General Services | Nuclear B.U.

Vice-President | Nuclear Spain

Director of  Nuclear Services Business Unit

José Tomás Ruiz joined LAINSA in 1989, working in Radioactive Installations decontamination and dismantling projects at CIEMAT. In 1991 he participated in R&D&I projects in FUA dismantling in Andújar (Jaén).

From 1992 to 2000, he participated in several projects as Head of RP: BR3 in MOL (Belgium), Acerinox , Los Barrios (Cádiz), Vandellós I Power Plant Dismantling.In 2004-2005, he became Project Director of Dismantling and Clearance of ARBI Reactor (Bilbao).From 2007, he headed the LAINSA international expansion process through his position as Europe & Asia Business Director and participated in the creation of Lainsa subsidiaries in France and Italy through Lainsa France’ companies, Lainsa Italia and Gertisa Italia. In 2015, he was named Chief operating Officer at GD Energy Services S.A.U. Responsible for all the operations in the company GD Energy Services (GDES) and associated subsidiaries and companies. And in 2018, he was named Contry Manager of Spain. In 2020, he assumed the position of Director of  Nuclear Services Business Unit and was appointed Vice-President | Nuclear Spain.

General Services| U.N. Nuclear Services

Assistant Director of Business Development and Special Projects – Spain

Jesús Hernando is an industrial and metallurgical engineer with more than 10 years of experience as project manager and deputy general manager in different companies in the nuclear sector. Jesús has been Assistant Director of Business Development and Special Projects – Spain since 2024.

Nuclear B.U.

A.S. Director of Operation and Maintenance | Spain

Julián, a Technical Engineer in Public Works, is also a Senior Technician in PRL, Safety, Hygiene and Ergonomics, Supervisor of Radioactive Installations and Expert Technician in Radioactive Waste Management and Treatment. He has been a member of GDES since 2015. Since then, he has held the positions of Project Technician, Head of Services and Site Manager.

Since 2022, in addition to being Site Manager at Almaraz NPP, he has been Director of the Operation and Maintenance Service Area for GDES in Spain.

Nuclear B.U.

Thermal Protection S. A. Director | Spain

An Industrial Engineer specialising in energy intensification from the UPV. Radioactive Facilities Supervisor and Executive Master in Business Administration from the APD. He joined GD Energy Services (GDES) in 2005 working on different projects in the nuclear area. In 2009, he participated in the international expansion process of LAINSA as GDES Technical Director in Mexico.

In 2010, he held the position of Project Technical Coordinator attached to Management, and was responsible for the technical coordination of radioactive waste disposal and large low-level radioactive waste component storage at the Cofrentes nuclear power plant for the joint venture TAMLAIN. He currently occupies the position of Thermal Protection Services Area Director in Spain.

Nuclear B.U.

Radiological Protection S.A. Director | Spain

Benjamín Mora Bastida is a Chemical Engineer and holds a master’s degree in radiological protection from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He started working for the Radiological Protection Technical Unit at GDES in 2002 and since then has participated on several projects as radiological protection officer, project officer and R&D engineer, and as a teacher on several radiological protection courses given by GDES, the Polytechnic University of Valencia and CIEMAT. In 2018, he was named Radiological Protection Services Area Director in Spain.

Decommissioning B.U.

Director of the Dismantling Business Unit

Diego Santoro graduated in nuclear engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and is a certified technician in radiological protection from the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino – CISAM. He has extensive international experience as the head of various nuclear business units, both at commercial and business development level, specialising in the field of decommissioning.

Decommissioning has been singled out as one of the group’s strategic business units and Diego Santoro is since 2018 Director of the Dismantling Business Unit of GDES.

Decommissioning B.U.

Decommissioning Services Director | Spain

An Industrial Engineer specialising in energy intensification. Radioactive Facilities Supervisor and Senior Health and Safety Officer with a Masters in Business Administration from the CCM.

He joined LAINSA in 1983 as Decontamination Service Manager at the Almaraz nuclear power plant. From 1987 to 1998, he worked in several Spanish nuclear plants as Decontamination Service Manager and Quality and Health and Safety Officer. From 1998 to 2006, he was appointed Radiological Protection and Health and Safety Officer and in 2007 joined the PIMIC Project for Decommissioning JEN 1 at Ciemat with the joint venture, MONLAIN.In 2008, he led the international expansion process in Latin America as the Latin America and USA Services. He is currently Decommissioning Services Director in GDES Spain.

Surface Treatment B.U.

Surface Treatment B.U. Director

A Chemical Engineer from Rey Juan Carlos University with an MBA from EUDE Business School, he is a specialist in surface treatments, coatings and radioactive installations. He joined GDES Revanti as Project Manager in international operations for Nuclear Power Plants, Petrochemical Plants, Chemical Plants and Combined Cycle Plants in 2007.

In 2012, he took an active part in the International expansion of GD Energy Services (GDES) as Business Development Manager and since 2016 he has held the position of Surface Treatment Services Deputy Director. He later occupied in 2011 the positions of  Surface Treatment B.U. Director at GDES.

Surface Treatment B.U.

Surface Treatment B.U. Director

Patrice GUERRA studied engineering at INSA – Toulouse, specialising in process engineering.

Patrice has been working for GD Energy Services since 2006 when he joined the French chemical cleaning subsidiary SOLARCA France as a Project Engineer. In 2007, he joined LAINSA France when it was created and took the position of Technical Manager of the French subsidiary specialising in nuclear services. Within LAINSA France and then GDES France, he participated in the development of all the Maintenance and Surface Treatment activities as Director of the Coatings and Maintenance Services BUs, participating actively in the EXTRADOS project that GDES France won in 2015. In 2020, he was appointed Director of Development for GDES France and in 2022, he was appointed Director of Surface Treatment in France (GDES Revanti SAS).

Circular Economy B.U.

Circular Economy B.U. Director

A Senior Chemical Engineer specialising in the Environment from Zaragoza University with a Bachelor in Psychology from UNED, a Masters in Quality and Environment Management from IDE.CESEM Business School and a Master Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa business school.

He has spent much of his career in the DHL multinational postal and logistics services as Project Manager, Design and Solutions Manager, and Continuous Improvement Manager for national and international customers and projects. Since 2013, he has been part of the GD Energy Services (GDES) team as the Circular Economy B.U. Director.

Director of Business Development B.U.

Director of Business Development | Panama

Jesús Belloso has a degree in Business Administration and Management and a diploma in Business Studies from the University of Valladolid (Spain).

He has international experience as head of logistics operations in Brazil, Portugal and Spain; since 2016 he has been part of GD Energy Services (GDES), where he joined as head of its logistics centre in Panama. In 2018 Jesús assumed the position of Director of Logistics and Purchasing in the Power Grids Business Unit of GDES S de R.L., Panama. Since the end of 2019 he has held the position of Director of Logistics Business Development in the central american country. And in 2021 he was appointed new Director of Business Development in Panama.

Wind B.U.

Wind Business Unit Director

José Carlos Alonso, is an industrial engineer and AMP from Ie Business School. He has extensive professional experience as Operations Manager and Factory Manager in industries of various sectors, both in startups and in SMEs and multinationals.
In the wind energy sector, at LM Wind Power, he initially worked as Head of Production Engineering and later developed as Production Manager at the Ponferrada plant.
José Carlos was working with us as Operations Director at GDES Wind in 2014 and is currently Director of the GDES Wind Business Unit.

Wind B.U.

Country Manager | USA

Jagadish Rao received his Mechanical engineering degree & management studies in India. Before joining GDES in Oct 2020 as Country Manager USA, he worked in Aircraft industry,Composite product Center(Unit of Defence establishment) and the wind power field, in LM Wind Power/General Electric.

His Career at LM  lasted for 25 years & 2 months (started in June 1995), held various positions at LM India: Factory Manager, Plant Director, Director Methods Process & Quality, Director Continuous Improvement for India & Europe region, Director blade Service Operations.

In March 2014 Jagadish was sent to Grand Forks USA to take over the role  of Director Service Operations for North America region including Canada & also worked as Plant Director of LM Wind Power/General Electric,Grandforks USA.

He has received numerous awards & recognition in his carrier, among them was “Leadership Excellence award” at LM Wind Power.

Wind B.U.

Country Manager | France

Jean-François Azam holds an engineering degree from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and has extensive experience as Managing Director of various companies in the engineering, energy and consultancy sectors.

Jean-François Azam joins GDES Wind as Director of the French subsidiary

Since September 2023, Jean-François Azam has been part of GDES Wind as Director of the French subsidiary.

Efficiency and Photovoltaic B.U.

Director of the Efficiency and Photovoltaic Business Unit

Enrique Aymerich de Vega holds a degree in law from the Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, an MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid and a master’s degree in economic and financial management from the Valencia Chamber of Commerce.

Enrique has more than 18 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, initially in financial management and later heading the creation of a photovoltaics business division and M&A operations.

Between 2006 and 2018 he sat on the board of directors and held various management positions at Nclave Group (acquired by Trina Solar), where he was in charge of tasks that included business development and the international expansion of the company.

He has also provided consultancy services to investment funds involved in the development, financing, construction, and operations and maintenance of solar power plants in Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Enrique is a founding partner of Enespal Energy SL, a company specialising in photovoltaic projects, and currently holds the position of Director of the Efficiency and Photovoltaics Business Unit of GDES, a unit that operates under the GDES Efficiency brand and offers its clients a 360º service model for achieving energy efficiency with short-, medium- and long-term goals.

Efficiency and Photovoltaic  B.U.

Engineering Director of the Efficiency and Photovoltaic Business Unit

José Carpena García is an Industrial Engineer specialising in Industrial Installations and Construction from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. José has more than 20 years of experience in the Multidisciplinary Engineering sector for the conception, design, execution, direction and management of works and projects in all types of installations (mechanical, energy, air conditioning or telecommunications) and different sectors (industrial, residential, hotel, commercial and administrative).

He has experience in international projects as head of Organisation, Production, Purchasing, Studies and Technical Director. Currently, José holds the position of Engineering Director of the GDES Efficiency and Photovoltaic Business Unit; a unit that works under the GDES Efficiency brand and offers its clients a 360º model of services for the search for energy efficiency with short, medium and long term goals.

B.U. Digital Transformation and Business 4.0  

Director of Digital Transformation and Business 4.0  

Alberto has a PhD in industrial engineering from Tecnun, University of Navarra, and is a national pioneer in the use of data to anticipate the future of machines, having already worked in the field of data analysis and predictive models since 2002. His entrepreneurial spirit has inspired him to start up various projects, all related to data, adding considerable value to the industrial sector. Such is the passion that drives his professional development every day; over the years, he has poured his energies into creating and leading technological projects such as Ikasplay or NEM Solutions (50% owned by CAF and 50% by Siemens Gamesa), and currently as founder and CEO of xabet.

Alberto has gained extensive international experience, has taken postgraduate courses in the field of business management, and was named European Digital Influencer in 2017 in recognition of the first part of his professional career.

In his more than 20 years of professional experience, he has garnered various awards in the field of innovation and technology; he holds several patents and has published a number of articles. He is known for connecting machines and data with people, earning him the nickname “machine doctor”.

He is a champion of the digital age and the possibilities that the continuous transformation of our reality offers for the improvement of our companies, our lives and, above all, the lives of future generations – our children and grandchildren.

B.U. Digital Transformation and Business 4.0  

Operations Manager of Digital Transformation and Business 4.0  

Oihana is a graduate in Industrial Engineering from Tecnun, the School of Engineering of San Sebastian (University of Navarra).

Her passion for industrial organisation inspired her to work as a consultant during the first years of her professional career. She implemented and led projects to improve industrial processes in companies such as EROSKI S.Coop. and FAGOR Arrasate S.Coop.

In 2014, Oihana joined the team at NEM Solutions, a technology-based company that specialises in predictive maintenance solutions for the railway and renewable energy sectors, where she coordinated various international projects.

Currently, Oihana is part of the xabet development team and holds the position of Operations Manager.