Ignacio González-Castelao Martínez-Peñuela is a dedicated Master Civil Engineer skilled in the water cycle and environmental issues. He has worked in different private and public Spanish engineering companies. He is also certified as an Internal Auditor by the international professional association of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Ignacio has held various positions at Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterráneas S.M.E., S.A. (Acuamed), since 2002. Currently, he is Deputy to CEO. Acuamed is a state-owned company depending on the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge aimed at the design, implementation, and operation of all kind of infrastructure related to the water cycle.
He is committed to internalization and collaboration with technical communities, multilateral banks, and international organizations to share knowledge and learning. Ignacio has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil Engineers Association of Spain, and a member of various committees of the Engineering Institute of Spain (EIS). He is also the representative of the IES at the Pan-American Union of Associations of Engineers. Ignacio has served as Chair of the Standing Group on Water of the World Council of Civil Engineers and is currently the Chair of the Standing Technical Committee on Water of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. These efforts to disseminate knowledge and learning have led him to be selected by the Department of State of the United States of America as an International Leadership Visitor and later Secretary-General of the VIA Jefferson Circle Association.