Board of Directors

Mr. Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Abia Buenache serves as board member of Grifols, S.A. since 26 February 2024, and currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Previously, and for over 10 years, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Olympus Corporation of the Americas based in Pennsylvania. Concurrently he has also served as Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and  Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Olympus Corporation, a publicly traded company in the Tokyo stock exchange. 

Mr. Nacho Abia has accumulated more than two decades of experience in Medical technology and Life Sciences industries, with half of that time spent in the United States and the other half in Europe. At Olympus he also dedicated a significant amount of time to developing the business in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Olympus, he held several positions in the IT and Consumer Electronics industries working for a variety of technology companies, including Sony and Techdata. 

In the academic field, Nacho holds a Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), he holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the business school (EAE) of Barcelona, and has completed the Senior Management Program (PADE) at IESE (University of Navarra). 

Mr. Nacho Abia also serves in the Board of Directors of the US-Spain Chamber of Commerce is also member of the Board of Trustees of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, a hospital system composed of 13 hospitals and multiple care centres in Pennsylvania. In the past, he was member of the Board of Directors of Evident Corporation, a company in the field of life sciences and industrial solutions.