Repsol

Cristina Sanz Mendiola

Industrial Engineer by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales of Madrid. Specialised in Industrial Organisation.

She carried out her first years of professional activity in the iron and steel industry and worked thereafter for one year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Carnegie-Mellon University, in association with the Department of Engineering and Public Policy

She then passed the competitive examination to become a member of the Corps of Industrial Engineers of the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy,  she was appointed General Subdirector of International Industrial Relations. During this time she was in charge of both bilateral and EU relations and she participated actively in the negotiations for the accession of Spain to the EEC.  Afterwards, she was General Subdirector of Energy Planning including the areas of Environment and Research and Development in the energy sector.

In 1994, she joined the Repsol Group as Director of the Repsol YPF Environment Department, later assuming Safety and Quality responsibilities. 

In May 2007 she took up the role of Executive Director of Resources, the area for which she had been a Corporate Director since 2005, with responsibility for the Departments of Engineering, Technology, Insurance, Purchasing and Contracting, Information Systems, and Environment and Safety.

She is currently the Executive Director of People and Organisation. 

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