Galán had recently been appointed as executive chairman of Iberdrola when it acquired Scottish Power in 2007. Since then the company has invested £4 billion into the UK energy sector and expects to invest a further £3.2 billion over the next two years, and £15 billion over the next ten years.
“I am delighted to have received this award, which is a recognition of the hard work of everyone in the Iberdrola Group and at ScottishPower since we joined forces in 2007,” Galán said.
“The UK has been the main destination of our investments in recent years and we are looking forward playing an important and productive part in the British economy over the long-term,” he added.
Galán was appointed executive vice-president and CEO of Iberdrola in 2001 before being named executive chairman of the company in 2006, a period Iberdrola has referred to as “the most important and successful business transformations in recent Spanish corporate history”.