Curriculum Vitae
Members of the Board of Directors
Mr Ángel Jesús Acebes Paniagua
Lead Director
Ávila, Spain, 1958
Type
Independent director.
Committees
Chair of the Appointments Committee and member of the Executive Committee.
Date of appointment and re-election as director of Iberdrola, S.A.
- 20 October 2020
- 18 June 2021
- 30 May 2025
Holdings in share capital of Iberdrola, S.A.
19,827 shares (0,0%).
Professional profile and biographical data
Other current positions and professional activities
He is founding partner and member of the Board of Directors of MA Abogados Estudio Jurídico, S.L.P., managing partner of Michavila Acebes Abogados, S.L.P., as well as sole director and professional partner of Doble A Estudios y Análisis, S.L.P. He is also a trustee of Fundación para el Análisis y Estudios Sociales (FAES) and of Fundación España Constitucional.
Academic training
Degree in Law from Universidad de Salamanca.
Noteworthy experience in the energy and industrial engineering sector
- As a lawyer, he has advised companies in the energy and industrial and technology sectors, among others.
- From 2012 to 2019 he was an independent director of Iberdrola, S.A. (during part of that period, he was also a member of the Executive Committee and of the Appointments Committee).
- After the IPO flotation of Bankia, S.A., he was a director of Banco Financiero y de Ahorros, S.A. (“BFA”), acting as chairman of its Audit and Compliance Committee. By virtue of these positions, he dealt with entities in which BFA had an interest that do business in the energy, industrial and technology sectors.
- He also has significant knowledge of the regulatory area due to his work as a member of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain, a senator and a national deputy.
Noteworthy experience in other industries
- He has served on the board of Caja Madrid Cibeles, S.A., which manages the investments of Grupo Caja Madrid in other companies with activities in the financial and insurance sectors, as well as the retail banking sector outside of Spain.
- He was trustee of Fundación Universitaria Teresa de Ávila.
- In the institutional arena, he has been Minister for Public Administrations, Minister of Justice, and Minister of the Interior of the Spanish Government.