Vicente Lopez Ibor Mayor


Dr. Vicente Lopez-Ibor Mayor is former Commissioner of the National Energy Commission and of the National Electric System Commission, of Spain, and a founding partner of Spanish energy law firm, Estudio Juridico Internacional Lopez-Ibor Mayor & Asociados. He is chairman of Lightsource BP Ltd, the UK's largest solar energy generator, operating the largest portfolio of commercial scale solar photovoltaic assets on ground and roof in Britain. As an academic, he has written numerous scholarly papers about energy security, law, and policy. He used to be the General Manager of Institutional Relations for Spain's major construction and Infrastructure firm, FCC Group.Mayor has a PhD in Law from Madrid University with the highest qualifications "Cum Laude".

Early life

Mayor was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1959. He started his studies at the Complutense University of Madrid where he completed a Bachelors in Law. In 2004 he attended the IESE Business School, University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain and in 2007 participated in the IME program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston.

Career

Mayor has worked extensively in the renewable energy sector. He has worked at UNESA for 12 years in various capacities. From 1987 – 1995 he was the Director of Legal Affairs as well as the Chairman of the Legal Committee and Chairman of the Public Procurement Law Committee. He then became the General Secretary of the Board of Directors from 1995-1999.
He has been a member of the Directors Committee and of the Legal and Strategic Groups of EURELECTRIC and UNIPEDE.
Mayor was a member of the Organizing Committee of the World Solar Summit and Special Advisor of the Energy Program of UNESCO.
He was an expert on the Energy Committee, on the Social and Economic Committee of the European Communities ; Special Advisor of the Commissioner of Energy, Transports and Institutional Affairs of the European Commission and also a founding Member of the European Council of Energy Regulators.
General Director of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A., Member of the Management Group Committee, with functional and organic dependence from the Executive Chairman of the Company.
Mayor has a number of lead positions in various companies. He has been the President of Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd, a UK based solar energy company, since 2011. He also is the president at an international law firm, Estudio Jurídico Internacional, that specializes in Energy and Public Economy Law.
Mayor is a Senior Counsel at Olswang and is also the President of the Spanish-North American Association VIA-Jefferson Circle of Spain, and Member of the Board of Directors of the European Federation ENAM.

Personal

Mayor is married with two children and speaks English, French, Italian, and his native language, Spanish.

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