MADRID, 9 October 2020. The Board of Directors of HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite communications
operator, approved the appointment of Jordi Hereu as the company’s new president yesterday. The
appointment took place after an extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in which the Sociedad Estatal
de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), which holds 7.41% of HISPASAT’s shares, proposed Hereu to
preside over the company relieving Rosario Martínez Manzanedo.
A graduate in Business Management and Administration, Hereu also holds an MBA from ESADE. He
started his career in 1991 in Port 2000 and CILSA, linked to protecting the Logistics Activity Zone (ZAL)
of the Port of Barcelona.
Since 1999 he has held several positions in the Barcelona City Government, serving his functions as
the council member for the Les Corts district until 2004, and as a councillor for Security and Mobility
of the Barcelona City Government until 2006. After two years in this last position, Jordi Hereu was
appointed the fifth deputy mayor of the Barcelona City Government and was the mayor of Barcelona
from 2006 to 2011.
After his time in public administration, Jordi Hereu co-founded the company Fledge Barcelona and
presides over IdenCity and Barcelona Plataforma Empresarial, both specialising in strategic consulting.
HISPASAT’s new president is now taking on a new professional challenge and commitment to reach
the company’s goals, ensuring its growth and creating value for its shareholders a nd interest groups.
