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As Àngel Simón (non-executive chairman) and José Vicente de los Mozos (chief executive officer with executive functions) begin to review Indra's strategic plan, which will be presented after the summer – although it was scheduled to be updated in the first half of the year – changes in the technology and defense company's top management, following Ángel Escribano's departure, have already begun. Simón has hired Ciril Rozman, who joins as director of the chairman's office and public affairs at Indra, as the company announced in a statement. Rozman is one of Simón's most trusted individuals, having worked with him at both Agbar and Criteria. In fact, at Criteria, he held the position of general director of operations when the La Caixa holding company, chaired by Isidre Fainé, once again committed to investments: ACS, Puig, and Telefónica were just a few examples. At the same time, the company has announced the promotion of Jesús Presa, previously director of marketing, brand management, and internal communication, to head of corporate communication for the company, and therefore responsible for overseeing all areas. Presa joined Indra in 2023, brought in by José Vicente de los Mozos – he is a trusted associate – with whom he previously worked at Renault. On the other hand, Aleix Sanmartín is no longer at Indra. Despite working for the PSOE for a time, he was eventually hired by Alberto Núñez Feijóo's PP as an analyst – he is considered a communication guru. This expert in electoral campaigns joined Indra in September 2025, hired by Ángel Escribano to, as a consultant, try to pave the way for the integration, currently stalled, between Indra and Grupo Escribano. Sanmartín, however, has been one of the names the current management has decided to let go, as first reported by El Confidencial and subsequently confirmed by ARA.
Indra wants to hire 1,500 new employees in Catalonia
The defense and security company also plans to increase sales generated in the country to 550 million
BarcelonaIndra presents the plan to boost its role in Catalonia. The defense and security company has staged its commitment to the territory with an event organized at the Barcelona Port's Tinglados. The group's new chairman, Àngel Simón, and its CEO, José Vicente de los Mozos, have explained their objectives in Catalonia: to generate 1,500 new jobs and increase their turnover to 550 million euros by 2027. The group currently employs 3,500 professionals and generates sales of 366 million with its 8 headquarters in the territory. Indra's major staging in Catalonia comes just after the arrival of Simón as non-executive chairman of Indra. The former CEO of Criteria inaugurates his public agenda with this Monday's session.
"Europe needs solid industrial capacity to guarantee the continent's sovereignty, and Indra wants to be a leader," stated the company's chairman during his speech. In this way, Simón assured that the Catalan context, with its great industrial capacity and good talent attraction, presents Catalonia with the challenge of becoming a new hub for the sector, although he pointed out that the territory has not yet been involved. To achieve this, the group has announced plans to continue its expansion across the country with a new "flagship" building in Barcelona and other new locations spread across the territory, such as in Tarragona.
The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, emphasized the importance of Indra's commitment to the territory. "We must explain to society the importance of collective security," he stated in his speech, in which he also delved into the fact that "security is necessary for the welfare state to exist." Thus, Illa pointed out that policies that enable strategic sovereignty must be strengthened and assured that it is time to reaffirm the European project. "Europe's autonomy must be guaranteed in an increasingly polarized world," affirmed the head of government.
During the presentation of the company's Catalonia plan, Indra has emphasized the importance of continuing to work alongside the Catalan business fabric. Thus, the group has recounted its role as a driving company, which is how leading companies in their sectors are known, and which, thanks to their size, resources, and innovation capacity, are capable of energizing and boosting the economic activity of a territory, helping SMEs to improve their competitiveness. "We want the Indra group to be more present in Catalan civil society," said De los Mozos.
The defense industry in Catalonia
Indra's event in Barcelona arrives at a moment of sector expansion. The current geopolitical context has led Europe to resume the debate on industrial and defense sovereignty, and Catalonia has set out not to be left behind: a few weeks ago, in the same Tinglados del Puerto, the Government presented a program of aid for Catalan SMEs to begin exploring the security sector. The Generalitat's plan involves introducing industrial and technological companies that already work in the automotive or space world into defense. In fact, the first training sessions for the 200 companies that have joined have already been held in recent weeks.
Along these lines, the Minister of External Action of the Generalitat, Jaume Duch, said that "Catalonia cannot escape" the European commitment to develop its military and defense industry. The Minister of Business and Labor, Miquel Sàmper, assured that the Catalan administration "has committed from the outset" to this industry.
Internally, Indra has recently been in the news due to changes in its shareholding. The Escribano brothers left the company's capital last week through an accelerated market placement, although it is not known who acquired the shares. The Escribano brothers left the company's capital through an accelerated market placement, although it is not known who acquired the shares. Indra is a strategic company and its main shareholder is the State, with 28% of the shares.
