Andrés Blanco Grasa was born in 1964. He is currently CEO of Xcalibur Smart Mapping, a leading company in airborne geophysics solutions.

He graduated in Telecommunications Engineering at Polytechnic University of Madrid and holds an MBA from IESE Business School. He began his professional career at Andersen Consulting, then moved to the French IT company Bull where he managed the international networks and communications group. Later he returned to the business consulting sector, first at Gemini Consulting, then at A.T. Kearney where he became Vice President in Spain, and finally at Atlante, a subsidiary of Indra, as Managing Director, in addition to being a member of Indra's Operating Committee.

Between 2004 and 2013 he was founder and CEO of the Aretech Group, an engineering company for energy, water and environmental projects.

Since 2013, Andrés Blanco is the CEO of Xcalibur Smart Mapping. Xcalibur Smart Mapping is the global leader in airborne and mapping geophysics industry, providing comprehensive and sustainable solutions for mapping and assessing natural capital, renewable and non-renewable resources with +100 years of accumulated experience. With over 1,400 executed projects and an astonishing total of more than 50 million linear kilometers flown, we have become global leaders across six continents. Our worldwide presence is underpinned by a fleet of more than 40 specialized aircraft owned by the group, all equipped with state-ofthe-art geophysical systems. Our workforce, consisting of over 400 highly qualified employees, serves as the driving force behind our continuous innovation and industry success.