Muniesa takes over as president of CaixaBank Dualiza and other signings of the week

Since Tomàs Muniesa took over as president of CaixaBank at the beginning of the year, taking over from José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, the new positions he has inherited have gradually emerged. Now it's the turn of the presidency of the bank's Foundation for Dual Training, which was also held by Goirigolzarri. There are also changes at Talgo, which has half its board vacated due to a wave of resignations. These are some of the most significant signings of the week.

Tomàs Muniesa, new president of CaixaBank Dualiza

The board of trustees of the CaixaBank Dual Training Foundation, known as CaixaBank Dualiza, has appointed Tomás Muniesa as its new president, replacing José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, who has held the position since 2016.

This appointment follows Muniesa's assumption of the presidency of CaixaBank on January 1, culminating a long career at the bank, which he joined in 1976 and where he has held various positions of responsibility, including Human Resources, Capital Markets, and ALCO management. He also served as Executive Vice President and CEO of VidaCaixa from 1997 to November 2018.

Tomàs Muniesa, a graduate in business sciences and master's degree in business administration from Esade, was appointed deputy general manager of VidaCaixa in 1992 and, in 2011, general manager of the insurance group. He is also a member of the ESADE Foundation Board of Trustees and a director of Allianz Portugal.

Talgo appoints María José Zueco as new board member

Talgo's board of directors has unanimously agreed to appoint María José Zueco Peña, current secretary of the board of directors, as an independent external director of the company. This appointment fills one of the four board seats that became vacant last February, when directors Francisco Javier Bañón and Javier Fernando Olascoaga (both from Trilantic), Pedro Manuel del Corro García-Lomas (Torreal), and José María Oriol Fabra (non-executive vice president and heir) of the company's founders resigned.

Trilantic is the British fund that owns 29.8% of Talgo and will sell its shares to the Basque industrial group Sidenor for €185 million. Torreal holds 3.5% and the Oriols approximately 7%. Some of these resignations were made to avoid a conflict of interest, as at the time the three investors were part of the same company, which was subsequently dissolved with the separation of Torreal from Trilantic and the Oriols. With these resignations, Talgo's board was reduced to just six members.

Canon appoints Albert Ferré as director of large format in Spain and Portugal.

Canon has appointed Albert Ferré González as the new Director of Large Format for Canon Spain and Portugal. The new position took effect on April 1st. Ferré replaces Marco Aurelio Losas, who has held this position for the past eight years, and has now taken over as head of the company's large account division. Ferré holds a degree in telecommunications engineering and a degree in economics, accumulating over twenty-five years of experience in the printing industry. Throughout his career, he has held positions focused on product marketing and business development for production printing equipment. At Canon Spain, he led the large format graphic marketing area as a business developer and product manager for the Canon Colorado and Canon Arizona series.

InstaVolt appoints José Contreras general director for the Iberian Peninsula

InstaVolt, the UK's largest ultra-fast charging network, has announced the appointment of José Contreras as Managing Director for the Iberian region, aiming to expand into new European markets. With over 25 years of experience in investment banking and the energy sector, Contreras has led the Diggia Group's UK operations for the past nine years. Under the Wenea and Gamma Energy brands, he has overseen electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects and solar farms.

InstaVolt is now focused on rolling out its ultra-fast charging solutions in Spain and Portugal, two markets that together represent nearly 60 million people and are experiencing rapid growth in electric vehicle sales.

Elena Casaus, new general secretary at AESEG

The Spanish Association of Generic Medicines (AESEG), the trade association of the generic pharmaceutical industry in Spain, has appointed Elena Casaus Lara as its new general secretary, as part of an institutional succession that follows the retirement of Ángel Luis Rodríguez de la Cuerda, who held the position for the past eight years.

Casaus holds a degree in pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid and is a civil servant by public examination for the National Health Pharmacist Corps. She has served as head of inspection of pharmaceutical laboratories at the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices, a member of the network of experts for the European Medicines Agency, an advisor to the Interministerial Commission on Drug Prices at the Ministry of Health, and a technical representative for the Profarma Plan of the Ministry of Industry. During her most recent tenure, she was the coordinator of the regional strategy for advanced therapies for the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid.