Board members

Mr. Cole has a deep and extensive background at both the executive and non-executive level of public and private companies with experience in environmental and sustainable growth strategies. He has a strong track record of delivering long term growth and shareholder value.

He has a degree in Environmental Engineering from London South Bank University and is a UK qualified Chartered Engineer.  He was a founder member of WSP Group Plc, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1987 where he remained as CEO until a merger in 2012 to become WSP Global Inc. Mr Cole remains as the Non-Executive Chairman. He has held a number of non-executive roles including Chairman of Ashtead Group plc leading the group for 12 successful years.

He was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Chairman on 7th May 2014, and thereafter re-elected every four years at the AGM in 2018 and most recently on the 28th June 2022.

Mr. Amigó was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Applus Group with effect from 28th June 2022. He was previously the Group Chief Financial Officer since 2007, joining the Group Board of Directors in 2019.

He has a solid career in managerial and financial positions with strong strategic and leadership roles. As Chief Financial Officer he led the Financial, Tax, IT, IR, and Purchasing functions. With his thorough financial background, his proven leadership abilities and deep knowledge of the testing industry and Applus+, he is leading Applus+ successfully onto the next stage of its journey. Mr. Amigo was a key architect of the Strategic Plan presented to the market in November 2021, has been instrumental in ensuring its execution since then and is committed to delivering it.

He holds a degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Management Development Programme from IESE (Barcelona) and an Advanced Management Programme from ESADE (Barcelona and Wharton-Pennsylvania).

He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1991 as an external auditor. In 1994, he joined Bimbo (Sara Lee), a consumer goods company based in Spain and Portugal, where he held various senior positions: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Financial Shared Services Director, Controller and Internal Audit Director. In 2006, he was appointed Vice President for Financial Planning and Control at Sara Lee Bakery’s Europe Division.

Mr Amigo was appointed as the CEO following the retirement of Fernando Basabe after eleven years at the Group.

Ms Henriquez holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics from ICADE E2 in Madrid.

She is CEO, President and Managing Director in Spain at GSK and various subsidiaries of that group, as well as an Independent Director and member of the Audit Committee of Meliá Hotels International, S.A and Viscofan, S.A.

Previously she held a variety of senior finance roles at GSK, and was at Procter & Gamble Europe based in Switzerland after an extensive Latin American experience based in Peru and Mexico.

She is Vice President of the Spain Health Foundation, Vice President and member of the Governing Council and of the Board of Directors of Farmaindustria and Member of the Executive Committee of Fundación SERES, Society and Responsible Company.

She was appointed as Director of Applus+ on 21^st July 2016.

Gary joined TDR Capital in June 2008 and alongside Tom Mitchell is Managing Partner of the firm.

Prior to joining TDR, Gary worked at Citi and Bear Stearns.

Gary holds a master’s degree in Finance with distinction from the University of Strathclyde and a master’s degree in Chemistry, with first class honours, from the University of Edinburgh.

Mohamed El Gazzar is a Senior Partner of I Squared Capital, responsible for the infrastructure strategy in Europe. Since joining I Squared Capital in 2013, Mohamed has led the acquisition and development of portfolio companies encompassing power and utilities, energy, transport and logistics, digital infrastructure and social infrastructure.

Mohamed sits on the strategic board of directors of various portfolio companies, including Aggreko, Conrad Energy, Domidep, Rubis Terminal, Energia, nLighten, Cube Coldand EXA Infrastructure.

Before joining I Squared Capital, Mohamed spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI), a global platform for infrastructure investments at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Mohamed holds an L.L.B. with Honors from Warwick University in the United Kingdom.

Alexander Metelkin is a Managing Director of I Squared Capital, focused on investments in Europe. He currently sits on the strategic board of two companies: Cube Cold Europe, a pan-European cold storage platform focusing on acquiring and developing small to medium sized cold storage facilities across strategic areas such as ports and logistics hubs; and Arriva, a public transport operator in Europe, operating bus and rail services in 11 countries. Alexander is also an observer on the strategic board of Domidep.

Prior to joining I Squared Capital in 2018, Alexander spent six years at First Reserve Corporation, a leading global private equity firm focusing on investments in industrial equipment manufacturers and service providers primarily across Europe, where he served as a Vice President in the investment team. Before that, he spent four years working in a variety of sub-sectors at Morgan Stanley’s Natural Resources Investment Banking division, where he was promoted to Associate.

Alexander is a graduate of The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Bauman Moscow State Technical University, where he received an MSc in Finance and Economics and an MSc in Management respectively.

Linda Zhang is a Managing Director at and part of TDR Capital's investment team.

Prior to joining TDR in 2022, Linda was a Director in Lone Star Funds' investment team, responsible for sourcing and executing control investments across Europe. Before that, she spent six years working at Citigroup' investment banking division in London.

Linda holds a master's degree in finance from the London Business School and a bachelor's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Maxime Jacqz is a Managing Director of I Squared Capital. Based in the London office, Maxime leads I Squared local asset management practice and focuses on portfolio company management and asset optimization across Europe. Since joining I Squared Capital in 2017, Maxime has led the asset management development of, and acted as an active board member for Energia, Conrad Energy, T-Solar (for which he led the successful exit in 2021), TIP Trailers, Domidep, Rubis Terminal, Aggreko, EXA Infrastructure, Cube Cold Storage, Cube Green Energy, and nLighten.

Maxime started his career in the M&A team of ABN AMRO in 2004, where he advised numerous corporates in their acquisition strategies. Prior to I Squared Capital, Maxime has over 13 years of infrastructure experience, notably within EISER Infrastructure Partners (previously known as the ABN AMRO Global Infrastructure Fund) where he was a Director focusing on the infrastructure sub-sectors of transportation, energy (including renewable energy) and environmental services.

Maxime has extensive experience as a real asset manager, including setting up 100-day plans, appointing and incentivizing asset management teams, leading operational changes, chairing boards, executive committees and remuneration committees, managing refinancing processes and executing exit strategies. He holds a Master of Science from ESCP Europe in Paris and a German Diplom Kaufmann.

Miguel Murio is a Vice President of I Squared, focused on investments in Europe. Miguel joined I Squared in 2017 and since then he has participated in several completed transactions, including Arriva, a public bus and rail operator with service in 11 European countries; Cube Cold Europe, a pan-European cold storage platform; and TIP Trailer Services, a trailer and truck lessor with a fleet of c.90,000 units and presence across 17 countries in Europe.

Prior to I Squared, Miguel worked as an Associate at J.P. Morgan’s Investment Banking division. There, Miguel covered the Power & Utilities sector and participated in numerous European transactions across a variety of sub-sectors, including renewables. Previously, he worked at Société Générale, Merrill Lynch and General Electric.

Miguel holds an M.Sc. in Management from HEC Paris and an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.