Grifols hires Puig's communications director

BarcelonaIn a week The stock market is in turmoil due to Trump's tariff warLarge companies have not stopped their internal movements and signings to strengthen their positions amid this uncertain macroeconomic environment. From the transfer of communications directors between Puig and Grifols to the new heads of the La Caixa Foundation and the new director of the Port of Tarragona, these are the main appointments of the week.

Montse Ribas, Communications Director at Grifols

The Catalan blood products giant Grifols has announced the hiring of Montse Ribas as the company's new communications and reputation director. This is a newly created position within the company, but it comes on the heels of the departure of Teresa Rioné, who has headed Grifols' corporate communications for the past four years. The former athlete's tenure at the pharmaceutical company coincided with the crisis triggered by the publication of the Gotham City Research reports on the group's financial statements. Ribas joins Grifols after 25 years in the communications department of another listed Catalan company, the fragrance and fashion group Puig, where she also led corporate communications, communications strategy, and reputation.

Reynés and Barrera join the board of trustees of the La Caixa Foundation.

The Board of Trustees of the La Caixa Foundation unanimously approved on Thursday the appointment of Naturgy Chairman Francisco Reynés and Maite Barrera, founder of the financial consulting firm Bluecap, as new members of the entity for a four-year term. Furthermore, the Board meeting also approved the renewal of Artur Santos Silva, honorary chairman of BPI (the Portuguese subsidiary of CaixaBank), and Marc Murtra, former chairman of Indra and now chairman of Telefónica.

Cellnex signs Xavier Pujol as general secretary

The board of directors of Cellnex Telecom appointed Xavier Pujol as the new general secretary and secretary of the board on Friday. Until now, the executive was the general secretary of the financial services company Alantra Partners. Pujol will report directly to the chairman of the board, Óscar Fanjul, and the CEO, Marco Patuano, and will join the management committee on May 26. The telecommunications infrastructure manager also proposed the appointment of Luis Mañas as an independent director at the general shareholders' meeting to be held on May 9 in Madrid. Cellnex justified the appointment of Mañas as an independent director to strengthen the company's governance with profiles of extensive industrial and financial experience.

Josep Maria Maceira, new director of the Port of Tarragona

The Port of Tarragona's board of directors appointed Josep Maria Maceira as the new director of infrastructure on Wednesday. A graduate in mathematics from the University of Barcelona, ​​Maceira has been with the Port Authority of Tarragona since 1994 and will replace Ramón Ignacio García. He was also mayor of the Tarragona municipality of Constantí, a provincial deputy in the Tarragona Provincial Council, and a member of the Tarragonès Regional Council. The institution stated that this appointment "responds to the need to adapt the organization's structure to achieve the Port's strategic objectives and future challenges."

Jesús Valero will chair the European Association of Technology Centers

The general director of the Basque technology center Tecnalia, Jesús Valero, will become the first Spanish representative to preside over the European Association of Research and Technology Organizations (EARTO), the largest network in Europe dedicated to research, with more than 350 entities and 228,000 researchers from 3. "It is an honor for our country to be the epicenter of innovation and technology by being chosen to host this meeting," celebrated the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, during the annual EARTO conference, held in Valencia, where Valero was chosen as its president.