Àngel Simon

Ángel Simón Grimaldos is a Spanish businessman, the executive President of Grupo Agbar since 2010.[1]

Àngel Simon
OccupationExecutive President of Grupo Agbar since 2010

Biography

Ángel Simón Grimaldos studied roads, ports and canals engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. In 1989, he became the head of the Área Metropolitana de Barcelona. In 1995, he became a delegate to Grupo Agbar in Portugal. In 1998, he was named the international general director of Agbar. From 1999 to 2002, he was the head manager of Aguas Andinas, and CEO from 2002 to 2010.[2]

In 2010, Àngel Simon became the executive President of the Spanish water treatment company Grupo Agbar.[1] Since 2013, he is the senior executive vicepresident of Water Europe of Suez Environnement, and led the acquisition of Aguas Andinas.[3] In 2016, he announced the sale of the water management concession of the city of Barcelona.[4] In 2018, he stood against Podemos' propostion to "remunicipalize" Barcelona's water system.[5]

Distinctions
  • June 2017: Medal of honor from the College of road engineers (Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos)[6]
  • February 2018: Received the key to the city of Barcelona[7]

References
  1. "Ángel Simón reorganiza la cúpula de Agbar, Empresas, expansion.com". www.expansion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-10.
  2. "Ángel Simón Grimaldos, presidente ejecutivo de Agbar, presidirá iWater Barcelona 2016". Tecno Aqua. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. Orellana, Gustavo (10 August 2019). "Ángel Simon, el hombre clave del grupo Suez que creó Aguas Andinas". LT Pulso. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. "Agbar ve peligrar la base de su imperio: la concesión del área de Barcelona". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  5. Molina, Carlos (2018-10-08). "Ángel Simón: "El agua es de dominio público y no cabe remunicipalizarla"". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. Valeiro, Javier (16 June 2017). "Angel Simón, vicepresidente de Suez, recibe la Medalla de Honor del Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos". Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. Periódico, El (2018-02-09). "Àngel Simón recibe la Llave de Barcelona y pide huir de los populismos". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-10.
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