Mr Villén is an industrial engineer, graduated from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and he has an MBA from Columbia University.
Previously, Mr Villén was the Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovial Aeropuertos and Chief Financial Officer at Ferrovial. Prior to this, he was the CEO of Midland Montagu Ventures and Smith Kline & French, as well as other responsibilities at Abbott Laboratories and Corning Glass Works.
He currently sits on the Boards of Banca March, Parques Reunidos and FCC Aqualia. He is also external advisor for IFM Investors, an Australian infrastructure fund.
He was appointed as Director of Applus on 27 October 2015.