Ramón Adell Ramón

Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee

Independent Director and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee until October 2023 and Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee since then. PhD in Economics and Business Studies and Lawyer from the University of Barcelona. Chartered Accountant-Auditor and Financial Analyst. Professor of Business Economics (UB). Throughout his professional career he has held management positions in various companies, forming part of the team that promoted the creation and development of Futures and Options Markets in Spain. He has published several books and numerous articles on topics related to business economics and management. In 2017 he was invested Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences of the Institute of Spain.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of NATURGY ENERGY GROUP, S.A. since June 2010, and is currently a Proprietary Director and member of the Audit Committee at Naturgy, having been Chairman of the Audit Committee from 2014 to 2018 and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee from 2018 to 2022.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of POLNE, S.L. and ALLIANZ ESPAÑA, S.A. Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A., where he also chairs the Audit Committee. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Planeta Formación y Universidades, as well as Vice-Chairman of the CEDE Foundation (Spanish Confederation of Executives) and Honorary President of the Spanish Association of Executives.