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Solarig Management Committee
Miguel Ángel Calleja Rodríguez
Chairman and CEO
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- Education: Degree in Business Administration from the Universidad de Valladolid.
- Experience: With more than 25 years of experience, he has developed his professional career in the service sector and in large utilities companies, holding various management positions in leading national and international companies such as Iberdrola and Calidad Pascual, among others. As part of his entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to the energy transition, in 2005 he founded Solarig, a pioneering company in Spain, originally dedicated to investing in photovoltaic plants for the sale of electricity, which today is an organisation that offers sustainable energy solutions for society in 12 countries. Miguel Ángel Calleja is today Chairman and CEO of Solarig.
Jaime Sureda Juárez
Corporate Services General Direction
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- Education: PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Executive MBA from the Business Institute.
- Experience: With more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector, he began his professional career developing water supply and treatment projects at Ondagua. At Iberdrola he participated in electricity generation projects in several Latin American countries and he has been responsible for the Climate Change and Environment areas of the company, defining the area of emissions trade, sustainability indexes and implementation of environmental management policies and systems. In 2005, he joined Solarig where he has led international growth in countries such as Italy, the UK and Japan, digital transformation and ESG (Environment, Social & Government) sustainability strategy. He is currently General Manager of Corporate Services.
Manuel Santillana Owen
Corporate M&A and Power General Direction
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- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from the University College of Financial Studies (CUNEF)
- Experience: He has over 30 years’ professional experience in international M&A activities in the Energy, Infrastructure and Telecommunications sectors, both in listed companies and in advisory firms.
From 2007 to 2026, he was a Partner at KPMG and was responsible in Spain for transaction activities in the energy and infrastructure sectors; during this period, he also held responsibility for these activities globally for a further five years. His experience in numerous M&A transactions has included advising integrated energy companies, developers and financial investors in the wind, solar and biomethane sectors, as well as electricity and gas networks and supply, primarily in Europe, the USA, Mexico and South America. Whilst continuing his role as a partner at KPMG, he has served as an adviser to the Board of Solarig Global Services since 2022. Prior to his advisory role, he worked for 15 years in the M&A departments of Iberdrola and Telefónica, including a period spent in Chile. In addition, his experience includes teaching on various Master’s programmes and as an Associate Professor of Spanish and Global Economics at Rey Juan Carlos University, a role he no longer holds.
Manuel Alonso Lafuente
Biorig General Direction
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- Education: Forestry Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the University of Malaga.
- Experience: He has more than 20 years of experience in national and international markets in the wood and agriculture sector, as well as in the generation of electricity and heat from biomass and gas. He has developed his professional activity occupying different positions of responsibility in the company specialised in wood Losan. He has led the development, implementation and operation of different production centres in countries such as the Netherlands, Romania and the United States. He is an expert in intensive and irrigated industrial agriculture through his extensive experience in the management and operation of large agricultural and forage farms in Central Europe. In 2023 he joins Solarig as Managing Director of the Green Gases division. Through Biorig, he aims to position the organisation as a national and international benchmark in the development and operation of biomethane plants; and in the modular capture of biogenic CO₂.
Jorge Useros Ruiz
Engineering and Construction General Direction
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- Education: Industrial Engineer from the Universidad de Salamanca. He holds an Executive Program from IESE Business School and an Executive Management Program from IE Business School.
- Experience: His professional career has been linked since 1995 to large companies in the services sector where he began leading activities related to the management of public concessions for water supply and treatment in Ondagua. Subsequently, he held various management positions in the infrastructure company Ferrovial, leading the area of urban services for cities, such as the collection and treatment of solid urban waste and street cleaning. In 2008 he joined Solarig as Director of Operation and Maintenance (O&M), an area from where he has led the development of energy services to third parties to position Solarig as a benchmark company in the international arena.
Eduardo García Poza
Operations and Maintenance (Services) General Direction
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- Education: Industrial Engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and MBA from the EOI.
- Experience: He has developed his professional career in management positions in industrial areas in leading companies in the construction and engineering sector such as Grupo San José, Aldesa and Grupo Ortiz, linked to renewable energy generation and electrical interconnection facilities. Prior to joining Solarig he held the position of Contracting Director within the energy area of Grupo Ortiz, managing the contracting of EPC of new renewable energy projects (mainly photovoltaic) as well as electrical interconnection facilities in public and private tenders both nationally and internationally. After more than 6 years in Grupo Ortiz he joined Solarig in 2021 to lead the EPC business line.
Raquel Bonafonte Gómez
Financial General Direction
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- Education: Degree in Business Administration and Management from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid; and Master’s Degree in Business Intelligence from the Universidad de Barcelona.
- Experience: Throughout her career she has led operations on five continents in multicultural environments in the energy sector. She has extensive experience in corporate finance, M&A, financial models, control and audit and strategic planning. She has served as Chief Financial Officer and advisor in different companies in the renewable energy sector such as FRV, RP Global or Cogen Energía. Prior to joining Solarig, she held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Capital Energy. In 2022 she joined Solarig to lead the world-wide corporate economic and financial operations.
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