Isaac Martín-Barbero is the new president of the company, replacing Jesús Silva, since last February 11th. Previously, he was managing director of ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones. He holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Autónoma (Madrid), and a commercial technician and State economist since 1999. He has also held the positions of managing director of the Directorate General for Services and director of the Services Division at ICEX.

Martín-Barbero has also held the positions of economic and commercial advisor to the Economic and Commercial Offices of the Spanish Embassies in Ankara (Turkey), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and has held different positions in Ministries of Industry and Trade, Interior and Economy, in the financial sector and in different Spanish and foreign universities. He is also the author of several publications.

In late November, the president of Ineco, Jesús Silva, and the managing director of Infrastructures and Transport, José Manuel Tejera, travelled to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to meet and speak with several transport authorities about the Spanish company’s experience.

These three countries are currently developing ambitious projects regarding urban transport, high- speed rail lines –such as the future Kuala Lumpur-Singapore link– and airports, such as the expansion of Changi Airport, all of which Ineco is working on (see IT52).

The president of Ineco additionally took part in a meeting with Infrastructure and Transport ministers from both the SICA (Central American Integration System) and Spain. The meeting was held in October in Madrid and was chaired by Ana Pastor, the Spanish minister of Public Works.