Gonzalo Urquijo Fernández de Araoz is a Spanish businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies.

He is Chairman & President for Hesperia Foundation and Executive Chairman for Abengoa SA.

He is also on the board of Fertiberia SA, Gestamp Automoción SA, Ferrovial SA and The Prince of Asturias Foundation and Chairman at Focus Abengoa Foundation.

In his past career he held the position of Chairman at Unión de Empresas Siderúrgicas, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Aristrain, Vice President-Stainless Steel & Long Products at ArcelorMittal Group, Senior Executive Vice President at ArcelorMittal SA Chairman for ArcelorMittal Spain Holding SL, Chairman-Supervisory Board for ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC, Chairman for ArcelorMittal España SA, Managing Director at Arcelormittal Foundation, Chief Financial Officer at Aceralia Corp. Siderurgica SA and CFO & Senior Executive Vice President at Arcelor SA (which are all subsidiaries of ArcelorMittal SA), Chief Financial Officer & Director at Corporación J.M. Aristrain SL and Managing Director at Arcelormittal Foundation.

Mr. Urquijo Fernández de Araoz received an undergraduate degree from Yale University and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa SL.