Mayor of Santander and President of Red Española de Ciudades Inteligentes (RECI) / Spain

Mayor of Santander since 2007. He was the President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) from July 2012 to September 2015. He is currently the President of Red Española de Ciudades Inteligentes (RECI) and the First Vice President of FEMP. He is the co-chair of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and of the Committee of the Regions. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Cantabria, specialising in Hydraulics, Oceanography, and the Environment. [Spain] @idlserna