Movements at the top of CaixaBank and Caja Ingenieros

Movement at the top of two of the Catalan financial institutions. CaixaBank is renewing its board of directors, after the change of president on January 1, and putting an end to the presence of the former Bankia in the highest governing body of the bank, which is now chaired by Tomàs Muniesa in place of José Ignacio Goirigolzarri. CaixaBank has announced that five members of the board will be leaving: the former president José Ignacio Goirigolzarri and the independents Joaquín Ayuso, Francisco Javier Campo and Eva Castillo. José Serna, a director representing La Caixa, is also leaving. Rosa María García, Luis Álvarez, Bernardo Sánchez, Pablo Forero and José María Méndez will join. But this week, changes have also been announced at Caixa Ingenieros.

David Murano

Deputy Director of Caja Ingenieros

Caja Ingenieros, a credit cooperative for financial services and insurance, has announced the creation of a new deputy general directorate, replacing the three existing deputy general directorates until now, to strengthen the management committee. With this organizational change, David Murano, until now deputy general director and director of the global risk management area, after sixteen years in the entity, assumes new responsibility as deputy general director and will work directly with Juanjo Llopis, the entity's general director so far this year.

This is not the only change in the top management of Caixa Ingenieros, which has undertaken a restructuring of the management. The area of business and member services until now, led by Juanjo Llopis, is divided into two areas. Anna Salvatella, a graduate in physics, who joined the entity in 2018 as director of corporate banking and credit, is promoted and assumes the management of the business area and becomes part of the management committee. The member services area will be led by Carlos Asensio, a graduate in economics, who has been with the entity for more than fifteen years and until now was the commercial director and member of the management committee. Alba Vicente, a graduate in mathematics and who has been with the entity for more than sixteen years, and who currently held the position of director of risk models, will lead the new risk area. Miguel Ángel Gimare, a computer engineer, has joined the entity as director of the systems and technology area. following the upcoming retirement of José Luis Sánchez.

Pedro Sobral

General Manager of Glovo in Spain

Catalan technology company Glovo has appointed Pedro Sobral as the company's general manager in Spain. Until now, he was in charge of the top management in Portugal, the company reported in a statement. Sobral, a mechanical engineer from the Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, will now lead the entire operation of Glovo's main market in the world. The new general manager of Glovo Spain joined the company in June 2022 as director of operations. brand ads At a global level, the division that offers advertising solutions and tools to collaborating brands, restaurants and stores.

Three years after joining the company, Sobral will now be in charge of leading Glovo's business in Spain with the aim of successfully implementing the new work model. Sobral acknowledges that "after ten years of activity in Spain, the company is now experiencing one of the most exciting and challenging moments in its history." The company is delivery Last December, the company decided to promote a new model in Spain. that would allow it to operate with labor delivery drivers instead of self-employed workers.

Raquel Serrat

New national coordinator of the Union of Peoples

The national council of Unió de Pagesos has approved the proposal of the permanent council regarding the distribution of responsibilities among its members. Thus, Raquel Serrat becomes the national coordinator of the union and, in addition, will have the responsibilities of agrarian elections, heritage, the Pagesia Foundation, social sectors (youth, women, older peasants and integration), affiliation and territorial coordination of the Girona regions. Serrat replaces Joan Caball in the highest responsibility of the agrarian union, who will continue linked to the management with the delegated responsibility of interstate and international relations.

The new management of Unió de Pagesos will have a large female presence. In addition to Serrat, the management includes Carol Aixut, responsible for seasonal workers and the agreement of the countryside, the environment and the self-employed; Ester Andreu, representative of women of Unió de Pagesos in the national permanent council, will be responsible for agro-food marketing, complementary activities and friends of Pagesia; Laia Angrill, representative of the Unió de Pagesos Youth in the national permanent committee, will be responsible for communication, generational change and mountain policies; and Núria Brull, coordinator of Terres de l'Ebre, will also be responsible for food quality policy, rural environment and risk prevention and agricultural machinery.

The directors are completed by Antoni Borràs, responsible for administration, alternative energies, irrigation, advice and agricultural insurance; Sergi Claramunt, the coordinator of Camp de Tarragona, will also be responsible for organisation and trade union action; and Germán Domínguez, coordinator of the metropolitan area, will also be responsible for water and municipal markets.