The Board of Directors has been nominated the 25th May 2017 as a part of the restructuration process finalized on july 2017.
Corporate governance
Board of Directors
CHAIRMAN– Don José Pont Amenós
Proprietary director
Chartered accountant with an MBA from the University of Georgia (USA). He has over 45 years’ experience in various positions of responsibility at all levels in the Borges International Group.
He is the CEO of Pont Family Holding, S.L., head of the Pont family group of companies, and president of ASOLIVA. He sits on the board of directors of Borges, S.A.U., and Borges International Group, S.L.U.
MANAGING DIRECTOR – Don David Prats Palomo
Executive director
He has an Executive MBA from the Craig School of Business at California State University, a BS in Technical Management from DeVry University (USA), and a PDD (Management Development Programme) from IESE.
He was CEO of Star Fine Foods Inc., as well as the general manager of OAO Kropotkinskiy Elevator (Russia). He sat on the boards of directors of Olive Glenn Orchards (USA) and ONO Catalunya. He was nominated as a European Dynamic Entrepreneur for Europe’s 500.
Over the last 26 years, he has developed his professional career at the Borges International Group. He is currently CEO of Borges International Group, S.L.U.
BOARD MEMBER– Don Antonio Pont Amenós
Proprietary director
Trading manager with a diploma from IESE – Universidad de Navarra. Permanent academician at the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras.
He has 50 years’ experience at the Borges International Group. Founding and honorary president of INC (International Nut and Dried Fruits Council). Honorary president of the Borges International Group.
BOARD MEMBER– Don Ramón Pont Amenós
Proprietary director
Chartered accountant and technical industrial engineer. He studied business administration at the University of Georgia (USA).
He is president of Pont Family Holding, S.L., and Borges International Group, S.L.U., and vice-president of Interiorvista Decoración Digital, S.L., and Borges, S.A.U. He sits on the board of directors of Calidalia, S.L., Calidalia Integración de Compras, S.L., and Sargom Associats, S.L.
BOARD MEMBER – Don Antonio Pont Grau
Proprietary director
He has a diploma from the General Management Programme at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa – Universidad de Navarra (IESE Business School).
For over 50 years he has developed his professional career by holding a number of management positions in the different industrial divisions for transforming nuts at the Borges International Group. He sits on the board of directors at Borges, S.A.U., and the Borges International Group, S.L.U.
BOARD MEMBER– Don Javier Torra Balcells
Independent director
Industrial engineer from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Barcelona – UPC. He has a master’s degree in marketing from ESADE and a master’s degree in financial management from Halbridge Business School (UK).
He was CEO of Simon Holding for 22 years. He previously held several executive positions at DuPont, British Petroleum and Unión Carbide (Argon).
He is a director of Encofrados Alsina, Roquet and Girbau. He is chairman of the board of the Oxfam-Intermón Spain Foundation and chairman of the board of Eurecat. He is a member of the Industry Committee and Tax Committee of the Circulo de Economía. He is a member of the board of directors of the Ship2B Foundation. He teaches at the Marketing Department at ESADE.
SECRETARY BOARD MEMBER – Don Àngel Segarra i Ferré
Independent director
Bachelor’s degree in law and economic and business sciences.
Chartered accountant, member of the Official Registry of Accounting Auditors and the Registry of Expert Accountants at the Association of Economists of Catalonia.
He sits on the board of directors of Mutua Fiatc, Ipagsa Industrial, Chimigraf Holding, Genestrolle International Holding, Grupo Cuina i Gestió and the public company Compañía Española de Viviendas en Alquiler (CEVASA). He is also a member of the Pension Plan Control Committee at CEC.