Vice Chairman
Juan Ignacio Entrecanales Franco
Mr. Juan Ignacio Entrecanales holds an Industrial Engineering Degree from Tufts University and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
Juan Ignacio Entrecanales Franco has been the Vice-Chairman of ACCIONA since 2004 and a member of the Board of Directors of ACCIONA Energía since 2021.
He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Tufts University and an Executive MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in 1992.
He joined ACCIONA in 1994 and, in 1995, was appointed Deputy General Manager of Construction, a position he held until 1997, when he became Executive Vice-Chairman of ACCIONA Infraestructuras.
In 2004, he was appointed Chairman of ACCIONA Infraestructuras, a position he held until 2010. He was Vice-Chairman of SEOPAN from 2006 to 2012 and Chairman of the Board of Mostostal Warsawa between 2001 and 2007, leading ACCIONA Infraestructuras's expansion in Poland. He is a member of numerous organizations, including the Companies Forum of the Carlos III University Board in Madrid, ESADE’s Professional Advisory Board, the Instituto de Empresa University Advisory Board, and Lloyd’s Register EMEA Spanish Committee. He is the chairman of the Spanish Geographic Society and a patron of several institutions including the Integra Foundation, the José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation and Museo Arqueológico Nacional (National Archaeological Museum), and President of the Spain-India Council Foundation.