The former president of Renfe, Raül Blanco, jumps to the private sector and file by the Basque Group of Defense Sapa

The former president of Renfe, Raül Blanco make the leap to the private sector and will become a manager of the Basque Group of Defense Sapa, important shareholder of Indra. This has been confirmed by the world of sources close to the company, but the hiring is not yet firm as it is pending authorization from the Office of Conflicts of Interests of the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Function. This department evaluates whether there is incompatibility with the previous position in Blanco in Renfe, but no objections are expected to lack SAPA of contracts with the railway group. As for the other incompatibility that could have white for having been general secretary of the Ministry of Industry, it is no longer in force. At two years, it expires and these were fulfilled for white last December.

«Raül Blanco’s desire is to work in Sapa, the first technological company in the national defense and security industry. The company is the world reference in mobility technologies both in the US and in Europe. The signing is following the procedure step by step. Everything is going well and the approval of the Office of Conflict of Interest that is about to arrive is simply pending, ”says sources close to the Basque company. Blanco will join the strategy area.

The CEO of Sapa is Jokin Aperribay, which is at the time president of the Real Sociedad Football Club and Counselor of Indra. This Basque Group of Military Industry has 8% of the capital of the technology company of which the State is first shareholder.

Blanco, who was the high position of the current government since 2018 in different positions has fulfilled what he announced on January 14 when Renfe left and pointed out that his intention was to move to the private sector. Blanco has been Secretary General of Industry, director of the School of Industrial Organization and President of RENFE. Blanco was dismissed from the latter place by decision of the Minister of Transportation, Oscar Puente, as this newspaper published, because he preferred a person of greatest confidence.

Blanco, an official close to the PSC, has not had the bad reputation in the private sector that do have other senior government positions. In CEOE and various industrial sectors, I was considered a high -sectarian positiondialogue and sensitive with business activity

In Renfe, he promoted professionalization and promoted that they leave the advice of their participated in ministries to prevent new cases such as that of Colond. This was appointed by the then minister, José Luis Ábalos, for the C0nsejo of Renfe merchandise to round salary and the investigated has recognized that he did not even attend the meetings.