The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), geopolitics and supply diversification – what next? | Brunswick Group

The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), geopolitics and supply diversification – what next?

Europe Jacques Delors and Brunswick Group welcome you to the sixth edition of our webinar series on how businesses can navigate the European Green Deal.

12 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 CET

Speakers:

  • Stefano Sannino, Secretary General, European External Action Service
  • Andrés Blanco, CEO, Xcalibur Smart Mapping

The discussion was again hosted and moderated by Geneviève Pons, Director General of Europe Jacques Delors, and Pascal Lamy, Vice President of Europe Jacques Delors and Chair of Europe at Brunswick Group.

 

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Andrés Blanco

CEO, Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Andrés Blanco Grasa graduated in Telecommunications Engineering at Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds an MBA from IESE Business School. He began his professional career at Andersen Consulting, then moved to the French IT company Bull. Later he returned to the business consulting sector, first at Gemini Consulting, then at A.T. Kearney where he became Vice President in Spain, and finally at Atlante, a subsidiary of Indra, as Managing Director. Between 2004 and 2013, he was founder and CEO of the Aretech Group, an engineering company for energy, water and environmental projects. Since 2013, Andrés Blanco has been the CEO of Xcalibur Smart Mapping, a world leader in airborne geophysics. Its activity focuses on mapping natural resources, such as minerals, oil and gas, water and energy sources, including geothermal and hydrogen. Its main customers are governments, public agencies and large and small mining, oil, energy and environmental companies.

Stefano Sannino

Secretary General, European External Action Service

Stefano Sannino is the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union since 1 January 2021. He held the post of the Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues at the EEAS from April 2020 to December 2021. From March 2016 to April 2020 he was Ambassador of Italy to Spain and Andorra. From July 2013 until March 2016 he held the position of Permanent Representative of Italy to the EU in Brussels. After a period at the Cabinet of the President of the Commission (from 2002 to 2004) he joined the Directorate General for External Relations as Director for Crisis Management and Representative at PSC (2004-2006), then Director for Latin America (2008-2009) and finally as Deputy Director General for Asia and Latin America (2009-2010). In 2010 he moved to the Directorate General for Enlargement as Deputy Director General and later as Director General, a position he held until June 2013. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister and his Personal Representative to G8 summits.