Antonio Garamendi
businessperson
Antonio Garamendi Lecanda (Getxo, 8 February 1958) is a Spanish businessman, current president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE). He previously held the position of treasurer of the CEOE and was also the president of the Spanish metal federation (ConfeMetal).
Biography
His father, Rafael Garamendi Aldecoa, was president of the Nervión Maritime shipping company and advisor to industries such as Tubos Reunidos and Aldecoa.
He graduated in law from the University of Deusto. From a very young age, he dedicated himself to the business world, focusing on three areas: family business, projects promoted by himself (small and medium-sized companies) and presence on various boards of directors and advisory boards of large companies (Red Eléctrica de España, Bankoa, La Equitativa, Babcock & Wilcox, Albura and Tubos Reunidos).
He was also president of Handyman and of Grupo Negocios. His private business activity focuses on the metal, construction, real estate, insurance and hospitality sectors, participating as a shareholder or director in different companies.
However, the greatest notoriety of him came from the field of business organizations. He began with the foundation of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of the Basque Country, from which he rose to the presidency of the Spanish Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs (Ceaje), later to that of the Ibero-American Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, and finally assumed the Presidency of the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Vizcaya Business Confederation, of the Vizcaya Metal Executive Commission, of the Vizcaya Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Chamber of Vizcaya property.
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