Corporate governance

Carlos Alzola

Executive Director & CEO

Carlos has developed his professional career in ITP Aero, occupying various positions of responsibility.

In 2007, he was appointed Executive Officer of the Civil Business Unit, a position he held for ten years. In 2017, he assumed the position of General Manager of the Externals business of ITP Aero. He is an Industrial Mechanical Engineer (UPV-EHU).

In addition, Carlos is Member of the Shareholders Board of the European Defence Consortium Europrop and member of the Board of the Aeronautical Technology Centre (CTA).

Luis Álvarez

Chief Operations Officer

Luis holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Industrial Engineering from the University of Navarra.

He joined ITP Aero in 2017 as Chief Operations Officer.

He has built up a sound career in the industrial sector, working for different companies such as Gamesa/Areva Offshore, CIE Automotive, and GKN.

Erlantz Cristóbal

Executive Officer of Engineering and Technology

Erlantz holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Engineering of Bilbao and a Master in Thermal Power – Gas Turbine Technology from Cranfield University.

Erlantz joined ITP Aero in 2001 where he has served in various positions as Head of Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Head of different Rolls-Royce Trent programs and Head of Desing Integration.

Manuel González

Executive Director of Internal Governance & Resources

Manuel holds a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Aeronautical Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He was awarded the "Francisco Arranz" End of Degree National Prize.

Manuel joined ITP Aero from the very beginning, in 1989. He has held senior positions in the company's in service support business, including Director of the Ajalvir plant, in Madrid. In 2007, he was appointed Executive Director of Organization and Resources.

Arantza Hallett

Executive Director of Human Resources

Arantza holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Deusto.

Arantza's career has been closely linked to the area of Human Resources. After participating in different projects, in 1998 she took on the position of Head of Human Resources of the Zamudio facilities. In 2014, she assumed the responsibility of leading the company's Human Resources department.

Previously, she worked as a consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Mikel Lantero

Executive Officer of the Civil Business Unit

Mikel joined ITP Aero in 1998, where he has held various positions of responsibility in engineering and commercial aviation programmes. 

In 2014, he was appointed Business Director of Pratt & Whitney Canada.

He is an Industrial Engineer from University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Thermal Power from Cranfield University

Javier Lázaro

Chief Financial Officer

Javier holds a Telecommunications Engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and an MBA from Columbia University, NY.

Javier has an extensive background in the financial and corporate world, where he has recently held the positions of Corporate General Manager and CFO at Indra (since 2015). Prior to joining Indra, Javier was CFO of Grupo Prisa.

Previously, Javier worked for 15 years as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Javier started his professional career at McKinsey.

In 2022, Javier joins ITP Aero as CFO.

Álvaro Santodomingo

Executive Officer of the Defence Business Unit

Álvaro joined ITP Aero in 2008 as Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Prior to joining ITP Aero, Álvaro worked over 10 years in corporate finance at Lehman Brothers.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas de Madrid (ICADE) and is CFA Charterholder.