Indra's Board of Directors has appointed Cristina Ruiz Ortega as Executive Director of the company, with responsibility for the IT business and reporting directly to the Executive Chairman, Fernando Abril-Martorell.In this way, the company is addressing its new Strategic Plan 2018-2020, adapting its management structure to the corporate organization, which will involve the grouping of all IT activities into a new subsidiary company.
The heads of the T&D areas (which includes Defense and Security, Transport and Air Traffic Management) will report directly to the Chief Executive.
The new management structure entails the elimination of the CEO position at Indra. As a result, Javier de Andrés, who held that position, is leaving the company.
Cristina Ruiz Ortega, 47, holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration and has developed her professional career in the operations and information systems consulting sector, holding various senior management positions in companies within the industry. She joined Indra in 2011 as Director of the Energy market. In January 2013, she was appointed Deputy General Manager and assumed responsibility for the Consulting, Energy, and Telecom & Media businesses. Most recently, she was responsible for Minsait and the vertical businesses in Information Technology. She possesses extensive knowledge and successful experience in team and business management, as well as in the development of cutting-edge businesses, such as Minsait, Indra's digital transformation unit.
