Ignacio S. Galán
BIO
Chairman & CEO
Born in Salamanca on 30 September 1950, married and with
four children, Ignacio Galán graduated as an Industrial Engineer
from the Engineering School (ICAI) of Universidad Pontificia
Comillas (Madrid). He also graduated in Business Administration
and Foreign Trade from ICADE at Universidad Pontificia Comillas
(Madrid) and in General Business Administration and Foreign
Trade from the School of Industrial Organisation (EOI) in
Madrid. He speaks English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
He holds the post of chairman and chief executive officer of Iberdrola
and chairman of the subholdings of the Iberdrola group in the United Kingdom
(ScottishPower), in the United States (Avangrid*, a company listed on the
New York Stock Exchange) and in Brazil (Neoenergia**).
He has run leading companies in state-of-the art industrial and technological sectors,
where he profoundly changed their profile and applied his far-sighted approach
and his ability to anticipate the new needs of the different sectors.
In 2019 Harvard Business Review selected him among the top five CEOs in the world.
The commitment to sound and sustainably projects; the
promotion of good corporate governance, efficiency and financial
soundness; prudence in balance sheet management; growth with
profitability; and the commitment to strong ethical and
professional values have characterized Ignacio Galán's
management style throughout his long career. To achieve the
strategic objectives, he has always given priority to the
setting up of teams that are culturally integrated and focused
on a common project.
A good communicator, open and friendly, Galán is convinced
of the key importance of motivation for achieving an enriching
contribution of the experiences, cultures and diverse knowledge
of all human teams, which he regards as the main asset of any
company. An untiring worker with firm convictions, once the
goals to be achieved have been set, he is as demanding with
himself as he is with his teams when it comes to accomplishing
them.