SANCHEZ-PRIETO
Javier

• 1. Career
• 2. Education

Javier Sanchez-Prieto is Chairman and CEO of Iberia.

Career

Javier became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberia in September 2020 having previously been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vueling from April 2016, prior to that he was Strategic Planning and Finance Director of Iberia since 2013, where he was a member of the Board of Directors and played a key role in the Transformation Plan to restore profitability and future sustainability of the Spanish airline.

Previously he had been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Corporate Functions at Iberia Express. Since it was created in 2012, the company has been noticed for being profitable from its very beginning and one of the most punctual and efficient in Europe.

Between 2003 and 2012 he carried out directing positions for several departments at Grupo Uralita. Prior to this he had started his career in the aviation industry as Deputy Director of Strategic Planning at Air Nostrum in 2001.

Education

Javier is a graduate in Business Studies from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Technical Aeronautical Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, as well as a postgraduate in several programmes from ESADE and Instituto de Empresa (IE) among others.