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Mollerussa (Lérida), 1948. Graduate in Economics by the University of Barcelona, he began his professional career at Arthur Andersen, where he became Partner and Director of Auditing. In 1988, he joined la Caixa as Deputy Managing Director, and from 1999 to 2004, held the position of Managing Director for the la Caixa Group.
Appointed Chairman of the Gas Natural Group in July 1997, he served as a member of the Repsol YPF Board of Directors from 1996, until nominated Chairman and CEO of this oil company on 27 October 2004, position which he currently occupies. He is also Vice Chairman of the Gas Natural Group.
During his extensive business career, Antonio Brufau has served on the Board of Directors of several companies, including Suez, Enagás, Abertis, Aguas de Barcelona, Colonial and Caixa Holding, the CaixaBank France and CaixaBank Andorra. Until December 2005, he was the only Spanish member in the Executive Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In July 2002, he was appointed president of Barcelona’s Círculo de Economía, a position that he occupied until July 2005. | 