Grifols, S.A. Announces Board Changes
He stepped down as CEO in 2017 when he was 67, the same age his father had when Victor Grifols Roura assumed the role from him 30 years earlier. This began a series of well-timed and orderly transitions in the Grifols Board and executive suite. tireless champion for universal access to plasma medicines and the need to increase their availability around the world, he is roundly hailed as a sector statesman. Victor Grifols Roura has received several awards. These include the 2010 Global Business Leader Award from the United States Chamber of Commerce in Spain and, one year on, Business Leader of the Year from the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2017, he received a Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Mr. Grifols Roura's open board seat will be filled by Albert Grifols Coma-Cros, who until September 2023 was the company's Chief Scientific Innovation Officer. He is the grandson of Josep Antoni Grifols i Lucas, the developer of the plasmapheresis technique. Since 1951, it has been the gold standard for safely and effectively collecting large amounts of plasma for subsequent manufacture into lifesaving plasma therapeutics. He joined Grifols in 2004 as an analyst in the company's Planning and Control Department, before taking a similar role in the Finance Department in 2007. In 2013, he became Director of the Corporate Treasury Department, a unit he helped create. Five years later, he was named General Manager of Grifols Ireland, where he built a global plasma logistics and supply hub. In 2021, he assumed the role of Chief Scientific Innovation Officer, in which for two years he reorganized the team, established future priorities and created important partnerships with Google, Barcelona Health Hub and others to enhance how Grifols applies data and new technologies.