London Gatwick welcomes new General Counsel and Company Secretary Belén Llamas
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London Gatwick welcomed its new General Counsel and Company Secretary to the executive team this week
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Belén Llamas joins London Gatwick from its majority shareholder, VINCI Airports, with more than a decade of experience serving as General and in-house counsel
Experienced lawyer Belén Llamas has this week joined London Gatwick as the airport’s new General Counsel and Company Secretary.
Joining London Gatwick’s executive team, Belén will lead on compliance and be responsible for the airport’s legal department, supporting across the business including key projects such as the ongoing application to bring the airport’s existing Northern Runway into routine use.
Belén arrives at London Gatwick from Cambodia Airports – part of the VINCI Airports network - where, as Head of Legal and Company Secretary, she oversaw all legal functions surrounding airport operations, regulatory and compliance.
Prior to her time at Cambodia Airports, Belén served as General Counsel and Company Secretary for the international airport’s concessionaire in Santiago de Chile – also part of the VINCI Airports network - where she played a pivotal role in the airport's operational commencement and its major infrastructural expansions.
Belén has more than a decade of experience serving as General and in-house counsel, with earlier experiences also including roles at VINCI Concessions and Crédit Industriel et Commercial in Paris.
Belén Llamas, General Counsel and Company Secretary, London Gatwick said: “It is an incredibly exciting experience to join London Gatwick at such a pivotal moment.
“I am looking forward to being part of the leadership team and supporting the organisation. I am keen to work closely with every team to achieve our shared goals and uphold our values of prioritising the safety and security of our passengers, colleagues, and processes.”
Stewart Wingate, CEO, London Gatwick said: “As we seek to grow as a business, it is critical that we do so responsibly. Safety and security underpin everything we do at London Gatwick, including how we behave, the ethics we follow and our compliance to the rules we set. Belén’s position is central to all of this, and her expertise will be crucial in helping us to navigate through the complex legal and regulatory environment we work within.”
A double bar admittee in Paris and Madrid, Belén holds degrees in Law and Economics from Carlos III University, Madrid, and a Master's in Competition and Market Regulation from the University of Paris X Nanterre. She is fluent in Spanish, French, and English.
London Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport and is a vital piece of national infrastructure that helps drive both the regional and national economy. More than 40 airlines fly from the airport to over 150 short-haul and more than 45 long-haul destinations. The airport is focused on rebuilding and growing sustainably in the long term. It has ambitious plans to be a net zero airport by 2030 and increase capacity by bringing its Northern runway into routine use. Vinci Airports owns a 50.01% stake in the airport, with Global Infrastructure Partners managing the remaining 49.99% interest.
The world’s leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 13 countries. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructure and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to an international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emissions across its entire network by 2050.
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