Alejandro Legarda Zaragüeta

Alejandro is a highly experienced senior executive with significant management and non-ex­ecutive director experience within various sectors including transport, gas and food related industries. He was managing director of Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF), a listed group which manufactures railway vehicles and signaling equipment and stayed on as a director of the non-executive board until 2019. Alejandro was an independent director of Viscofan S.A., a listed group and the world leader in the manufacturing and commerciali­zation of casings for meat products, with commercial presence in over 100 countries around the world. He was independent director for Pescanova and non-executive director of Nueva Pescanova, a multinational fishing, farming and processing group. Amongst the board he served on, Alejandro was executive chairman of the board of Nortegas Energía y Distribución S.A. and a director of Duro Felguera S.A. He is a graduate of mechanical engineering with a PhD in Economics and Innovation Management.