
About
Mr. López Achurra was appointed Director of Repsol by cooptation by the Board of Directors resolution on November 24, 2021, and ratified and appointed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 6, 2022.
Background: Mr. López Achurra holds an LLB from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Master’s in International Studies from the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
Experience: In 2003, he was appointed director of Gas Natural Fenosa, and from 2011 until 2023, he became chairman of IBIL, a company backed by the Basque government and Repsol to provide charging stations for electric vehicles in Spain. He was previously director of Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Gipuzkoa —Kutxa—, BBK Bank/Caja Sur, and Sareb. He was also a founding partner of the law firm IBK & LBR, specializing in Community law, infrastructure, energy, and the environment, as well as the consultancy firms CFI (Consultores de Financiación Internacional), DPA (Desarrollo y Protección Ambiental) and EF International Strategy. He also held the position of Chairman of the Tecnalia Corporation from 2016 until 2020.
Mr López Achurra is the Non-Executive Chairman of Petróleos del Norte, S.A., a company of which he was Executive Chairman between May 2016 and April 2019, and in which he has promoted numerous projects related to energy transition and renewable hydrogen production.
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Working history
Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repsol | Board | Member | 24/11/2021 | |
| Repsol | Nominations & Governance | Member | 24/11/2021 | |
| Repsol | Remuneration | Member | 24/11/2021 | |
| Repsol | Supervisory Board | Member | 24/11/2021 |