Director of Naval Shipbuilding and Engineering

He was born in Ferrol in 1963. He lives in Madrid, is married and has three children.

He joined the Naval Academy in 1982 graduating as Lieutenant Junior Grade in 1987.

He has been Maneuver Officer of frigate ‘Asturias’, Operations Chief of the offshore patrol vessel ‘Villa de Bilbao’ and Electricity Officer of the aircraft carrier ‘Príncipe de Asturias’.

He is a specialist in Energy and Propulsion. Between 1992 and 1997 he attended the Spanish Navy’s High Studies Course on Physics-Mathematics Sciences and subsequently the Technical School of Naval Engineers joining the Engineer Corps of the Spanish Navy in 1997.

As a naval engineer he was engaged in different shipbuilding programs for 12 years; among them the LPDs, F-100 frigates, the frigates for the Norwegian Navy, the LHD and the F-105.

As part of the Sustainment Department, he was Chief of Hulls and Engines for 4 years (2009-2013), in the Spanish Navy’s Ferrol Shipyards.

In August 2013 he was posted to the ‘S-80’ Submarine Program at the Spanish Navy’s Logistic Support Head Office, where he assumed the responsibilities of Ship Platform and Systems’ Engineering.

In November 2017 he was appointed Chief of the ‘S-80’ Program and in January 2019 he was assigned to the Sub-Directorate of the General Directorate of Armament and Material Programs (DGAM) as Chief of Naval Systems.

In February 2020 he was appointed Deputy Director of INTA’s Naval Systems in charge of the ‘Canal de Experiencias Hidrodinámicas de El Pardo’ (El Pardo Model Basin) until April 2021 when he was promoted to Rear Admiral and appointed Deputy Director of Maintenance of the Spanish Navy’s Logistic Support Head Office.

In September 2023 he was promoted to Vice Admiral (Engineer Corps) and appointed Director of Naval Shipbuilding and Engineering.