José
Ingnacio Sánchez Galán was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1950. From Salamanca
José moved to Madrid and earned a degree in electro-mechanical industrial
engineering from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieria (ICAI) at the
Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
José as
has a degree in Business Administration and Foreign Trade from the Instituto
Católico de Administración y Direcctión de Empresas (ICADE) at the Universidad
Pontificia Comillas and also earned a degree in General Business Administration
and Foreign Trade from the Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) of
Madrid. He is multilingual speaking in
English, French, and Italian aside from Spanish.
In
1972 José started his professional career at Sociedad Español del Acumulador
Tudor. From a number of executive positions he managed the firm’s international
expansion. José managed Industria de Turbopropulsores (ITP) in the early 1990s,
from its foundation, he promoted the design manufacturing and maintenance of
aircraft engines and gas turbines. While at ITP José integrated technicians
from the naval sector in Bilbao, when it underwent restructuring, he was able
to redirect their professional activities towards aeronautics.
His
career in highly technical and advanced industries continued; from 1993 to 1995
he was the chairman of Eurojet, the European consortium which developed and
manufactured Eurojet 200 engines used by the Eurofighter. José became the CEO
of the newly created Airtel Móvil (today Vodafone Spain) in 1995.
He
was appointed executive vice-president and CEO of Iberdrola in 2001. José was
promoted to executive chairman in 2006. He has been credited with the company’s
transformation which among others is today one of the world’s largest
electricity companies and a global leader in wind energy. This multinational
group has operations in dozens of countries comprising major companies like
ScottishPower in the UK, Iberdrola USA and Elektro in Brazil.
In
2013 Iberdrola had 32.26 million customers
of electricity and gas. It employed 30,680 employees. Gross profit stood at
€12,467.7 million. José has had great success at Iberdrola.
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