Chairperson

José Manuel Entrecanales Domecq

José Manuel Entrecanales is Chairman and CEO of ACCIONA, a leading group of companies devoted to renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure solutions, present in more than 60 countries with over 40,000 employees. He is also Chairman of ACCIONA Energía, the group’s energy division that listed on the Madrid stock exchange in July 2021. ACCIONA Energía is the largest pure renewable energy utility in the world.

He is an active member of some of the main corporate organizations that foster sustainable development and the fight against climate change, including United Nations Global Compact, the World Bank’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

He is a Founding Trustee of the Pro CNIC Foundation (Spain’s leading public-private cardiovascular research initiative), and a Trustee of the Princess of Asturias Foundation, of the Prado Museum and of the Alalá Foundation.

He is also member of the Board of the Instituto de la Empresa Familiar (Spain’s leading organization for family-owned businesses, of which he was Chairman from 2012 to 2014).

José Manuel Entrecanales is Chairman of the acciona.org Foundation, dedicated to fostering universal access to water and energy.

He was recently appointed Ambassador of Marca España.