Company: GIFLF
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-034245
Chunk: 214

Company: Grifols SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 214
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Laura de la Cruz Galán
Ms. Laura de la Cruz Galán has been the Vice-Secretary of our Board since December 2023 and Secretary, non-member, of our Audit Committee since April 2024. She is a Partner of the Spanish law firm Osborne Clarke, where she has been since 2012. Ms. De la Cruz specializes in corporate governance with respect to listed companies, as well as international M&A transactions. She holds a Law Degree from ESADE Law School in Barcelona, where she graduated in 2011. In 2023, she was selected to join the 8th edition of the “Women’s Talent Pool Leadership Programme” organized by the European Network for Women in Leadership. Furthermore, she is a trustee and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Fundació Víctor Grifols i Lucas.

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Senior Management
We have continued to effect changes in our senior management aligned with our strategic plan of streamlining corporate functions, separating ownership from our senior management and enhancing other efficiencies across the organization. See Item 5 of this Part I “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Operational Improvement Plan.” 
As of January 1, 2024, Mr. Albert Grifols Coma-Cros stepped down from his executive position of Chief Scientific Innovation Officer, while remaining a member of the Board of Directors as a proprietary director, representing one of our major shareholders, Ponder Trade, S.L.
In February 2024, the Board appointed Mr. José Ignacio (Nacho) Abia Buenache as the new Chief Executive Officer of Grifols, a position Mr. Abia assumed on April 1, 2024. Following a transition period working alongside our former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Corporate Officer, Mr. Abia assumed the responsibilities previously held by such positions, while Mr. Víctor Grifols Deu and Mr. Raimon Grifols Roura stepped down from their executive positions and remain as proprietary directors, representing our major shareholders Ralledor Holding Spain, S.L. and Deria, S.A., respectively.
In May 2024, Mr. Alfredo Arroyo, the long-serving Chief Financial Officer of Grifols, announced his retirement, but remained with the company during a transition phase until December 2024.
In September 2024, Mr. Rahul Srinivasan was appointed as the new Chief