As Chief Information & Innovation Officer for Ferrovial, a Nasdaq-listed company, Dimitris Bountolos leads the growth and diversification of one of the world's largest infrastructure groups within the energy, mobility, construction, airports, and concessions sectors.
Open Innovation, Technology, and Sustainability are core drivers and tools adopted with an intrapreneurial culture to design and implement transformation plans across the entire organisation.
Dimitris has been leading change management and large-scale transformation programmes for over twenty years in B2C, B2B, and B2G environments, embracing technology and digitalisation as catalysts for reinvention and capturing new business opportunities. Identifying and scaling ideas and new business models is part of Dimitris's role, covering various sectors and regions.
He brings deep interdisciplinary and cross-sector experience, blending entrepreneurial, strategic consultancy, and C-Level corporate roles on multiple continents with responsibilities focused on multi-billion impact areas.
As an entrepreneur, he was a founder and partner of several startups in the deep tech domain: space tourism, satellite micro-launchers, virtual reality, and drones.
He has held several management positions within the airline industry, including Vice President of Customer Experience and Madrid Airport Director at Iberia Airlines. He contributed to the transformation and development of the airline's hub. Additionally, he was Chief Digital Officer of Latam Airlines and a global advisor on digital transformation for the Travel, Transportation, and Logistics sectors at McKinsey.
Dimitris holds a master's degree in Civil Engineering and has completed various senior management courses at Harvard, Stanford, ESADE, and IESE.
He serves on numerous advisory boards, including Future Travel Experience, WSJ CIO Council, Forbes Digital Council, EIT Digital, CIONET, and Future Trends Forum.
