Abengoa SA announced that the meeting of board of directors held on January 19, 2015, appointed the current CEO, Manuel Sánchez Ortega, as first vice-chairman (replacing José B. Terceiro) and independent director Antonio Fornieles Melero to be lead director, second vice-chairman and a member of the Audit Committee and the Appointments and Remuneration Committee. Antonio Fornieles has spent most of his career in the audit area of KPMG where he was responsible for the audit function at KPMG España a as well as being Global Chief Operating Officer, among other functions. The board of directors also appointed Professor José Borrell Fontelles as chairman of its Strategy and Technology Committee.