Cellnex appoints Raimon Trias as new CFO

He joins the company from Natra Group, where he is group CFO and a member of its Board of Directors. He brings extensive international experience in large industrial groups.

Barcelona, 23 October, 2023. Cellnex has appointed Raimon Trias as the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Raimon Trias, who will also join the Executive Committee of Cellnex, assumes the role on December 1 and takes over from José Manuel Aisa, who will leave the group on 31 October as previously announced.

Raimon Trias joins Cellnex from Natra Group, where he held the role of CFO. He has more than 20 years of experience in industrial groups (Natra, Grupo Nueva Pescanova, Celsa), working in Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Barcelona and senior management training from IESE.

Marco Patuano, CEO of Cellnex, said, “Raimon has an extensive experience of more than 20 years working in large, international industrial groups, either for private equity backed companies, family groups or with financial entities as shareholders. He has a strong and qualified experience in finance, including M&A projects, debt and balance sheet management, changes in the shareholding structure, investor relations as well as planning, cost and efficiency programmes. Beyond finance, I would like to highlight his operational experience –as Managing Director as well– at different stages of his career. His exceptional managerial skills include a proven ability to lead multi-cultural teams and work together with operations and business units.”

Raimon Trias highlighted that “I am excited to be joining a European group like Cellnex, the leader in operating telecommunications infrastructure and one of the leading companies of the IBEX35 index. Since its IPO in 2015, Cellnex has delivered remarkable growth –becoming an industrial and financial benchmark–, and now is focused in the consolidation and full integration of its operations. We have a clear commitment with our shareholders to drive organic growth, create value, strengthen the balance sheet and achieve an investment grade rating.”

About Cellnex Telecom 

The efficient deployment of next-generation connectivity is essential to drive technological innovation and accelerate inclusive economic growth. Cellnex is the independent wireless telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructures operator that enables operators to access Europe’s most extensive network of advanced telecommunications infrastructures on a shared-use basis, helping to reduce access barriers for new operators and to improve services in the most remote areas.

Cellnex manages a portfolio of around 135,000 sites –including forecast roll-outs up to 2030– in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Poland. Cellnex’s business is structured in four major areas: telecommunications infrastructure services; audiovisual broadcasting networks, security and emergency service networks and solutions for smart urban infrastructure and services management (Smart cities and the “Internet of Things” (IoT)).

The company is listed on the continuous market of the Spanish stock exchange and is part of the selective IBEX 35 and EuroStoxx 100 indices. It is also present in the main sustainability indexes, such as CDP, Sustainalytics, FTSE4Good and MSCI. Cellnex’s reference shareholders include Edizione, TCI, GIC, JP Morgan, CPP Investments, Blackrock, CK Hutchison, CriteriaCaixa and Norges Bank.