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 Counsel and Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors

Virginia Navarro Virgós

Virginia Navarro Virgós is Legal M&A & Financing Manager at Cellnex. Previously, she was a Senior Manager of the Legal Department at Abertis Infraestructuras, where she spent ten years taking an active role in the Group’s M&A national and international financing projects. Prior to that, she worked at Linklaters as an Associate in the Corporate Department, and in the legal department at Morgan Stanley. She has a Law Degree from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and a Master’s in International Legal... [+] Practice from the Instituto de Empresa (IE).

_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

_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

_Global People Director

Yolanda Menal Martínez

Yolanda Menal Martinez is Cellnex's Global People Director. Prior to this, she was European HR Manager in the Supply Chain division and before that she was HR Manager in Spain, both at Unilever, a company in which she was a member of the management team for ten years. Before that, she was part of the management team of American Nike for nine years, where she was Human Resources Manager for Iberia and the South-Mediterranean region. Before her time at American... [+] Nike, she worked for nine years at SEAT, holding different posts within the human resources department. She holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Barcelona.

_Global People Director

Yolanda Menal Martínez

_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

_CEO of Alpine Cluster (Italy, Switzerland and Austria)

Federico Protto

Federico Protto is the CEO of Alpine Cluster (Italy, Switzerland and Austria). 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 (Italy, Switzerland and Austria)

Federico Protto

_CEO of Cellnex Poland

Santiago Argelich Hesse

Santiago Argelich Hesse is the CEO of Cellnex Poland. 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.

_CEO of Cellnex Poland

Santiago Argelich Hesse

_CEO of Cellnex UK

Gianluca Landolina

Gianluca Landolina is the CEO of Cellnex UK. He joined Cellnex in 2015 where he serves as Managing Director of Cellnex Italia until 2023. 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 Gianluca Landolina joined the Cellnex Group in 2015 where he serves 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 of West Cluster and Cellnex Netherlands

Nuno Carvalhosa

Nuno Carvalhosa is, concurrently, the CEO of West Cluster (the Netherlands, Ireland and Portugal) and Cellnex Netherlands . 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.