George Mahl - Membership Chairman
Our last report was seen in the Summer 2007 issue and since then there have been several changes in our membership.
The most important was the inclusion of INDRA, one of the most important suppliers to the Defense Oriented industries and to the Armed forces as CORPORATE GOLD MEMBERS, into the Madrid Council.
They will be represented at our events by:
Ana Belén Buendía Núñez - Business Development Manager – Armada Española
Domingo Castro - Director Integrated Defense Systems
Fernando García - Director Cooperative programs
INDRA joins the exclusive group of Madrid Corporate Members, they being Lockheed Martin (Platinum), and EDS.
Regarding Lockheed Martin, we were most pleased to welcome their new Consejero Delegado, OCTAVIO MANDULEY, born in Cuba but fortunately was able to get out. Octavio served in the US Navy and was the Commanding Officer of the Guided Missile Frigate, USS SIDE prior to leaving to enter industry. He has a degree in Political Sciences from the University of South Carolina and is accompanied by his vivacious wife, Suzette. We wish Octavio every success in his new posting and hope that he will be with us for a long time.
RICHARD BONCEY is an attorney with the prestigious law firm Ventura Garcés & Lopéz-Ibor as their head of International Relations. Besides his law degrees he also has a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois in Chicago. His academics include studies at Columbia Univ., Hague Academy of Intl. Law, the Univ. of Brussels, and Advanced Management at the Harvard .
Richards business experience includes stints with Winston & Straw, Intl. Fragrance Association, Cambridge Technology Partner Dade Behring, Meditronic, and Honeywell. He has made his home in Madrid with his wife, Johanne.
NICHOLAS (NICK) HAYES is a Banker and Consultant serving as the Senior Consultant for AFS – Automated Financial Systems. For you old-timers, he is also the son-in-law of Lt. General Stanley (Moose) Donovan who headed up the US contingent in Torrejón many years ago. He is married to Sheila – and we look forward to seeing them both at many of our events.
FRANCISCO PARRA CUADRO until just recently was a General de División (2-star) del Cuerpo General de las Armas del Ejercito de Tierra. He is still in the “Reserva” but is now the Director of Business Development – Aerospace and Defense for the well known firm ELIMCO.
General Parra’s varied military background was initiated in the Infantry. He served for 11 years at the Spanish Embassy in Washington as the Attaché and as a result speaks impeccable English. He then served for 4 years (1996-2000) as the advisor to the then Vice President of the Government, Sr, Alvaréz Cascos. Until 2003 he was the Director General Adjunto for Armaments and Material after which he rose to be the Subdirector General of Plans and Programs for the Dirección General de Armamento y Material.
He now enjoys having more time to spend with his wife, Celina Benítez Cruz and family, and we welcome aboard an Infantryman.
ARTURO LUJAN is the new Consejero Delegado of 3M since the beginning of the year and hails from Mexico as does his charming wife Heidy.
Arturo worked as the Deputy Managing Director of 3M-Mexico before being promoted to the position of Managing Director of the 3M Andean Division, headquartered in Lima, Peru. He hopes to introduce the wide range of 3Mproducts being successfully used by the US Navy to the Spanish Armada and we wish him lots of success. It should be mentioned that 3M is a Gold Corporate Member of the National US Navy League and perhaps we will someday have them as Madrid Council Corporate Members.
AUGUSTO d’ANGLADE is our newest addition from the Armada, he having been a Contralmirante Jefe Ingeniero de Armamento and is now in the Active Reserve with 44 years of service behind him.
His naval service includes that of Naval Attaché at the Spanish Embassy in Washington, Armaments Coounsellor at the Embassy in NATO Headquarters – Brussels, and eventually the Deputy Director for Engineering in the Jefatura del Apoyo Logístico. Among other things he is a member of the Asociación de Alumnos del Curso de Defensa Nacional del CESEDEN.
Augusto and his lovely wife, Maria Isabel now enjoy retirement at their home in Madrid.
INÉS DE ALVEAR TRENOR is and attorney with one of the most prestigious and largest law firms in Madrid, Uriá Menéndez, belonging to the Transport & Logistic Group which includes related transactions and practices such as Mergers & Acquisitions of transport companies and all related financing.
Inés spent her last year in High School in San Francisco and after receiving her law degree became a member of the International Bar Association and the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. She and her husband, Jaime Jiménez Aguirre make their home in Madrid. Welcome Aboard to Inés, and if anyone wants to buy a shipping company just see her.
We are currently in close contact with General Electric, SENER, Boeing, Acciona and others and hope that in our next report we can include them as members.
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