Exolum appoints Rose García as chairwoman

Spanish terminal company Exolum has appointed Rose García as its new chairwoman, replacing José Luis López de Silanes, who is retiring and will now become honorary chairman.

García is the first woman to hold the chair in almost 100 years of the company’s history. She has more than 30 years of experience in industries such as energy, infrastructures and IT, including as director of corporate strategic projects at Microsoft in the US, and as president of Microsoft Iberia for eight years. García was chairwoman of Siemens from 2011-2018 and has over a decade of experience in non-executive management positions in IBEX-listed companies such as Banesto, Acerinox and Bankinter. She is currently also a board member at Mapfre, EDPR and Sener.