Juan Ignacio Entrecanales Franco

Biography

Juan Ignacio Entrecanales has been Vice Chairman of ACCIONA since 2004. Mr Entrecanales holds a Manufacturing Engineering Degree from Tufts University and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in 1992 and joined ACCIONA in 1994. He was Deputy Director of Construction from 1995 until his appointment as Executive Vice Chairman of ACCIONA Infrastructure in 1997. In 2004, Mr Entrecanales was appointed President of ACCIONA Infrastructure, a position he held until 2010. He led the expansion of ACCIONA Infrastructure in Poland and was Chairman of the Board of Mostostal Warsawa between 2001 and 2007. Mr Entrecanales was Vice Chairman of SEOPAN, the Spanish construction industry association, from 2006 until 2012, and lends his experience to a number of entities, including the Companies Forum of the Carlos III University Council in Madrid, ESADE’s Professional Advisory Board, the Instituto de Empresa University Advisory Board,  and Lloyd’s Register EMEA Spanish Committee. He is the Vice Chairman of the Fundación con R (a forum for socially-responsible public procurement) and a patron of several institutions including the Integra Foundation, the José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation and Museo Arqueológico Nacional(National Archaeological Museum). He is a member of the Boards of Directors of NEXOTEL ADEJE, HEF Inversora, 2034 Laertes y COPENAV.  

Research Interest

 Engineering/Technology