Josu Calvo

Josu Calvo is currently the CEO of Gonvarri Industries, a company that operates in various sectors such as automotive, renewable energies, intralogistics and road safety. With a turnover of around €5,000 million, it employs more than 6,000 people in 28 countries.

His professional background brings a wealth of experience in the growth, professionalisation and internalisation of family companies, especially in the industrial sector. During his long career, he has participated intensively in various Boards of Directors, including several international joint ventures, with corporate governance being a focus of interest and study for him.

More recently, he has ventured into the world of start-ups linked to the industrial use of ecological refrigeration.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Founding Partner and CEO, Green Cold Storage, Spain, 2019 – Present

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Fundación Seres, Spain, 2018 – Present

• Board of Directors, Unesid, Spain, 2014 – Present

• CEO, Gonvarri Industries, Spain, 2010 – Present

• Managing Director of various Group companies and the Auto business, Gonvarri Industries, Europe, 1997 – 2010

• Proprietary Director, Logesta, Spain, 2008 – 2010

• Senior Consultant Industrial Operations, Andersen Consulting, Spain, 1993 – 1997

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Strategy, IE Business School, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Adjunct Professor, Headspring Executive Development, Spain, 2020 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Gonvarri Leaders of Tomorrow, Headspring Executive Development, Spain, 2018

• General Management Program (PDG), IESE, Spain, 2004

• CIPM, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), Spain, 1996

• Senior in Theory of Constraints (TOC), Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute, New Haven (USA) y Rotterdam (Holanda), 1993

• Master of Arts in Economícs of the European Community, University of Exeter, UK, 1992

• Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain, 1991