Mario Armero, one of the best-known executives in the Spanish business world, died this Monday at the age of 68 after suffering a brief illness, as business sources have confirmed to Europa Press. With exquisite forms, close in treatment, in recent times he was dedicated to channeling the interests of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in the gas company Naturgy, in which the fund held assets, and in promoting various projects for the development of batteries in the electric car, after years linked to the automotive world.
The one who was part of the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (Anfac) between January 2012 and 2019 and president of the American multinational General Electric in Spain and Portugal between 2001 and 2008, had an extensive career in the business world of our country .
the jurist and former president of Europa Press, José Mario Armero, the former director of the automobile association graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid. He began his professional career at Bufete Armero and later went to work for AT&T Spain. Subsequently, he assumed the general secretaryship of General Electric Plastic, a subsidiary in which he rose through the ranks until he assumed management of the American group in the Iberian Peninsula. After his time at General Electric, he was president of the technology company Ezentis until September 2011 and CEO of Corporación Llorente.
Armeroy partner of N2Growth and Ergon Capital. Likewise, he was an independent director of Bankinter Consumer Finance and a trustee of the Spanish Confederation of Directors and Executives (CEDE), as well as president of the American Business Council in Spain or director of Palex Medical.
Beyond his performance in the corporate world, Armero was a patron of the non-profit association Junior Achievement. He was awarded by the Spanish Association of Directors (AED) as best Director in 2005. For its part, Anfac has joined in the pain of the death of its former vice president and has expressed its “most sincere condolences” to the family.
