Jesús Silva Fernández has taken office as the new president of Ineco at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, in the presence of Minister Ana Pastor. Silva was proposed as new president of the company last 14th November by Ineco’s Administrative Board. Until now, Silva Fernández was Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Panama.
Born in Seville in 1962, he’s a Law graduate by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has been Ambassador Representative of Spain to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Ambassador Representative of Spain to the Caribbean Community – CARICOM, Ambassador of Spain to Jamaica and Ambassador of Spain to Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Moreover, he has been president of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority. In addition to this, Silva Fernández has also served as cultural advisor to the embassies of Spain in Berlin and Bonn, has been Director of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for Cooperation and for Latin America, and he has also been Consul General of Spain in Rosario, Argentina.