Leadership Meeting 2023
CEO Obchodní společnost Kredit spol. s r. o. Petr Sevcik attended the Leadership Meeting 2023, which took place in Madrid at the IESE Business School.
On the first day, Jon Riberas, Executive Chairman of Gonvarri Industries, opened the conference by summarising the main milestones of both companies. Afterwards, Francisco J. Riberas, Chairman of Gestamp, presented Gestamp’s results, prospects and challenges.
Josu Calvo, CEO of Gonvarri Industries, presented the financial results and the projects in which the company is immersed.
Baris Ciftci, from the World Steel Association spoke about steel trends, carbon neutrality and its impact on steel trade flows, followed by Carlos Vieira (Director of Gonvarri’s Purchasing Department) and Pedro Velasco (GRI’s Supply Chain Director) who spoke about the Green Steel strategy in both companies.
To close this first day, Jon Riberas summarised the most relevant ideas seen during the session.
The second day began with a presentation on the new roles and functions of technology in Gonvarri, with the participation of Javier López Galino (CTO of Gonvarri), Petr Ševčík (Regional Manager South EU & Kredit), Fredrik Henriksson (Regional manager GMH Nordic region), Antonio Amengual (Director of Road Steel), Christopher Atassi (Director of Solar Steel).
Emilio Ros (Deputy CEO Hidria) gave a presentation explaining Hidria in detail.
Next, the guest speaker, Arancha Martínez spoke about the projects of her Foundation itwillbe.org and was accompanied by Pilar Cánovas, Director of the Lo Que De Verdad Importa Foundation, who presented the project “Improved Reality” of the Aladina Foundation and in which Gonvarri collaborates.
Juan Francisco Chicote, Manager of Gonvarri Valencia, then presented the Health and Safety at Work project (Por ti Por Mi). Juan Llovet (Corporate Director of Communication and Sustainability) and Eduardo Fernández (Sustainability Manager) then spoke about the evolution of the company’s Carbon Neutral Plan.
Finally, Josu Calvo closed the session by summarising the main ideas seen during the two-day convention.
