Andrés Arizkorreta García

He was extensive experience in General Management as the CEO of a listed company with a vast projection in the Spanish industrial business sector . Used to the performance of international business, he has been capable of successfully implanting his company in all global markets.

His whole professional career has unfolded at CAF. He began in 1980 in the economic area in an internal control post and evolved until 1982 when he became the Head of accounting, administration and human resources in the areas related with manufacturing. This experience gave him in-depth knowledge of CAF factory environments and the understanding of operations.

In 1987, he was appointed Personnel Director of the Company and in 1989 he became Director of the Beasain and Irún plants. In 1992, he became part of the Board of Directors and was appointed as the Company's Managing Director.

In 2006, he was appointed as CEO of the CAF Group until 2015, the year in which he was appointed as the Company's Executive Chairman, holding the post of Non-Executive Chairman since 2021.

He is also linked with Deusto Business School as a Director with the Management Knowledge Cluster as Chairman, and with the Technical Research Centre of Gipuzcoa as a member of the Board of Trustees.

His current additional responsibilities to his functions at CAF are in Orkestra Instituto Vasco de Competitividad, where he is a member of the Board.

He is also Vice Chairman of Circulo de Empresarios Vascos, a member of the Academy of Science, Arts and Letters (Jakiunde) and of the Board of Trustees of the Donostia International Physic Center Foundation.