Independent Non-Executive
Ms. Ganyet was appointed a director of Repsol by the General Shareholders' Meeting of May 11, 2018 and re-elected by the General Shareholders' Meeting on May 6, 2022.
Background: Ms. Ganyet is an Economic Sciences and Business Administration graduate from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In addition, she has completed postgraduate studies at ESADE business school.
Experience: She is a specialist in Corporate Finance, M&A and capital markets.
She commenced her professional career at Arthur Andersen. In 1995, she was appointed head of Investment and Management Control of the Financial, Property and Insurance Group of Caixa Holding (currently Criteria). In 1999, she led Colonial’s IPO and, in 2000, she was appointed CFO, joining its Management Committee. In January 2009, she was appointed Corporate General Manager. She is also member of its ESG Committee and Investment Committee.
During these years, she has led the international extension through the takeover bid for Société Foncière Lyonnaise (property company listed on the Paris stock exchange) and the financial restructuring of Colonial and executed several corporate transactions consolidating Colonial as one of the largest and leading pan-European office property companies. Moreover, Ms. Ganyet has teaching experience as a lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration of the Universitat Ramon Llull.
She has been an independent director of Instituto Catalán de Finanzas (ICF) and SegurCaixa Adeslas and a proprietary director of SIIC de Paris. She has also received several awards and recognitions for her professional career.
Other relevant positions: She is currently Corporate General Manager of Inmobiliaria Colonial and is a member of its Management Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL), Chairwoman of its Audit Committee and member of its Executive and Strategy Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Círculo de Economía, member of the Diversity Advisory Board of Caixabank, member of the Board of Ethos Ramon Llull- Ética y Empresa, member of the Board of ULI-Barcelona, and member of the Executive Committee of Barcelona Global.
Board committees to which she belongs: Member of the Delegate Committee.