Mr. Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel

Mr. Imaz has been CEO of Repsol since he was first appointed by the Board of Directors on April 30, 2014. This position was subsequently ratified and re-elected by the General Shareholders Meeting on April 30, 2015, May 31, 2019, and May 25, 2023.

 

Training: he has a PhD in Chemical Sciences from the Universidad del País Vasco. He graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Sciences of San Sebastián winning the Award for Excellence in Academic Career. He was also a visiting researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School in the United States.

 

Experience: Mr. Imaz commenced his professional career in research — he was sent by the INASMET Research Center to the French technological center CETIM, in Nantes — and the promotion of industrial (Mondragón Group) and business projects connected to the world of energy. He also held various political responsibilities, notably including the Basque Country Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism in 1999 and the Executive Presidency of the Basque Nationalist Party, EAJ-PNV.

 

He joined Repsol as Chairman of its subsidiary Petróleos del Norte, S.A. in 2008, where he successfully managed the challenges of modernization, sustainability, and environmental relations. From 2010, he combined this position with that of Director of New Energies. In 2012, he joined Repsol’s Management Committee and was appointed General Manager of the Industrial and New Energies Area, responsible, among other functions, for coordinating the activities of all the industrial complexes. He was also Vice-Chairman of Gas Natural SDG, S.A. from September 2016 to February 2018.

 

Since he was appointed CEO in 2014, he has led Repsol's transformation process, today consolidated as a global multi-energy company, a major player in the electricity and gas market in Spain, leading the development of sustainable mobility solutions and operating one of the most efficient refining systems in Europe. Under his management, Repsol has accelerated the decarbonization process of its assets, becoming one of the leaders of the energy transition in Spain and the first company in its sector to commit to net zero emissions by 2050.

 

Other relevant positions: member of Repsol's Executive Committee, Trustee of the Repsol Foundation, Chairman of Fundación Consejo España-EE.UU, and member of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council.

 

Board Committees he is part of: member of the Delegate Committee.

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