Gaesco has a new CEO and Seat continues to renew its leadership

BarcelonaJaume Puig's move to become director of the Catalan investment group GVC Gaesco and the changes at the top of Seat are the main executive moves among the business community this week, in which Caja de Ingenieros ratified a new term for its president, Félix Masjuan. Also noteworthy are the appointments at Eroski, Lorena Canals, and Culmia.

Seat continues the renewal of its top management

Seat continues the restructuring of its leadership following the departure of Wayne Griffiths and theMarkus Haupt's appointment as CEOThis week, the Martorell-based company announced the appointment of Daniel Cortina as its new general secretary and strategy director, and Arantxa Alonso as corporate quality director, according to a company statement.

Cortina will "lead the global strategy in a comprehensive manner," according to the company, while Alonso will focus on ensuring "the excellence of the products and services" of the Cupra and Seat brands. Both new positions will report directly to the new CEO of the Catalan car manufacturer. The new general secretary is an industrial engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia with an MBA from Esade and joined Seat in 1999, where he has held various positions of responsibility both in Martorell and at the parent company, the Volkswagen Group, in addition to playing a key role in the launch of the Born and Formentor models. Alonso, for his part, joined the company in 2005 and has held various positions in marketing and product areas, including managing the Cupra office in Anhui, China. She holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a Master's degree in Automotive Product Engineering from Cranfield University, UK, in addition to a subsequent Master's degree in Marketing from Esade.

Jaume Puig, at the helm of Gaesco

Economist Jaume Puig is the new CEO of GVC Gaesco. The appointment was approved this Monday. approved unanimously by the company's board of directors. Until now, Puig had held the position of CEO and CIO (chief information officer).

The Catalan executive holds a degree in economics from the University of Barcelona and is an internationally certified European financial analyst. He is currently also the vice president of Inverco Catalunya and has over three decades of experience in the financial industry.

Félix Masjuan is re-elected as president of Caja de Ingenieros.

Félix Masjuan, president of Caja de Ingenieros, was re-elected this week as president of the Caja de Ingenieros group for a second four-year term. Masjuan is an industrial engineer, having graduated from the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona, and holds a diploma in Business Administration from Esade. He has been a member of the banking cooperative for 45 years and has served as its president since 2021.

In addition to the president's renewal, the extraordinary general assembly of the entity, held this Thursday, also approved the replacement of two board members. Josep Martí Cos, an economist with 35 years of experience in the consumer goods sector, will become the third member, while Antoni Peris Mingot will become the fourth member. Peris Mingot is an industrial engineer with extensive experience in management positions in energy, infrastructure, and venture capital companies in both Europe and Latin America. These two appointments fill the vacancies left by Antoni Santamans and Pedro Marín, who are leaving the board of directors of Caja de Ingenieros after eleven and ten years, respectively. dircom at Eroski

Another cooperative, the Basque company Eroski, has appointed Asun Bastida as its new Director of Institutional Relations and Corporate Communication, replacing Mikel Larrea, who will become president of the Basque Confederation of Cooperatives. Bastida, a graduate in economics and business administration from the University of Deuto in Bilbao, has been with the company for 25 years and aims to "strengthen cooperative governance" within the group, according to a statement issued by Eroski.

In Catalonia, Eroski does not have a direct presence but operates through the Caprabo supermarket chain, of which it controls 50% of the capital. sell the other half to the Czech fund EP Corporate Group In 2021.

Lorena Canals has a new chief operating officer

Barcelona-based sustainable textile decoration company Lorena Canals has appointed Javier Fontanals as its new operations director – or Chief Operations Officer (COO) – in order to face a new stage of brand expansion. Fontanals, who has 15 years of experience in companies such as Desigual or Pepe Jeans, will also assume the direction of marketing, brand and sales channels.

The company recently opened a physical store on Barcelona's Diagonal Avenue, in partnership with the sustainable toy brand Oli&Carol, created by two of the founder's daughters.

Culmia appoints an independent advisor

The real estate platform Culmia has appointed Ana Estrada as its new independent director. An economist from Pompeu Fabra University with an MBA from the IESE Business School, Estrada has spent much of her career in London, most notably leading real estate investments in Europe for the American bank Goldman Sachs for almost twenty years.