Nueva Pescanova Group’s board of directors has unanimously elected José María Benavent as executive chairman and reappointed Ignacio González as managing director, a position he has served since February 2016.
José María Benavent has been a director and member of the audit, control and finance committee of Nueva Pescanova since June 2019. He holds a degree in Economic and Business Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid, an Executive Development Program of IESE and an Advanced Management Program of MIT Business School, USA.
José María Benavent started his professional career in 1989 in the Bank of Spain. Since 1994 he has held management positions in Caixabank, Telco, R-Cable, and Euskaltel.
Since 2018, José María Benavent has served as an independent member of the board of directors of ABANCA Servicios Financieros and a member of its audit and risk committee. José María Benavent and Ignacio González, together with the other board members, executives, managers and employees of the Nueva Pescanova Group aim to strengthen the financial and commercial structure of the company and consolidate the company’s global standing.
The new directors have shown their appreciation for the work of the outgoing board and, in particular, to the former chairman, Jacobo González-Robatto.
