Juan Santamaría
Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Between 2002 and 2006 he held different positions in Iridium and Dragados as Engineer and Project Manager.
From 2006 to 2013 he was General Manager of ACS Infrastructures in the USA and Canada; between 2013 and 2015 he was Chairman and CEO of Iridium. During 2016 he held the position of Executive Manager for CPB in Western Australia and the Northern Territories of Australia.
In 2017 he was Chief Executive Officer of Industrial and Services Company UGL; and in 2018 and 2019 he was Chief Executive Officer of CPB Construction in Australia and Leighton Asia, with operations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
In November 2020 he was appointed Executive Chairman of the CIMIC Group.
In May 2022, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A.
In July 2022 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Hochtief AG.
In March 2023, he was appointed Chairman of ABERTIS.
