Industrial Engineer by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales of Madrid. She carried out her first years of professional activity in the iron and steel industry and worked thereafter for one year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at Carnegie-Mellon University, in association with the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Later, as a member of the Corps of Industrial Engineers of the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy, she was appointed General Subdirector of International Industrial Relations, in charge of both bilateral and EU relations and she participated actively in the negotiations for the incorporation of Spain in the EEC. Afterwards, she was General Subdirector of Energy Planning including the areas of Environment and Research and Development. In 1994, she joined Repsol S.A. as Director of the Environmental Department, later assuming Safety and Quality responsibilities. Since January 2005, she has been Executive Director of Resources, responsible for Engineering, Information Systems, Technology, Purchasing and Contracting and Environment and Safety. |