People: Abengoa SA (ABG.MC)

Prof. Mercedes Gracia Diez has served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Abengoa SA since December 12, 2005. She is Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee and Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee. She is Professor in Econometrics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Centro Universitario de Estudios Financieros. Moreover, she acted as Director of Balance Management at Caja Madrid from 1996 until 1999. Between 1993 and 1996, she served as Head of Economics and Law Division of Agencia Nacional de Evaluacion y Prospectiva. She has had her scientific work published in the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Review of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Applied Economics and the Journal of Systems and Information Technology.