Executives

Pedro Azagra

CEO
Iberdrola's Chief Executive Officer

Pedro has a Degree in Law and Business Administration from the Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ICADE) at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid, where he has been imparting his knowledge as professor of Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions. He was also awarded an MBA from the University of Chicago (United States). 

Pedro developed his professional career in the Investment Banking division of Morgan Stanley until joining the Iberdrola Group in 1997 as Director of Strategy. He then took on  responsibility for Corporate Development activities until 2022, when he was appointed CEO of Iberdrola's subsidiary in the USA.

José Sainz Armada

CFO
Iberdrola's Chief Finance, Control and Corporate Development Officer

Graduate in Law and Business Administration from the Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ICADE) at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid, and MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France).

He previously held positions at J.P. Morgan, Argentaria Bolsa, Banco de Negocios Argentaria, Argentaria and BBVA.

He joined Iberdrola in 2002, and among other positions, he currently serves as chairman of Iberdrola Inmobiliaria, S.A.U., and is a member of the Boards of Directors at Avangrid, Inc., ScottishPower Ltd., and Neoenergia, S.A.*

Santiago Martínez Garrido

General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Iberdrola S.A.

He holds a law degree from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, is a Doctor of Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and has a Diploma in Business Studies from the Centro Universitario San Pablo CEU. He is also a member of the Government’s Legal Service (Cuerpo de Abogados del Estado y Letrados) in the Autonomous Region of Castile and León on voluntary leave.

During his career he has served as Legal Counsel for the Castilla y León regional government in Valladolid, as well as a State Attorney at the High Courts of Justice in Catalonia and Castilla-La Mancha, and at the Interior Ministry. He has served as Chief-of-Staff for the secretary of state for justice and the justice minister, and has served on several Boards of Directors at both public and private companies. 

He joined Iberdrola in 2004 and is currently the General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors at Iberdrola, S.A., as well as sitting on the Boards of Directors at Avangrid, Inc. and Neoenergia, S.A.*   

Sonsoles Rubio Reinoso

Chief Internal Audit and Risk Officer

She holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma Madrid. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Insurance Management through the ICEA (Cooperative Research Between Insurance Companies and Pension Funds), and underwent the Executive Development Program at the IESE Business School in Navarra. She is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional, and is Certified in Risk Management Assurance and is a Leading Professional in Ethics & Compliance. She has been the president of the Spanish Institute of Internal Auditors since June 2020.

She has spent most of her professional career working as internal auditor in companies such as Arthur Andersen, Repsol and Holcim (Spain), S.A. until she joined Iberdrola in March 2008 as Internal Audit Director at Iberdrola Renovables. In 2013, she was named Compliance Director, a position she held until March 2017, when she was named Internal Audit Director in Iberdrola Group.

She was a board member of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, S.A. (later Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A.) from 2012 to 2018, and a board member of Avangrid from April 2019 to April 2020. Throughout her career, she has published numerous articles and participated as a speaker at various national and international conferences.

María Dolores Herrera Pereda

Chief Compliance Officer

Graduate in Law and Economic and Business Sciences from the Catholic Institute of Business Administration and Management (ICADE) of Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid, and Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional.

She previously worked at Arthur Andersen Asesores Legales y Tributarios (now Garrigues), Santander Investment and Banco Santander until she joined Iberdrola in 2004 as head of legal services for the Development area.

She has pursued her professional career at Arthur Andersen Asesores Legales y Tributarios (now Garrigues), Santander Investment and Banco Santander until she joined Iberdrola in 2004 as head of legal services in the Development area.

She has also worked as a professor at the Pontifical University of Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.