Mollerussa (L�rida), 1948. Graduate in Economics at the University of Barcelona and Master's Degree from the IESE. He began his professional career at Arthur Andersen, where he became Partner and Director of Auditing. In 1988, he joined la Caixa as Deputy Managing Director. From 1999 to 2004, he held the position of Managing Director for the la Caixa Group and from 1997 to 2004 he was Chairman of Gas Natural Group.
During his extensive business career, Antonio Brufau has served on the Board of Directors of several companies, including Enag�s, Abertis, Aguas de Barcelona, Colonial, Suez, Caixa Holding, the CaixaBank France and CaixaBank Andorra. Until December 2005, he was the only Spanish member in the Executive Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In July 2002, he was appointed president of Circulo de Econom�a de Barcelona, a position that he occupied until July 2005.
Currently, he is Chief Executive Officer of Repsol YPF as well as Chairman of YPF, S.A. and Vice-Chairman of Gas Natural SDG, S.A.
Mr. Brufau was appointed Director of Repsol YPF by resolution of the Board of Directors on July 23rd, 1996, subsequently ratified by the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on June 6th, 1997 and re-elected by the Annual Shareholders Meeting on March 24th, 1999, on April 4th, 2003 and on May 9th, 2007. |