Board of Directors

Rafael del Pino

Executive and Proprietary

Civil Engineer (Polytechnic University of Madrid, 1981). MBA (Sloan School of Management, MIT, 1986). Chairman of Ferrovial since 2000 and CEO since 1992. Chairman of Cintra from 1998 to 2009. Member of the MIT Corporation, IESE’s International Advisory Board, the MIT Energy Initiative’s External Advisory Board and the MIT Sloan European Advisory Board, and the Harvard Business School European Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain. He has been Director of Zurich Insurance Group, Banesto and Uralita.

Santiago Bergareche

External Director

Degree in Economics and Law (Universidad Comercial de Deusto). 1st Vice-Chairman of  Ferrovial and member of the Board of Directors since 1999. Joined Ferrovial in 1995 as Chairman of Agroman. In February 1999, after the merger of Ferrovial and Agroman, appointed CEO of Ferrovial. Chairman of Vocento; Vice-Chairman of Alantra Partners; Director of Maxam Corp Holding and Deusto Business School; Trustee of the Foundation Casa Ducal de Medinaceli. Former Managing Director of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA); Chairman of Metrovacesa and Cepsa.

Joaquín Ayuso

External Director

Degree in Civil Engineering (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). 2nd Vice-Chairman of Ferrovial and member of the Board of Directors since 2002. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Autopista del Sol. Joined Ferrovial in 1982.Managing Director of Construction since 1992, CEO of Ferrovial Agroman (1999-2002), CEO of Ferrovial (2002-2009), executive Vice-Chairman of Ferrovial (2009-2012) and Vice-Chairman of Cintra (2002-2009). Former Director of BAA (UK), Budimex (Poland) and 407 ETR (Canada). Director of Bankia, National Express Group (UK) and Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios. Member of the Advisory Boards of “Benjamin Franklin” Institute at the University of Alcalá de Henares, TRANSYT (Transport Investigation Center of the School of Civil Engineering) and A.T. Kearney for Spain, as well as the Board of Círculo de Empresarios.

Íñigo Meirás

Executive Director

He is a Law graduate and holds an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. He joined Ferrovial in 1992, was Managing Director of Autopista del Sol and later on Toll Roads Director in Cintra until November 2000. Between 2000 and 2007 he headed the expansion of Ferrovial Services as Managing Director, later on as CEO, and in 2007 he was appointed CEO of Ferrovial Aeropuertos. He held the position of Group Managing Director of Ferrovial between April and October 2009, when he became CEO.

Juan Arena

External Director

PhD in Industrial Engineering (ICAI), Degree in Business Administration (ICADE), Degree in Psychology, Diploma in Tax Studies and AMP (Harvard Business School). Director of Ferrovial since 2000. Director of Laboratorios Almirall and Meliá Hotels International; Chairman of the Professional Council of ESADE; member of the International Advisory Board of Everis and the Advisory Boards of Marsh and Panda; Operating Partner of Advent International Corporation; Director of Deusto Business School and member of the World Advisory Board of Harvard Business School; member of the Executive Committee of SERES Foundation and Chairman of its Governance Committee. Former CEO and Executive Chairman of Bankinter; Director of UBS Spain, TPI, Everis, Panda, Dinamia and Prisa; Chairman of the Advisory Board of Consulnor; member of the Board of Trustees of ESADE and member of the Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart; professor in Harvard Business School and IESE.

María del Pino

External Proprietary Director

Degree in Economics and Business Administration (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Management Development Program (IESE). Director of Ferrovial since 2006. Chairman of the Rafael del Pino Foundation. Legal representative of Menosmares, S.L. that holds the positions of rotating Chairman / Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Casa Grande de Cartagena, S.A.U. and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pactio Gestión, SGIIC, S.A.U. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Princess of Asturias Foundation. Former member of the Governing Board of the Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección and trustee of the Codespa Foundation and of the Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española contra el Cáncer. Majority shareholder of Menosmares, S.L.

Santiago Fernández Valbuena    

External Independent Director

Degree in Economics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); PhD and Master’s Degree in Economics (Northeastern University, Boston). Director of Ferrovial since 2008. Chairman of the Board of Directors of AEDAS Homes, S.A. and Vice-Chairman of EBN Banco de Negocios. Former Chairman of Telefónica Latinoamérica; Director and Chief Strategy, Finance and Corporate Development Officer at Telefónica; Managing Director of Société Générale Valores and Head of Equities at Beta Capital; Professor of Applied Economics at the Universidad Complutense and Professor at IE Business School.

José Fernando Sánchez-Junco    

External Independent Director

Lead Director

Degree in Industrial Engineering (Universidad Politécnica de Barcelona). ISMP Graduate at Harvard Business School. Member of the State Corps of Industrial Engineers. Director of Ferrovial since 2009. Director of Cintra from 2004 to 2009. Executive Chairman of Maxam Group; Chairman of Maxam Foundation; member of the Board of Trustees of the Museo de la Minería y la Industria and of the Board of Círculo de Empresarios. Former Managing Director of Iron and Steel and Naval Industries and Managing Director of Industry at the Ministry of Industry and Energy; Director of Dinamia, Uralita and Duro Felguera.

Joaquín del Pino

External Proprietary Director

Degree in Economics and Business Administration; MBA (IESE). Director of Ferrovial since 2015 (and has represented the Director Karlovy, S.L. since 2010, reelected in 2013). Legal representative of Soziancor, S.L.U., that holds the positions of rotating Chairman / Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Casa Grande de Cartagena, S.A.U. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pactio Gestión, SGIIC, S.A.U.; Trustee of the Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Plan España Foundation. Former Director of Banco Pastor. Sole shareholder of Soziancor, S.L.U.

Óscar Fanjul Martín    

External Independent Director

Professor of Economic Theory on leave of absence. Director of Ferrovial since 2015. Vice-Chairman of Omega Capital. Vice- Chairman of LafargeHolcim and Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies; Vice-Chairman of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Trustee of the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (Bank of Spain) and of the Aspen Institute (Spain). Former founding Chairman and CEO of Repsol; Chairman of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico; non-executive Chairman of NH Hoteles and Deoleo; Director of Acerinox, Unilever, BBVA, London Stock Exchange and Areva.

Philip Bowman

External Independent Director

Degree with honors in Natural Science (University of Cambridge); Master in Natural Science (University of Cambridge); Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Director of Ferrovial since 2016. Chairman of Potrero Distilling Holdings; Non-executive Chairman of Majid Al Futtaim Properties; Director of Kathmandu Holdings Limited and of Better Capital. Former Chairman of Coral Eurobet and Liberty; Non-executive Chairman of The Munroe Group (UK); CEO of Smiths Group, Scottish Power and Allied Domecq; Director of Burberry Group, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Scottish & Newcastle Group, Bass, British Sky Broadcasting Group and Coles Myer.

Hanne Birgitte Breinbjerg Sørensen

External Independent Director

MSc. in Business Economy from the University of Aarhus (Denmark).

Director of Ferrovial since 2017. Director of LafargeHolcim, Delhivery and Tata Motors. Former CEO of Damco and Maersk Tankers; Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Maersk Line; and CFO for the Asia Region at Maersk Line (A.P. Moller-Maersk Group). She has also been Chairman of ITOPF, Vice-Chairman of Hoegh Autoliners, Director of Axcel and INTTRA and member of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Vopak.

Santiago Ortiz Vaamonde

Spanish State Attorney (on voluntary leave); PhD in Law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ferrovial since 2009. Former partner at two renowned law firms, in charge of Trial Law and Regulatory Law; Agent of the Kingdom of Spain before the Court of Justice of the European Union; professor at the Diplomatic School and the Carlos III University.