Luis Cabra
- EMD Energy Transition, Technology, Institutional Affairs, & Deputy CEO
- Member of the Executive Committee
Luis Cabra is executive managing director of Energy Transition, Technology, Institutional Affairs, and deputy CEO. He has been member of Repsol's Executive Committee since 2012. His responsibilities include core areas for the development and implementation of the company's energy transition strategy, such as Technology, Digitalization, Engineering, and Sustainability. He also manages the following corporate areas: Audit, Control, and Risk; Institutional Relations and Regulatory Coordination; Reserve Control; Cybersecurity; and Corporate Security. He leads cross-cutting company projects such as the Safety Excellence and the Energy Transition Financing Programs.
From 2018 to 2020, he participated in the elaboration of Repsol's energy transition and decarbonization strategy, in addition to leading the company's first Digitalization Program and the consolidation of the Global Services model.
Throughout his career within the Repsol Group, Luis Cabra has held diverse roles in businesses and corporate areas. He joined the company in 1984 as a process engineer at the A Coruña refinery in Spain and later held management positions in Refining, Technology, Engineering, Procurement, and Safety and Environment areas.
In 2010, he moved to Repsol's E&P division as executive director of Development and Production. From 2012 to July 2018, he served as the executive managing director of Exploration and Production. Under his stewardship, the company doubled its production by integrating the assets and teams from Talisman. From 2015 to 2017, he launched a wide-ranging efficiency and capital discipline program that turned the company's hydrocarbon exploration and production business into a free cash-flow generator.
Luis Cabra holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Complutense University of Madrid and has completed business management studies at the international schools INSEAD and IMD. In addition, he has worked as a head lecturer and associate lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
He has also represented Repsol in various international associations, serving as chairman of the Automotive Fuels Action Group of the European Petroleum Industry Association, chairman of the European Biofuels Technology Platform, and member of the European Research Advisory Board. In June 2021, he was appointed president of FuelsEurope and Concawe, associations that represent the European fuel manufacturing industry.