Santiago Bañales is Managing Director of Iberdrola Innovation Middle East (ME), Iberdrola’s global development center of digital solutions for the energy industry, since 2016.

He has 25 years of energy industry experience fulfilling executive roles in R&D, Product Development, Management Consulting, M&A, General Management and Board Directorships. Previous to his current role, Santiago was CEO of Ormazabal Current, a global smart grids product manufacturing with facilities in US, Switzerland and Spain.

Santiago holds a MSc in Technology and Policy form MIT, a Dual Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and an INSEAD International Board Director certification.