Our Team

Carbonia brings together a highly qualified team comprising more than thirty top-level professionals, with a solid track record in their field and a deep understanding of the sectors in which the company operates.

Management Team

Miguel Riaño Pombo

Founding Partner and
Executive Chairman

Prior to joining Carbonia, he was a partner at Garrigues and CEO of Garrigues Medio Ambiente; a senior official at the Ministry of the Environment; a partner and member of the Management Committee at Linklaters; and a managing partner and Chairman of Herbert Smith Freehills. He has served and continues to serve as company secretary and director for a significant number of companies in the energy, infrastructure and environmental sectors.

Daniel Alaminos Echarri

Director of Carbonia Special Services

A State Attorney on leave of absence, prior to joining Carbonia Special Services he was Secretary General and Secretary to the Board of the Abengoa Group.

Partner in the Finance and Capital Markets department at the law firm Ramón y Cajal, with extensive experience in financing and debt restructuring processes.

Pilar García Clavería

Director of Legal Assets

A lawyer specialising in financial, banking and capital markets law. Before joining Carbonia Investments, she built her career in the finance departments of leading international firms such as A&O Shearman, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills, where she advised banks and international investors on domestic and international financing transactions, capital issues, securitisations and acquisitions of loan portfolios and real estate assets.

José Manuel Gutiérrez Delgado

Legal Director at Carbonia Investments

State Attorney on leave of absence. Prior to joining Carbonia Investments, he held the position of Head of the International Arbitration Department within the State Legal Service, served as a State Attorney before the Supreme Court, was Director-General for Legislative Policy and International Legal Cooperation, and represented Spain at the EU, as well as having served on the boards of directors of various companies.

Member of the Latin American Arbitration Association, the Civil and Commercial Arbitration Court (CIMA), the Arbitration Court of the Madrid Bar Association, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitration of London.

José Gabriel Puché

Head of the Insurance Division

He has extensive experience in the insurance sector, where he has held management positions at various companies, including Generali, Mutua Madrileña and Liberty, as well as in consultancy. Prior to joining Carbonia, he was a partner at Deloitte, responsible for Actuarial & Insurance Solutions. He is currently an independent director and senior advisor to insurance companies and teaches at institutions linked to the insurance industry.

Enrique Asla García

Head of Accounting

Prior to joining Carbonia, he was a partner at KPMG Auditores, S.L., Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Spain (ICJCE), Member of the Accounting Advisory Committee of the Institute of Accounting and Auditing (ICAC), Chartered Accountant and member of the Official Register of Auditors (ROAC).

Diego Sobrón Jiménez

General Director

Diego Sobrón is a Senior Advisor with 20 years of executive experience in the industrial, transport and services sectors. He has a solid international track record in the management of major projects, corporate finance and M&A transactions.

For ten years, he was a board member and Vice-Chairman of CEAVMM, the Spanish consortium responsible for the construction and operation of the Meca–Medina high-speed rail line. His executive experience also includes roles as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Talgo and Managing Director at various companies in the services sector.

ADVISORY BOARD

Ernesto Mata López

Chairman of the Seeliger & Conde Foundation. Chairman of the Advisory Board of Quirón Salud, Factor Energía, Carbonia Investments and Riaño Abogados, and a member of the Board of Luxida. Member of the Board of INMO CriteriaCaixa. Member of the Advisory Board of Herbert Smith Freehills and RibéSalat.

Ángel Asensio Laguna

Since 2007, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE), and also holds a position on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CEPYME). His prolific professional career also includes the position of Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the Madrid Business Confederation-CEOE (CEIM) and culminates in his role as one of the Vice-Presidents of both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of Ifema.

Matilde García Duarte

A State Attorney on leave of absence, she has served as secretary to the Board of Directors of various companies, having held the position of Director of Legal Affairs and Asset Management at AENA S.M.E. S.A. and the IBERPAPEL Group (among other roles in various organisations).

She is currently President of the National Association of Large Distribution Companies (ANGED).

Rafael Garijo Garde

Partner at A&G Private Banking. His professional career, always linked to the financial sector, began at Beta Capital. He subsequently joined Banca del Gottardo-BSi as deputy managing director, following four years as a banker and vice-president in international private banking at Banco Santander Suisse in Geneva.

Pablo Tamés Ortega

Pablo has 25 years’ experience leading international projects in Mergers and Acquisitions, Integrations, Operational Transformation and Corporate Development. He specialises in the operational management of businesses in special situations, serving as a manager, executive and advisor to medium-sized enterprises, multinational companies and firms backed by private equity funds across various sectors (industrial, financial services, construction, etc.).
In the past, Pablo has been in charge of various strategy departments at Strategy, EY and Alix Partners. He also served as Director of International Expansion at Altamira Asset Management.

In the past, Pablo has been in charge of various strategy departments at Strategy, EY and Alix Partners. He also served as Director of International Expansion at Altamira Asset Management.

José Ignacio Bao Rodríguez

Ignacio has over 35 years’ experience in the consulting, legal services and financial institutions sectors.

He was appointed Global Chairman and CEO after joining Signium in 2004, helping the firm expand from its previous presence in nine countries with eleven offices to a global footprint of forty-six offices across thirty-four countries. After serving as CEO for 15 years, he was appointed Emeritus Chairman of the Global Board; he also manages operations in Spain and Portugal. Before joining Signium, Ignacio was CEO of several public industrial companies; he worked at Arthur Andersen, where he began his career, and spent eight years working at two major multinational executive search firms, where he led the professional services practice for EMEA and Latin America. He is a member of several advisory boards in the financial sector.
In 2008, Ignacio was ranked among the world’s 50 most influential headhunters by BusinessWeek.

Antes de unirse a Signium, Ignacio fue Consejero Delegado de varias empresas públicas industriales, trabajó en Arthur Andersen donde inició su carrera y pasó 8 años trabajando en dos importantes firmas multinacionales de Executive Search, donde dirigió la práctica de servicios profesionales para EMEA e Hispanoamérica. He is a member of several advisory boards in the financial sector.

In 2008, Ignacio was ranked among the world’s 50 most influential headhunters by BusinessWeek.

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