Board and committees

Mr. Sánchez de León García holds a degree in Economics and Business Science from the College of Financial Studies (CUNEF), and another in Law from the National Distance Education University (UNED); a Diploma in Financial Management and Banking, Foreign Trade and Business Management for the European Communities, from several institutions. He is currently a Director of the Management Advancement Association (APD) since 1998, after serving for 10 years as management assistant at that institution.

Mr. Sánchez de León García is also a member of the Board of the Institute of Directors and Administrators (IC_A), Chairman of the Professional Development Committee of the Institute of Directors and Administrators (IC_A). He is also patron of the Transforma España Foundation and member of the Government Board of the Civil Society Forum. Since November 2020 he has been the non-executive chairman of Grupo Ezentis.

Mr. Azcárate Palacios holds a degree in Economics and Business Science from the Complutense University of Madrid (1974). He is a member of, amongst other bodies, the Audit Economist Register (REA) and the Official Auditor Register (ROAC), and the Spanish Accountancy and Business Administration Association (AECA). He was also a member of the Chartered Accountants Institute from 1978, elected by public examination.

Mr. Pedro María Azcárate Palacios holds extensive experience in the supervision, development and completion to the satisfaction of the client of audit and consultancy projects, with a wide range of both organisations and services rendered.

He joined the Bilbao Audit Division of Andersen in 1974. In 1985, he moved to San Sebastián to take charge of the offices in San Sebastian and Pamplona. In 1994 he returned to the Bilbao office as Managing Partner for the Navarre, Basque Region, La Rioja and Cantabria offices where he conducted the professional relationships with the principal clients of Andersen (Banco Guipuzcoano, BBVA, BBK, Caja Cantabria, Provincial Governments, Gamesa, Basque Government, Iberdrola, IBV, MCC, etc.), and joined the Spanish Executive Committee of Andersen.

During the period 1998/2002, he chaired the Economic and Financial Advisory Board of the Guggenheim Foundation in Bilbao. In September 2000, he moved to the Madrid office as National Director, with executive responsibility for the Assurance Services Area (Audit, Financial Consultancy, Transactions and IT Security) at Arthur Andersen. Upon the merger of Arthur Andersen with Deloitte in 2003, he undertook the same duties in the merged company (Deloitte).

Since the year 2004, he has been a member of the World Assurance Executive Committee at Deloitte. He was a member of the Executive Committee of Deloitte in Spain until 31 July 2008. Over those years, he chaired the Deloitte Risks Committee, which supervised the audits of its principal clients (ACS, Banco Santander, BBVA, El Corte Inglés, FCC, Inditex, La Caixa, NH Hoteles, Repsol, etc.). In July 2008, his statutory retirement from Deloitte took place.

Today, he is an entrepreneur with investments in certain photovoltaic production, property and publishing companies. He is a counsellor to several non-listed companies. He is also the auditor to an NGO, a member of the Board of Governors of the Economists' College of Madrid and a member of the governing body of the Audit Economist Register (REA) and the Confederation of Economists' Colleges of Spain (CGEE).

Mr. Romeu Barceló holds a degree in Economics. He developed his professional career at Banco Santander for 20 years as head of the corporate division for the most part. Subsequently, he joined Bankia as head of Corporate until June 2015.

With an extensive experience in finance and banking, in July 2015 he joined the Audax Energía group as Corporate Director and has been directly involved in the reverse merger operation between Audax Energía and Fersa Energía Renovables, resulting in the Audax Renovables Group, an independent energy group whose activities are focused on the production of 100% renewable energy, as well as the supply of 100% renewable electricity and gas.

He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Audax Renovables. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries of the Excelsior Times Group and the Audax Renovables Group.

Ms. López Porta holds a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona, a postgraduate degree in Labour Law and a PDG from IESE Business School. She began her professional career at Grupo Godó in 1995, in the Sales, Finance and finally Controlling Departments. Ms. López Porta joined Fersa Energías Renovables in 2004 as Deputy General Manager and participated in its IPO in May 2007. Reporting directly to the General Management and the Board of Directors throughout her career at Fersa, she participated in the development of the portfolio of energy generation projects in their different phases: promotion, financing, construction and operation, as well as in the execution of the disinvestment plans of these projects both nationally and internationally.

Appointed Director of Operations in 2011, she was directly involved in all of the company's corporate operations and took over as General Manager in July 2015, managing the entire sale of the Fersa group, which culminated in a takeover bid by Audax Energía, S.A.

Subsequently, in 2019, she participated directly in the reverse merger operation between Audax Energía and Fersa Energía Renovables, resulting in the Audax Renovables Group, an independent energy group whose activities are focused on the production of 100% renewable energy, as well as the supply of 100% renewable electricity and gas.

She is currently a member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit and Appointment and Salary Committees of Audax Renovables. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Atrys Health.

Ms. Bueno Aybar holds a law degree from Pompu Fabra University, specialising in economics. She is a partner in the commercial law department of Garrigues, the firm where she has spent the whole of her professional career. She is particularly specialised in banking, debt restructuring (including pre-bankruptcy advice), finance and insurance, venture capital, collective investment institutions, issuance of debt and equity instruments, as well as integrated commercial advice, including advice on corporate governance (operation and/or resolution of conflicts in corporate bodies).

Among other fields, she is active in the corporate and project finance practice. He advises on a recurring basis on regulatory, financial and corporate aspects of national and international acquisition transactions, structural modifications and debt and/or business restructuring, including advice on securities market law, through the provision of legal services to listed companies. She also has proven national and international experience in takeover bids.

Associate professor at ESADE Law School (Ramon Llull University) in Barcelona, where she teaches commercial and corporate law.