BY INDUSTRY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATORS

BY INDUSTRY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATORS

About Cellnex

The professionals who make up the Cellnex team have extensive experience and capability at the service of our customers and the goals we share. Responding to and delivering on those expectations is a central element of our mission. The team is headed by a group of people committed to forging an expanding business project with a growing global presence and a leadership role in the telecommunications infrastructure sector.

_Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Marco Patuano

Marco Patuano is the company’s top-ranking executive. He has more than 25 years of experience at TIM (Italy) including as Group CEO (2011-2016), Chief Commercial Officer-CCO (2009-2010) and CFO (2008-2009). His career has spanned a number of markets in both Europe and Latin America. His directorateships have also included Autogrill, Atlantia, GSM Association (GSMA), Utenti Pubblicita Associati and WAC Ltd, among others. Marco Patuano holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

_Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Marco Patuano

_Chief Operating Officer

Simone Battiferri

Simone Battiferri is the Chief Operating Officer of Cellnex Telecom. He has extensive experience in the telecommunications sector, where he has held numerous positions of responsibility. Among others, he has been CEO of Digixem360 (2022-2023), Executive Vice President of Telecom Italia (2010-2016), leading the ICT Solutions & Service Platforms Business, Business Market BU and Top Clients & Public Sector BU, Chairman of the Board of Olivetti (2014-2015) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Argentina (2006-2010). He... [+] also has solid experience as board member of Italian and international companies, as well as an advisor in the ICT sector to several investment funds and founder or angel of several technology startups. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy) and has several Executive Education Programs.

_Chief Operating Officer

Simone Battiferri

_Chief Financial Officer

Raimon Trias

Raimon Trias is the Chief Financial Officer of Cellnex Telecom. He has more than 20 years experience working for family businesses, private equity backed companies or with financial entities as shareholders. Among others, he has been CFO of Natra Group (2021-2023) and Nueva Pescanova Group (2016-2021). He also worked for 12 years in Celsa Group (2005-2016) holding positions of responsibility as CFO, systems and general manager of division in different countries such as Spain, the United Kingdom and Poland. He... [+] holds a Degree in Business and Administration from the University of Barcelona (UB), Advanced Management Program led by IESE and a Food Chain Companies Management Program from San Telmo Business School.

_Chief Financial Officer

Raimon Trias

_General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors

Xavier Pujol Tobeña

Xavier Pujol is the General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors (non-Director) of Cellnex. He began his professional career at Cuatrecasas, was seconded to Herbert Smith and, afterwards was part of the team that launched Latham Watkins in Spain. He joined PRISA in 2013, one of the world’s largest Spanish and Portuguese-speaking media groups, as Deputy General Counsel. In 2017, he became the Secretary General and Secretary of the Board of Directors of PRISA. In September 2021, he... [+] joined Alantra as Partner and General Secretary. As a lawyer, he has advised on a wide range of corporate transactions in various sectors and has extensive experience in M&A, capital markets, corporate governance and restructurings. While at PRISA, he also assumed corporate functions in areas such as tax, human resources and compliance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Law and a business law master from ESADE, is visiting student at the University of Minnesota and holds a PLD from IESE.

_General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors

Xavier Pujol Tobeña

_General Counsel and Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors

Virginia Navarro Virgós

Virginia Navarro is General Counsel and Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors of Cellnex. Previously, she was Global Director of Corporate Governance and Legal M&A & Financing (2019-2023). She was Senior Manager of the Legal Department at Abertis Infraestructuras, where she spent ten years actively participating in M&A and financing projects for the Group both nationally and internationally, Associate in the Corporate Department at Linklaters, and in the legal department of Morgan Stanley. She holds a degree in Law from... [+] the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), a Master’s in International Legal Practice from the Instituto de Empresa (IE) and the Advanced Management Program (AMP) 2022-2023 from IESE.

_General Counsel and Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors

Virginia Navarro Virgós

_Chief Strategy Officer

Vincent Cuvillier

Vincent Cuvillier is the Chief Strategy Officer of Cellnex Telecom. Previously, he was Group Business Development and Country Coordination director (2018), Managing Director of the Cellnex France (2019) and CEO of Cellnex France Groupe (2020-2023). He was CFO of SANEF (2015-2017) and Head of M&A activities at Abertis Infraestructuras from 2008 to 2014 (2008-2014) and financial auditor at EY Luxembourg for two years. Vincent obtained a Master's degree from the IÉSEG School of Management. He is also Chairman of IÉSEG... [+] Alumni Network and Chairman of OFITEM from 2021 to 2023, the French towerco association since 2021.

_Chief Strategy Officer

Vincent Cuvillier

_People Director

Cécile Cloarec

Cécile Cloarec is the Group People Director at Cellnex Telecom. She is an experienced Human Resources leader with extensive experience in complex human resources transformations and restructuring initiatives as well as compensation-benefits and talent management. Among others, she has been Chief Human Resources Officer in prestigious international companies such as FM Logistic (2014 – 2024), Monoprix (2011 – 2014) and Carrefour (2004 – 2010). She is also an independent board member at Maisons du Monde and Chair of its Nominations and... [+] Remunerations Committee. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Human Resources and Communication, a Master's degree in Human Resources, both at Sciences Po. She holds a second Master's degree in Business Administration at IAE at La Sorbonne University in Paris and she is an advanced practitioner in coaching.

_People Director

Cécile Cloarec

_Regulatory & EU Affairs Director

Daniel Pataki

Daniel Pataki is the Regulatory & EU Affairs Director at Cellnex Telecom. He has extensive experience in the strategic input to the European telecoms policy agenda. Among others, he has been Vice President for Policy and Regulation, as well as Head of Europe, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (2015-2023), of the GSMA, Director General of the European Telecom Network Association (2012-2015), Chairman of the Hungarian National Telecommunications Authority (2004-2010), Chairman of EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group (2009), Chairman... [+] of the European Regulators Group (ERG, now BEREC, 2008) and Deputy State Secretary for Telecommunications at the Ministry of Telecommunications and IT (2002-2004). He holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences in Budapest (Hungary), where he specialises in international relations and public affairs, and a postgraduate degree in Management in the framework of the Copernic Programme in Paris.

_Regulatory & EU Affairs Director

Daniel Pataki

_Communication and Public Affairs Director

Ignacio Jiménez Soler

Ignacio Jiménez Soler is the Communication and Public Affairs Director at Cellnex Telecom. He has an extensive professional experience in the corporate communications sector, as well as in the design of its strategies. Among others, he has been Head of Communications at Endesa (2020-2024), Global Corporate Communications Development Director at Telefónica ( 2018-2019) and Global Head of Communications Strategy and Corporate Communications Director at BBVA (2011-2018). He holds a PhD cum laude in Information Sciences and a Journalism degree from... [+] the Complutense University of Madrid.

_Communication and Public Affairs Director

Ignacio Jiménez Soler

_Internal Audit Director

Jesús Pinelo Jiménez

Jesús Pinelo is the Internal Audit Director of Cellnex Telecom. He has an extensive audit experience in the infraestructure an energy sectors, where he has held numerous positions of responsibility. He has been Global Chief Audit Executive of Aleatica (2019-2023), Head of Internal Audit Spain & International of Ferrovial (2008-2019), Internal Audit Manager and Head of Financial Reporting and Accounting of Unión Fenosa (2000-2008) and Senior External Auditor of Deloitte (1998-2000). He holds a Business Administration and Law degrees (ICADE... [+] E-3) from the Comillas Pontifical University, an Executive Master in Financial Management from the IE Business School and a Global Management Program from ESADE. Likewise, he is Chartered Public Accountant ROAC and Certified Internal Auditor.

_Internal Audit Director

Jesús Pinelo Jiménez

_CEO of Cellnex France

Thomas Bertrand

Thomas Bertrand is the CEO of Cellnex France. Previously, he was Deputy Managing Director and Commercial Director for France at Cellnex (2022-2023). He has been Deputy Director in charge of business development at Nokia France and Head of Western and Central Europe market. At Alcatel Lucent, he led mobile network pre-sales activities for South East Europe and was Sales Director and President for Mexico. Subsequently, Market Director for Northern Latin America. He is a graduate of SUPELEC Paris and holds... [+] a Master's degree in Radiocommunications from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicaciones (ETSIT - Madrid).

_CEO of Cellnex France

Thomas Bertrand

_Central and Western Cluster CEO and CEO of Cellnex Poland

Nuno Carvalhosa

Nuno Carvalhosa is, concurrently, the Central and Western Cluster CEO (the Netherlands and Portugal) and CEO of Cellnex Poland. He has held several international positions in Telecom, Infrastructure, Automotive and Consulting. In several CEO and C-level positions, he has overseen a wide range of Business, Operations and digital transformation areas, aiming to improve revenue, customer experience and profitability. Nuno has acquired strong communication and leadership skills while leading and developing diverse teams, from highly strategic and analytical to highly operational... [+] backgrounds, and interacting with an extensive range of stakeholders, namely customers, business partners, shareholders, government and regulatory officials, MPs and media. He has lived and worked in The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Brazil and France.

_Central and Western Cluster CEO and CEO of Cellnex Poland

Nuno Carvalhosa

_CEO of Alpine Cluster

Federico Protto

Federico Protto is the CEO of Alpine Cluster (Italy and Switzerland). He has an extensive experience working with leading telecommunications service providers and enterprises across the world. Among others, he has been the General Manager at Intred (as from December 2023 ), CEO and General Manager at Retelit (2015-2023) and Vice President at T-Systems International (2010-2015). He also worked as Head of Technical Services and the Italian Outsourcing Center at TIM (1994-1999), Director of Service Delivery for Southern Europe at... [+] Verizon (1999-2002) and Head of Telecommunications Business Unit at T-systems Italia (2002-2010). He holds a degree in Electronical Engineering from the University Politecnico di Milano, a Master in Information and Communications Technology from Cefriel (Politecnico di Milano), and an MBA from SDA Bocconi (Bocconi University). He graduated cum laude in all the aforementioned degrees and masters.

_CEO of Alpine Cluster

Federico Protto

_CEO of Cellnex UK

Gianluca Landolina

Gianluca Landolina joined the Cellnex Group in 2015 where he served as Managing Director of Cellnex Italia SpA. He has been working in Telco companies for over the last 20 years serving also as Planning & Control Director and Real Estate Director at Wind Telecomunicazioni Group as well as CFO at Wind Retail. He was member of the Board of Directors of ITnet (Genoa), Tellas (Athens), Wind Retail (Rome). He graduated cum laude in Civil Engineering in 1994, graduated as... [+] Master in Business Administration (MBA) at SDA Bocconi in Milan in 1998, and also graduated in Advanced Managed Program (AMP) at IESE Business School in Barcelona in 2017. He is an officer on leave from the Italian Coast Guard.

_CEO of Cellnex UK

Gianluca Landolina

_ CEO of Cellnex Spain

Alfonso Álvarez Villamarin

Alfonso Alvarez is the CEO of Cellnex Spain. He had different positions at Cellnex Telecom since 2001 and played an active role in its international expansion, with roles as Corporate Director of TIS, Deputy Managing Director at Cellnex Italy and Cellnex UK and Managing Director at Cellnex UK till 2023. He also was a Board Member at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK. Alfonso holds a MSc in Telecom Engineering from University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain), an Advanced... [+] Management Programme from IESE and a Master in Economy for Telecoms from UNED.

_ CEO of Cellnex Spain

Alfonso Álvarez Villamarin

_CEO Nordics Cluster

Robert Pajos

Robert Pajos is the CEO of Nordics Cluster (Denmark & Sweden), bringing extensive experience in information technology and network services. Robert began his professional career at Ericsson (1994-2017), where he held several key positions, notably leading the AT&T account in the United States during their 3G roll-out and taking on expanded leadership responsibilities in the Americas for the transition to 4G. He also transformed service delivery across Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Brazil. In 2018, Robert became CEO of Telia... [+] Estonia (2018-2023), where he successfully introduced 5G technology. With deep expertise in commercial strategy and organizational change, Robert has focused on process improvements, building high-performance teams, and aligning operational and commercial goals to foster growth and efficiency. Robert holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).

_CEO Nordics Cluster

Robert Pajos

_Senior Advisor

Santiago Argelich Hesse

Santiago Argelich Hesse is Senior Advisor. He joined Cellnex at the beginning of 2018 as Senior Advisor UK and CEE Business Development and, shortly after, was promoted to Global Business Development and Country Coordination Director, responsible for leading Cellnex's business development rally across Europe. His role was to scout and negotiate telecom infrastructure acquisitions across Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, UK, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and finally Poland) and steer the business governance across all subsidiaries. Since 1995,... [+] Santiago has been involved in the telecommunications and digital sectors, holding various executive and independent board member roles at international groups in France, UK, Spain, Andorra, Algeria and Ukraine. He holds a master's degree in industrial engineering from the Polytechnical University of Catalunya. He is a certified company director by The Institute of Directors and completed postgraduate studies in international strategy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.