José Miguel Alcolea Cantos

General Counsel – MAPFRE Group Chief Legal Officer

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Secretary Fundación MAPFRE

Personal details:
Name and surname: José Miguel Alcolea Cantos.
Date and place of birth: June 7, 1970, in Albacete, Spain.

Education:
Law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid (1993) with a specialization in Business Law from CEU San Pablo University (1994).
State Attorney, cohort of 1996.
Postgraduate programs in business management at IESE in Madrid, Spain (2007) and IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland (2012-2013) and doctoral courses in Law at the Complutense University of Madrid (1999-2000).

Main positions:
General Counsel (beginning on April 1, 2024).
MAPFRE Group Chief Legal Officer (beginning on April 1, 2024).
Secretary of the Board of Directors of MAPFRE S.A. (beginning on April 1, 2024).
Secretary of the Board of Trustees of MAPFRE S.A. (beginning on April 1, 2024).
Secretary-Director of MAPFRE S.L.U. PORTFOLIO (beginning on April 1, 2024).

Previous positions:
Partner of the Dispute Resolution Department: Litigation and Arbitration of Garrigues (2016-March 2024).
Director of Iberdrola’s Business Legal Services (2004-2016).
Director of Scottish Power Limited (2007-2016) and Iberdrola USA, Inc. (2009-2011), among other companies of the Iberdrola Group.
Secretary of the Board of Directors of Desafío Español 2007, S.A., a company formed by the Spanish syndicate participating in the 2007 America’s Cup (2005-2009).
Individual representative of Iberdrola, S.A. on the Board of Directors of Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, S.A. (2008-2011).
State Attorney-Head of the State Secretariat of Economy (2002-2004); State Attorney in the General Directorate of Insurance (2000-2002); State Attorney in the Central Legal Services of the State Tax Administration Agency (1998-2000); Secretary of the Regional Economic Administrative Court of Catalonia (1997-1998); and State Attorney before the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (1996-1997).
Secretary of the Board of Directors of Agencia EFE, S.A. (2001-2004).
Director of the Insurer Liquidation Commission (2000-2003).
Director of the Insurance Compensation Consortium (2003-2004).
Director of the State Society of Agricultural Infrastructures of the Southern Plateau (2003-2004).