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2024-12-05 18:26:00.0

Jaime Alfonsín, new Chairman of Iberdrola's Foundations Committee

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  • The renowned jurist, who has served H.M. the King for almost three decades, will now be able to transfer his extensive experience and his vocation of service to society to the third sector linked to corporate social responsibility.
  • He replaces Fernando García Sánchez, who will end his professional career in the Group after consolidating the Foundations Committee and Fundación Iberdrola España as leading institutions for their commitment to the energy, cultural, environmental and social development of the communities in which the Iberdrola group operates.
     

At its meeting held today, Iberdrola's Foundations Committee appointed Jaime Alfonsín as its new chairman. Alfonsín will thus chair the body that coordinates the activities of the Group's various foundations in the countries in which it is present (mainly Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Brazil and Mexico).

State Lawyer and after almost 3 decades in the service of HM King Felipe VI - occupying the post of Head of the King's Household from 2014 to 2024 - Jaime Alfonsín will now lead a leading institution in the field of the third sector in Spain and internationally.

In the coming weeks, Alfonsín will also take over the other duties that Fernando García Sánchez had been performing to date, as he brings to an end his professional career of more than 6 years at the Group. Under the chairmanship of García Sánchez, and thanks to his excellent work, Iberdrola's Foundations Committee and Fundación Iberdrola España have consolidated their activities in the areas of training and research, biodiversity and climate change, art and culture, and social action in all of the territories in which they are present.

Jaime Alfonsín's profile

Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso holds a degree in Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (where he obtained the first extraordinary prize of his promotion) and is a State Lawyer. He has also taught European Union Law at ICADE and Tax Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In 1995 he joined His Majesty the King's Household as Head of the Secretariat of His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias and in 2014 he was appointed Head of His Majesty the King's Household, a post he held until last January.

Iberdrola: commitment to society in fulfilment of its social dividend

Since its creation almost 124 years ago, Iberdrola has always been linked to the energy, socioeconomic, and cultural development of the communities in which it has a presence. The company pioneered this commitment in its Governance System through the concept of "social dividend". Since then, Iberdrola has been systematically reporting on the specific initiatives in which this concept is substantiated. 

The role of the company's various Foundations -and of the Foundations Committee- is fundamental to the fulfilment of this social dividend. Through them, the Iberdrola Group promotes a wide range of activities to improve the quality of life of people in the areas of training and research -for example, through scholarship and grant programmes for young people-; biodiversity and defence of the environment, art and culture; and social action -through social and labour inclusion initiatives, especially with children and young people.