General Manager, Basque Energy Cluster

Biography

Jose I. Hormaeche is the General Manager of the Basque Energy Cluster (Asociación Cluster de Energía , ACE) since March 2013. ACE is a non-profit private organization set up in 1996, with the mission of improving competitiveness of companies in the energy sector through collaboration in: Technology, Internationalization, Talent and Innovation. ACE includes more than 170 member companies in the energy value chains: energy operators, component and equipment manufacturers, service companies, research entities and public administration. From 2006 to 2013 Mr. Hormaeche was Managing Director of the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), a public entity reporting to the Basque Government. From 1998 to 2006 he worked for GAMESA Group, undertaking different responsibilities such as Chief Operating Officer of Gamesa Eólica, one of the leading companies in Wind turbine design and manufacturing (presently Siemens-Gamesa Renewable Energy). He has a degree in Civil Engineering (1986) and a Master in Business Administration (1991).