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Cox receives an award from the Human Resources Forum Andalucía 2024

    • The award was collected by Pablo Barrasa, Director of People, who stressed that people are the focus of the organization’s management.
    • This award reinforces the spirit of Cox as a company that works in the search for talent and sustainability.

    Today Cox has received an award for the work of each one of us who are part of it. Pablo Barrasa, Director of People, oversaw collecting the award on behalf of the company. In his speech, he emphasized the team’s strong commitment to the project, as it is the people who have given it meaning, which is why they are now the focus of the organization’s management.

    This award reinforces the spirit of Cox as a company that works in the search for talent and sustainability. Cox considers people to be its main asset, and it is the commitment and level of excellence of its professionals that distinguishes us in the market and drives us forward.

    Four statuettes were awarded in total at the Andalusia HR Forum, which, together with Cox, went to Juan Manuel Rueda, People and Organization Expert at Bain & Company, Santiago Herrero, Director of People and Values at the San Juan de Dios Hospital Order, and Remedios Miralles, Corporate Director of People and Values at Grupo Peñarroya.

    The new Human Resources Andalusia Forum at the headquarters of EOI Andalusia began with a reflection: “What is and what will be a priority in Human Resources in our companies? How to innovate in the face of talent and well-being? To provide a global response, from all areas; business, institutional and academic, among others, the meeting was attended by experts from companies such as Cepsa, Persán, Heineken, DKV, Antea, SD Worx, PerformanSe and Criteria, as well as representatives from the management of the EOI, the City Council of Seville and the Spanish Association of People Management and Development (AEDIPE).

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    Luis Arizaga Zárate

    Independent Director

    Member of the Audit Committee

    Date of appointment: September 17, 2024

    Shareholding in Cox Abg Group, S.A.: 11,514 shares

    Partner of Exus Management Partners (Exus) and GenuX Power, a global renewable energy platform with offices in nine countries, managing 11GW of installed capacity, including 2.6GW in Mexico between wind and solar energy projects. Holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU in New York, and a bachelors degree in Accounting and Finance from ITESM in Mexico.

    Prior to joining EXUS in 2019, he founded EIRA Capital, an investment platform focused on Energy and Infrastructure transactions in Mexico, and Latin America. He was also part of Australia’s Macquarie Group in Latin America, where he spent more than 7 years in the Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Funds divisions, working on fund capital raising, equity investments, asset management activities, as well as third party advisory roles on energy and infrastructure transactions in Mexico and Latin America. During his years at Macquarie, he also held board positions in the several investments made by Macquarie which covered energy, public private partnerships, roads, and telecom companies. In addition, his previous involvement at financial institutions include positions in the investment banking teams of Deutsche Bank’s M&A group in New York, and Citibank’s M&A group in Mexico.

    Other former relevant positions include his role as independent member of the investment committee of the Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores (Mexican mortgages and housing government agency).

    Enrique Riquelme Vives

    Presidente Ejecutivo

    Fecha de nombramiento: 17 de septiembre de 2024

    Participación en el capital social de Cox Abg Group, S.A.: 50.612.744  acciones

    Presidente Ejecutivo de Cox, tras iniciar su andadura profesional en el sector inmobiliario y de la construcción, en 2010 fundó Grupo El Sol en Panamá, especializado en operaciones de minería, cemento, infraestructuras y energía. Con el tiempo, la empresa se convertiría en el mayor proveedor de arena de la UTE responsable de la ampliación del canal de Panamá. Posteriormente, pasó a liderar las fases de oferta y desarrollo de Rainbow 50: el proyecto fotovoltaico de mayor envergadura ejecutado en América Latina hasta aquel momento.

    Ha recibido varios galardones por su contribución al mundo empresarial en España, entre ellos el Premio del Certamen Nacional de Jóvenes Emprendedores 2018. También ha sido distinguido como uno de los «100 latinos más influyentes comprometidos con la acción climática» y uno de los «100 españoles más creativos del mundo de los negocios» según la revista Forbes. Actualmente, es miembro del Consejo Internacional de la San Telmo Business School y preside el Consejo Asesor de la Fundación Scholas para Panamá, Centroamérica y Caribe.