Garamendi puts the bank under CEO and keeps Sánchez Libre, despite their rivalry.

Antonio Garamendi this Wednesday ratified changes to the leadership of CEOE employers for his second term. Among the most notable moves, he has nominated the bank AEB through the president of the AEB employers’ association, Alejandra Kindelán, as vice-president and has retained the leader of the Catalan employers’ association, Josep Sánchez Libre, despite a well-known rivalry. between the two businessmen, as Foment will support Basque’s alternative candidacy for CEO, Virginia Guinda.

The employers announced changes in management leadership this morning. Also worth noting is the consolidation of the position of Miguel Garrido, leader of the Madrid employers’ association CEIM, which is very close to the PP and the government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has criticized Garamendi’s leadership in the past. For example, he refrained from labor reform.

However, in order to re-verify the presidency in the employers’ association in the internal elections, Miguel Garrido supported Antonio Garamendi in the movement, which many underlined its importance, given that the Basque was questioned by other employers’ associations, such as the Catalan Fomenti.

Garrido was appointed by the employer’s board of directors as a “first vice president”, which did not exist until now. This new figure “strengthens our presence and the visibility of the CEOE in many institutions and properties” and “whatever the president deems necessary”, explain the sources of the employer.

It is also worth noting the introduction of banking in the leadership of the management. Antonio Garamendi maintained a close relationship with the AEB during his tenure, an organization that also supported the CEOE leader for re-election to the position. The leader of the employers’ association has repeatedly defended the banking sector as the driver of Spain’s economy, highlighting its role in ICO loans and demanding that the government banks manage public recovery funds for the pandemic.

Garamend also opposed the emergency tax imposed on banks by the coalition government, which even led to European authorities through the European employers’ association BusinessEurope.

Eight vice presidents, three vice presidents

The entry of AEB Bank Employers’ Association President Alejandra Kindelani does not mean a greater presence of women in the management of the Employers’ Association, Antonio Garamendi’s “gender balance” commitment that was never implemented.

Two vice-presidents are leaving the leadership (Inés Juste and Marina Serrano, who will become patrons and future vice-presidents of the CEOE Foundation) and two others are entering (Alejandra Kindelan, president of AEB and María Helena Antolín, vice-president of Grupo Antolín President.Multinational Automobiles).

Accordingly, the final picture remains eight vice presidents and three vice presidents in the CEO. The only changes that have already been mentioned are the exchange of two vice-presidents in the hands of women and the strengthening of the vice-presidency of Miguel Garrido. The rest remains in place.

The vice presidents are as follows:

  • Miguel Garrido, First Vice President.
  • Lorenzo Amor, ATA President;
  • Gerardo Cuerva, President of Cepyme;
  • Íñigo Fernández de Mesa, President of IEE;
  • Pilar González de Frutos, President of UNESCO;
  • Alejandra Kindelani, President of AEB;
  • María Helena Antolín, Vice President of Grupo Antolín;
  • Javier González de Lara, President of CEA;
  • Salvador Navarro, President of CEV;
  • Julián Núñez, President of Seopan
  • Josep Sánchez Llibre, President of Foment del Treball.

There were many doubts whether the Catalan leader would retain the vice-presidential seat. Virginia Guinda has resigned from the Executive Committee.

Antonio Garamendi confirmed on the same day of his re-election that Fomenti, the Catalan employers’ association, will remain at the helm of the executive director in the position of vice-president, which is essential due to the weight of the Catalan business community in the country’s economy. There is great uncertainty whether this person is Josep Sánchez Libre or not.

Sánchez Libre was on the ropes not so much because of the momentum of an alternative candidacy (which it is), but because of the well-known rivalry between the two businessmen and the campaigning environment of Antonio Garamendi and the “personal attacks” on the Basques. “via various means of communication,” according to business sources. Despite everything, Garamendi kept the Catalan in his place.

The meeting also approved the renewal of Inigo Fernandez de Mes as President of the Institute for Economic Studies (IEE); Santiago Aparicio as President of the Institute of Advanced Business Studies (ISEE); and former Minister Fatima Bañez as President of the CEOE Foundation.

Source: El Diario

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