Ferrovial - Annual Report 2008

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Chairman

Rafael del Pino
Executive and Proprietary

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2000 and CEO since 1992.
  • Civil Engineer (Polytechnic University of Madrid, 1981).
  • MBA (MIT Sloan School of Management, 1986).
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Banesto since 2003.
  • He is also a member of the European Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and Blackstone. Additionally, forms part of the IESE International Advisory Board and was named “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum.
  • He previously served on the Board of Uralita.

Vice Chairmen

Santiago Bergareche Busquet
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 1999.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Law (Deusto University).
  • Non-Executive Chairman of Cepsa and of Dinamia Capital Privado.
  • Director of Vocento and Gamesa.
  • He joined the Group in 1995 as the Chairman of Agromán. Between February 1999 and January 2002, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Ferrovial.

Jaime Carvajal y Urquijo
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 1999.
  • He holds a Law Degree (Madrid) and a Master’s Degree in Economics from Cambridge University (United Kingdom).
  • Chairman of Advent International (Spain), Ericsson Spain; ABB S.A., Member of the Boards of both Aviva and Solvay Ibérica.
  • Chairman of Ford España S.A. and Member of the Boards of Telefónica, Repsol and Unión Fenosa.

Chief Executive Officer

Joaquín Ayuso García
Executive

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2002.
  • Civil Engineer.
  • He joined Ferrovial in 1982.
  • He served as General Manager of the Construction Division between 1992 and January 2002.
  • He has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Ferrovial S.A. since 2002.

Directors

Portman Baela, S.L.
Proprietary

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2000.
  • Represented by Eduardo Trueba Cortés.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Law (ICADE, Madrid).
  • Has been managing the Family Office of the Grupo Familiar del Pino since 1993.

Juan Arena de la Mora
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2000.
  • in Engineering (ICAI), Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies, Degree in Psychology, Diploma in Fiscal Studies and Advanced Management (Harvard Business School AMP).
  • Director and Member of the Audits, Appointments and Remuneration Committee, at Dinamia.
  • Director and Chairman of the Audits Committee at Laboratorios Almirall, and Board Member and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee at Everis.
  • A former CEO and Chairman of Bankinter and a former Board Member at TPI, he was recently elected Chairman of the Fundación Empresa y Sociedad.
  • He is also a Member of the Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart and the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Unience, a Member of the Board of Mentors of CMi, the Chairman of the Professional Board at the ESADE Business School, a Member of the European Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Deusto Business School.

Santiago Eguidazu Mayor
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2001.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business, Commercial Technician and State Economist.
  • Chairman of the Grupo Nmás 1.
  • He has been partner, CEO and Vice Chairman of AB Asesores, Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and he was a Board Member of Vocento.

Gabriele Burgio
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2002.
  • Law Degree and MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France).
  • Executive Chairman of NH Hoteles since 1999.
  • CEO and Chairman of Grande Jolly Hotels S.p.A. since 2008.
  • He previously served as CEO of Cofir and worked for Bankers Trust in both New York and Italy.

Santiago Fernández Valbuena
Independent

  • Member of the Board of Directors since May 2008.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Complutense University), PhD in Economics and Master’s Degree (Northeastern University, Boston).
  • In 1997, he joined the Grupo Telefónica as CEO of Fonditel. In 2002, he was appointed General Director of Finances, and he currently contributes to the financial duties of the Affiliated and Investee Companies and Corporate Development transactions.
  • Board Member of Portugal Telecom.
  • He has served as the Managing Director of the Société Générale Equities and the Stock-Exchange Director of Beta Capital. In the academic sector, he has taught Applied Economics at both Complutense University and the Instituto de Empresa (Business Institute).

María del Pino
Proprietary

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 2006.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Management Development from the IESE Business School (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa).
  • Chairwoman of the Fundación Rafael del Pino.
  • Board Member of the Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección (APD, business management association).
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Codespa.
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer).

Secretary of the Board of Directors

José Mª Pérez Tremps
Executive

  • Member of the Board of Directors since 1992.
  • Degree in Law.
  • Council of State Lawyer and Member of the State Senior Civil Service.
  • Former Secretary of the Board of Directors and Legal Advisor for the National Institute of Industry.
  • He has served as the General Secretary of Grupo Ferrovial since 1990.
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This is an electronic version of the 2008 Annual Report prepared by Grupo Ferrovial S.A. for its stakeholders, which aims to be complete and accurate. The contents of this version can be checked by referring to the print version. A copy of the print version in PDF format is available to download on this web page