Court of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Navarre and has been Treasurer for the governing committee of the professional association of lawyers (Colegio de Abogados) in Pamplona for ten years.

He has experience as a legal advisor to, and member of, many boards of directors in the business world.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 1
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS 8
TOTAL DIRECTORS 9
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