Maarten Wetselaar
Maarten Wetselaar joined CEPSA as CEO in January 2022 and is based in Madrid. In March 2022 he announced the firm’s “Positive Motion” strategy that is aimed at transforming CEPSA into an Energy Transition leader in the coming years. Prior to joining CEPSA, he worked at Royal Dutch Shell for 26 years and served on […]
David van Weel
David van Weel is NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges. He is the Secretary General’s primary advisor on emerging security challenges and their implications for the security of the Alliance and a member of the Secretary General’s senior management team. The Emerging Security Challenges Division, which he directs and manages, aims to provide […]
Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade
Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade is CEO of EDP, a global energy company operating through 4 main regional hubs in Europe, North America, Latin America and APAC, and one of the largest renewable energy producers in the world. Energy has been at the core of Miguel’s career for the past 2 decades.
Radoslava Stefanova
Radoslava Stefanova is the Head of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section in NATO’s Defence Investment Division. Until September 2020, Radoslava was Head of the Russia and Ukraine Relations Section at NATO’s Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, where she worked for 16 years. Her earlier professional experience was teaching international and Trans-Atlantic relations […]
Raphaël Schoentgen
Raphaël Schoentgen is a private entrepreneur and investor whose passions and expertise are technologies, energy, climate change, international business and international policy. In 2018 he created Hydrogen Advisors, a consultancy firm active both in the private sector – energy / transport / industry / investors – as well as in the public sector – international […]
Miguel Sánchez
Miguel Sánchez was born in Madrid in 1960. He entered the General Military Academy in Zaragoza in 1977 and later the Infantry Academy in Toledo. He graduated as Lieutenant in 1982 and was promoted to Colonel in 2009. He has held various positions in the General State Administration, both Civil and Military, including in HM […]
Fernando Ruiz Pérez
Fernando Ruiz Pérez has more than 23 years of experience at national and international level in the areas of cybersecurity and cybercrime, leading operational, technical, and strategic units. He is currently the Global Head of Respond in the Cyber Security Center of Banco Santander. In this role, he coordinates the global response to cyber incidents […]
Patrick Penninckx
Patrick Penninckx has spent the last 30 years of his career with the Council of Europe, contributing to the transformation processes of the Organisation and developing partnerships with international and national institutions. Currently heading the Information Society Department under the Directorate General Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Patrick coordinates standard setting and cooperation […]
Teresa Parejo-Navajas
Teresa Parejo-Navajas, PhD., serves as the Head of Sustainability with IBERIA since October 2019. Previously, she developed an extensive academic carrier as Associate Professor of Law at Carlos III University (Madrid, Spain). She holds an LLM on EU Law and is member of the Pascual Madoz Institute of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Environment, in Spain, […]
The Hon. Ana Palacio
Ana Palacio was the first woman to serve as Foreign Minister of Spain, from 2002-2004. Before this, she was a member of the Spanish Parliament, where she chaired the Joint Committee of the two Houses for European Affairs. She also served as a member of the European Parliament, where she chaired the Legal Affairs and […]
The Hon. José Luis Martínez-Almeida
José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés is the Mayor of Madrid since June 2019 and has been serving as a member of the City Council of Madrid since 2015. He was born on 17 April 1975 in the Spanish capital and studies Comillas Pontifical University to become a state lawyer in 2001. He has been a Director-General […]