Relief in Barcelona Global. After two years in office, its president, Maite Barrera, has proposed Ramon Agenjo, director and secretary of Damm's board of directors, as her replacement at the head of the business lobby for the 2024-2026 period.
The proposal was unanimously accepted this Tuesday by all members of the executive committee. Next week, Agenjo will have to present his candidacy, made up of a maximum of 20 partners, to the entity's supervisory board. If validated, the more than 1,200 members of the private association will have to approve it at the next general assembly on Wednesday, June 26.
As established by the statutes of Barcelona Global, the mandates of the presidents and the executive committees that accompany them have a maximum duration of two years. In the case of the presidency, it cannot be re-elected until a mandate has passed. To be proposed as president of the private entity, one must be part of the executive committee.
The current members of the executive committee chaired by Barrera are Agenjo himself, Mike Blackman (ISE), Héctor Bros (Cuatrecasas), Sergi Ferrer-Salat (Ferrer), Carmina Ganyet (Colonial), Teresa Garcia-Mila (Barcelona School of Economics), Ana Godó (Grupo Godó), Sergi Loughney (Fundación La Caixa), Jaume Oliu (Harvest Capital Management), Javier Perez-Tenessa (4Founders Capital), Gerard Piqué (Kosmos), Eloi Planes (Fluidra), Josep Tabernero (VHIO) and Carlos Ventura (Banco Sabadell). The vice-presidents are Oscar Pierre (Glovo), Oriol Pinya (Abac Capital), Daniel Puig (Puig) and Josep Sanfeliu (Asabys Partners). At the beginning of Barrera's mandate, Mercè Conesa was appointed as general director of Barcelona Global, replacing Mateu Hernández, who had held the position since the entity's founding in 2012.
Agenjo has been a partner of the entity since its constitution. Linked to Damm for four decades, in addition to being a director and secretary of the brewery group's board of directors, the businessman is also president of the Cacaolat group. In addition, he holds the position of patron-director of the Damm Foundation and president of the Estrella de Levante Foundation, through which the company's patronage and philanthropic actions are channeled.
Likewise, Damm is a corporate protective partner of Barcelona Global, which implies an annual contribution of 10,000 euros. Companies such as Agbar, Areas, Banco Sabadell, CaixaBank, Cellnex, Colonial, the Barcelona Free Zone Consortium (CZFB), EY, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC), Fira de Barcelona, Fluidra, and Freixenet are also partners. According to the lobby, it is the fees from these partners that allow it to be financially solid.