Chairman

Isaías Táboas Suárez

Chairman of the State-Owned Company Renfe - Operadora (Renfe-Operator) and of the state-owned mercantile companies Renfe Viajeros (Renfe Passengers), Renfe Mercancías, (Renfe Freight), Renfe Fabricación y Mantenimiento (Renfe Manufacturing and Maintenance) and Renfe Alquiler de Material Ferroviario (Renfe Rolling Stock Hire).

Born in Valencia on the 2nd of March 1958 and resident in Barcelona, he has a degree in History and post-graduate diploma in Public Administration Managerial Function from ESADE and in Marketing Management from EADA.

His professional career has been split between working in public administration and the private sector. In the public sector he was Secretary of State for Transport (2010-2011), Secretary General of the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2006-2010) and Director of the Office of the Ministry of Industry (2004-2006). Previously, he was Director of Communication and Institutional Relations at Renfe and Delegate for Heritage and Town Planning in Catalonia and Aragon (1991-1996).

In the private sector he was connected to Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia) as Director of Editorial UOC and Eureca Media SL (1996-2004) and as Director of Projects (2012-2013).

He is currently Chairman of the Editorial Committee at Observatorio de las Ideas (Observatory of Ideas) and founding partner of the companies Global Transport Register SL and Global Line SL.

He has been Chairman of Renfe-Operadora (Renfe-Operator) since July 2018.

 

 

Management Team

Pilar Oviedo Cabrillo

Corporate Manager, Deputy to the Presidency of the State-Owned Company Renfe – Operadora (Renfe – Operator).

A graduate in Economics and Business from the University of Deusto, she has spent her professional career almost entirely at Renfe. From 1997 to 2004 she held positions with management responsibilities related to sales and marketing duties. In 2004 she became Corporate Director of Purchasing, and the following year she also took on asset management duties.

Before her appointment, she was Director of Purchases and Property at the General Economic and Finance Department of the public business entity Renfe – Operadora (Renfe – Operator).
 

José Luis Cahafeiro Vila

Directorate-General of Operations

Presidente de Logirail

Licenciado en Ciencias Químicas por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, ingresó en RENFE en 1981.

En el sector ferroviario, entre otras responsabilidades, ha ocupado los puestos de Gerente Territorial en Salamanca, Director de Producto del Área Norte de la Unidad de Negocio de Viajeros Regionales, Director de Información y Atención al Cliente y Director de Operaciones de la Unidad de Negocio de Transporte Combinado.

Fuera del sector ferroviario ha desempeñado el cargo de Secretario General de Transportes del Ministerio de Fomento.

Antes de su nombramiento ocupaba el puesto de Subdirector de Estrategia de Adif.
 

Angel Jiménez Gutiérrez

Director General of Safety, Organisation and Human Resources of the Renfe – Operadora (Renfe – Operator) State-Owned Company.

He has a degree in Sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid, and has been Head of the Research Area in the General Directorate of Development and Strategy of the state-owned company since 2017. Between 2012 and 2017 he was the Manager of the Market Research and Commercial Promotion Area, and Manager of the Analysis and Projects in the General Directorate of Passengers. Previously, he was the General Director of Safety, Organisation and Human Resources of the Company, and Director General of Safety, Organisation, Human Resources and International Relations with Adif, between 2004 and 2012. With a long career in Renfe, he has also been Director of Organisation, Communication and Human Resources Development, Director of Internal Communication in the area of Human Resources, as well as of Company's Press Office, among other responsibilities.
 

Teresa Torres Torres

Directorate-General of Economics and Finance

Manel Villalante i Llauradó

Director General of Development and Strategy of the Renfe – Operadora (Renfe – Operator) State-Owned Company.

Industrial engineer, and since 2012 Director of Mobility and Transport Infrastructure at Barcelona Regional Agencia de Desarrollo Urbano (Barcelona Regional Urban Development Agency). With over 30 years experience in mobility, infrastructure and transport, he has held a number of positions including Director General of Land Transport in the Government of Catalonia, Director General of Land Transport in the Ministerio de Fomento, and has also held various executive positions in FGC (Catalonian Government Railways) between 2004 and 2007, and in TMB (Barcelona Metropolitan Transport), between 2000 and 2004. He has also been a member of different Boards of Directors such as Renfe Operadora, TMB, FGC and Consorcio Sagrera Alta Velocidad (Sagrera High-speed Consortium). He currently manages the postgraduate in "Smart Mobility: Intelligent Transport Systems" at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and has been Professor of Planning and Transport Economics at the same university.
 

Manuel Sempere Luján

Communications, Brand and Advertising.

 

José Luis Marroquín Mochales

Secretary General and of the Board of Directors of the Renfe – Operadora (Renfe – Operator) State-Owned Company.

Secretario de los Consejos de Administración de las siguientes sociedades: Renfe Viajeros SME, S.A. (Renfe Passengers), Renfe Mercancías SME, S.A. (Renfe Freight), Renfe Fabricación y Mantenimiento SME, S.A. (Renfe Manufacturing and Maintenance) y Renfe Alquiler de Material Ferroviario SME, S.A. (Renfe Rolling Stock Hire)
Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Spanish Railways Foundation).

He has a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and is a State Attorney.

He is a civil servant of the Corps of State Attorneys.

He joined RENFE as Legal Advisory Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors of RENFE in July 1998.

He has held the position since January 2005.
 

Sonia Araujo López

General Manager of Renfe Viajeros S.A. (Renfe Passengers)

 

Joaquín del Moral Salcedo

General Manager of Renfe Mercancías S.A. (Freight)

He has a degree in Naval Engineering from the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of A Coruña.

He was Director General of Land Transport at the Ministerio de Fomento from January 2012 to July 2018.

He has also been a director of Renfe Viajeros (Renfe Passengers) and Renfe Mercancías (Renfe Freight), between February 2014 and June 2015. In the Ministerio de Fomento, he has held the position of Deputy Director General of Inspection before International Organisations of the General Directorate of Transport, between June 2008 and January 2012, among other positions.

He was appointed to the position in September 2018.
 

Francisco Javier Bujedo Mediavilla

Current Position

General Manager of Renfe Fabricación y Mantenimiento S.A. (Manufacturing and Maintenance)

Formación académica, Ingeniero Industrial por la Escuela de Ingenieros Industriales de Bilbao., IngenieroTécnico Industrial por la Escuela Técnica Industrial de Santander.

At Renfe, he has held, among other positions, the positions of director of Freight Services in the Manufacturing and Maintenance Dept., director of Rolling Stock in the Freight and Logistics Services Dept., technical director of Rolling Stock in the Freight and Logistics Dept., or director of Rolling Stock in the B.U. for Grandes Líneas (Main Lines). In his experience outside the group he has been general director of Irvia Mantenimiento Ferroviario.

From 2014 to 2019 he held the position of Area Manager for Rolling Stock and Business Development at Renfe Alquiler de Material Ferroviario (Renfe Rolling Stock Hire).

He has held the position since February 2019.
 

Mª del Carmen Rincón Córcoles

General Manager of Renfe Alquiler de Material Ferroviario S.A. (Rolling Stock Hire)