Minister of Economy, Employment and Competitiveness of the Community of Madrid since August 19, 2019. He studied Law and Business Administration (ICADE), and Political Science (Autonomous University of Madrid). He obtained the International Legal Studies Master of Laws (New York University). He has the Diploma of Advanced Studies of Ordinary Procedure before Community Courts and the Diploma of Advanced Arbitration Practice (IE).
In the practice of law, he specializes in civil and commercial litigation before ordinary and arbitration courts. In the academic field, he has been a professor of International Law (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas), and WTO Law (Universidad Ramón Llull - ESADE). He is currently a Fellow of the Aspen Institute Spain and a member of the Madrid Hub of the Global Shapers community.
Since February 2018, she has been the CEO of Iberdrola Spain, a leading electricity company, which manages more than 50% of the renewable capacity installed by the group in the world.
Santamaría''s professional career has been linked to Iberdrola for two decades, mainly related to the development and management of its transition strategy towards a new energy model, based on renewables.
Doctor of Mining Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Mining Engineers of Madrid. Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Complutense University and a diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics.
He has developed his professional career in the energy sector, in business and academic fields. He has worked, among other companies, at Electra de Viesgo, Enagas, Unión Fenosa and Unión Fenosa Gas, where he held management positions. He has been director of the Department of Energy at the University of Deusto (Basque Institute of Competitiveness); and associate professor at the Madrid School of Mining Engineers and at the Complutense University, and academic director of the Spanish Energy Club.
He is an Industrial Engineer and a Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. He also has a diploma in Advanced Studies. He has been a Councilor in the City Council of Alcalá de Henares. He has also been managing director of the company Metalúrgica Madrileña and associate professor at the University of Alcalá, within the area of Business Organization. Likewise, he has given courses and lectures at the University Institute for Automobile Research of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, at the CTIF Este Comunidad de Madrid and at Audit - Health.
Born in Madrid on February 24, 1950, he has a Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and a State Lawyer. He was an Andalusian MP from 1982 to 1986, a European MP from 1986 to 1989; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Senator from 2000 to 2004; Member of Congress for Cádiz from 2004 to 2007 and Madrid from 2008 to 2014; Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment from 2011 to 2014 and European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action from 2014 to 2019.
With +30 years of experience, he has advised both companies in the sector and governments and regulators on matters related to energy and sustainable development. He is a member of various boards of companies in the energy sector (Tubacex, ENSO, T2 energy transition fund) as well as the Executive Committee of the Energy Access Platform.
He is a regular presenter in international forums such as IEF (International Energy Forum), WPC, GECF, IGU, ESADEGeo, Aspen Institute, AMER (Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable)
He began his professional activity in the nuclear sector in 1976, in the José Cabrera plant project. In 1987 he joined the Technical Corps of the State Civil Administration, being deputy director general in the ministries of Labor and Social Security, and of Industry and Energy.
In 1992 he returned to the energy sector as general director of Unión Fenosa Ingeniería, later Socoin Ingeniería y Construcción Industrial, in which he held the position of president. Between 2000 and 2002 he was president of the Spanish Association of Engineering, Consulting and Services Companies Tecnológico, Tecniberia, later being a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the Industry and Energy Sector until 2010.
Between 2004 and 2008 he was a member of the Board of Directors and president of the Consulting Commission at the College of Civil Engineers. Since 2007 he has participated as a member of the Governing Board of the Mutualidad de Promoción Social, FAM, of said College. Since December 2012 he has been general director of the Spanish Energy Club. He is also president of the Agustín de Betancourt and Civil Engineers, Channels and Ports foundations.
Electrical Industrial Engineer ICAI promotion of 1997 and PDD by IE Business School. He is Director of Innovation at Naturgy and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the ICAI School of Industrial Engineering. He is vice president of the Board of KIC Innoenergy Iberia and member of the Governing Board at the Technological Institute of Energy. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the EnergyLab Technological Center and of the Advisory Council of the Efficient Habitat Cluster AEICE.
He joined Repsol in 1998. For more than nine years, he was in charge of the climate change strategy. Prior to his current position, he was the Director of Sustainability.
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