Company: GIFLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-034245
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Company: Grifols SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 206
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   The term expires on our next general shareholders’ meeting, expected to take place as legally required prior to June 30, 2025. Appointed to the Board by means of the co-option procedure under Spanish corporate law.
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Director Biographies
José Ignacio (Nacho) Abia Buenache
Mr. Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Abia Buenache serves as board member of Grifols, S.A. since February 2024, having assumed the office of Chief Executive Officer of the Company on April 1, 2024. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Olympus Corporation of the Americas, based in Pennsylvania, for over 10 years. He also served as Executive Officer and COO and CSO at Olympus Corporation, a publicly traded company in the Tokyo stock exchange. Mr. Abia has over two decades of experience in the medical technology and life sciences industries, with half of that time spent in the United States and the other half in Europe, while also spending significant time in the Asia-Pacific region to develop businesses. Prior to joining Olympus, he held several positions in the information technologies and consumer electronics industries working for a variety of technology companies, including Sony and Techdata. 

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In the academic field, Nacho holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the business school (EAE) of Barcelona, and has completed the Senior Management Program (PADE) at IESE (University of Navarra). Mr. Abia also serves on the board of directors of the U.S.-Spain Chamber of Commerce and is also a member of the board of trustees of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, a hospital system composed of 13 hospitals and multiple care centers in Pennsylvania. In the past, he was a member of the board of directors of Evident Corporation, a company in the field of life sciences and industrial solutions.
Thomas H. Glanzmann
Mr. Thomas H. Glanzmann has served as a director of Grifols since April 2006, and currently he is the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Company. He served as Grifols’ Executive Chairperson from February 2023 to September 2024, as well as CEO from May 2023 up to April 2024. He serves as a director on the board and as a member of several committees at Alcon