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key players Sempere Vera, José S Seoane Ikaran,

Ramón
Francisco Javier
Eusko Trenbideak – Ferrocarriles
Managing Director of Fundación de
Vascos (Basque Railways) General
los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Spanish
Railways Foundation)
Date and place of birth:
Career path: Manager
He has extensive experience (more than 35 Seoane Ikaran, 1964, Barakaldo (Bizkaia).
years) in managing both public and private Francisco Javier
companies. In the last fifteen years, he has Director General de Eusko Education:
held positions of great responsibility, such as Trenbideak – Ferrocarriles Vascos Law Degree. University of the Basque Coun-
General Manager of Mercalicante, in which try – UPV/EHU (1988).
he managed to reverse the financial situati- Fecha y lugar de nacimiento: Post-Graduate Diploma in Administrative
on, making the public company profitable 1964, Barakaldo (Bizkaia). Management. Alcalá de Henares University
again after years of losses. (1992).
Formación académica:
In November 2015 he became Deputy Ge- Licenciado en Derecho. UPV-EHU (1988). Professional Career:
neral Manager of Mercamadrid, where he Postgrado universitario de Gestión Admi- Lawyer registered with the Bizkaia Law Soci-
contributed, through a strategic plan, to nistrativa. Universidad Alcalá de Henares ety, first joined in June 1989.
consolidating the platform as an internati- (1992).
onal benchmark. And starting in October Director of labour law and legal relations de-
2018, as President of Mercasa, he was res- Trayectoria profesional: partment in companies operating throughout
ponsible, amongst other things, for relau- Abogado colegiado en el Iltre. Colegio de Spain.
nching the brand, image and credibility of Abogados de Bizkaia, fecha de colegiación
the public company after its reputational junio de 1989. Metro Bilbao Legal Department.
crisis, as well as implementing the instituti-
on’s first strategic plan. Director departamento de relaciones labora- Aparkabisa - Centro de Transportes de Bizka-
les y jurídico laboral en empresas de implan- ia General Manager.
In 2020, he was also responsible for or- tación nacional.
ganising food distribution in Spain in the Experience in handling and solving labour
midst of the global crisis caused by the Asesoría Jurídica Metro Bilbao. conflicts, negotiating collective bargaining
Covid-19 pandemic, turning the Mercasa agreements, advisory member of collective
model and Spain’s 24 “merca” markets Director General Aparkabisa Centro de bargaining tables in public and private com-
into examples of efficient fresh food ma- Transportes de Bizkaia. panies, at local, regional and state level.
nagement.
Experiencia en gestión y resolución de con-
Since April 2024 he has been the Managing flictos laborales, negociación de convenios
Director of Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Es- colectivos, miembro asesor de la mesa de
pañoles (Spanish Railways Foundation). negociación de convenios en empresas pri-
vadas y públicas.

Dirección postal / Postal address:
Atxuri, 6
E-48006 Bilbao. España
Tel.: +34 94 401 99 00
Fax: +34 94 401 99 01
www.euskotren.eus

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