Manel Antequera

Born in Weinheim (Germany) in 1976. He lives with his partner and has two children. He holds a Degree in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), a Master’s Degree in Marketing from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), a Postgraduate Degree in Business Administration from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and a Postgraduate Degree in E-Business, also from the UPF. He has completed a Course in Negotiation and a Course in Finance for Non-Finance Professionals at the ITEC, a Course in International Trade at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and the Customer-Focused Organisations Programme of the IESE business school.

He began his career as a production worker, first of all at Freudenberg Ibérica and then at Reckit Benckisser. In 2000, while completing his studies, he worked as a teaching assistant in Social Sciences at the Banús Secondary School. He joined the sales team of La Farga Tub in 2002 and as Product Manager he was responsible for copper tube sales in the national market. In 2006 his management tasks encompassed the sale of copper tube and the sale in the national market of copper wire drawing products of La Farga Lacambra. In 2008 he was promoted to the position of Sales Manager of La Farga Tub. With a team of seven sales professionals he led the company’s national and international commercial expansion, as well as the fulfilment of Customer Value as a General Company Objective. In January 2017 he was promoted to the position of Managing Director of La Farga Tub.