Antonio Brufau Niubó
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Antonio Brufau Niubó is the CEO and Chairman of the multinational oil and gas company Repsol.
Career
He has a degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona and MA in Economics from IESE. He worked in Arthur Andersen where he became managing partner. In 1988, he joined La Caixa, as deputy general manager and head industrial entity. Within this capacity, along with then President Josep Vilarasau and Isidre Faine, he assisted in the amalgamation of the Pension Fund of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and Box de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad Barcelona. In 1994, on behalf of La Caixa, he became president of Port Aventura.
In July 1997, he was appointed the president of the natural gas division at Repsol, a post he held until 2004. From 1996 to 2004, Brufau was a member of the Board of Directors of Repsol .
In 2004, he was appointed CEO of Repsol YPF. Since his appointment at Repsol, the company has revamped its organizational structure and set the priorities for growth in upstream growth, downstream growth and liquefied natural gas.
In 2012, Repsol liquidated its stake in YPF, from a 57.43% stake to 6.43%.