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President
The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC)
La Lastrilla, Castilla y Leon, Spain
FRANCISCO ESTEBAN LEFLER
President of PIANC – The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure
Consultant on Management and Technology of Ports and Coasts
Date and place of birth: Madrid (Spain), December 30th, 1957
University Degrees:
• Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (Master in Civil Engineering EQF 7), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid Polytechnic University), 1980. Speciality: Foundations and Structures.
• Ingeniero de Construcción y Electricidad (Master in Construction and Electricity Engineering EQF 7), Escuela Politécnica Superior del Ejército (Army Superior Polytechnic School), 1986
Technical Committees:
• PIANC President since June 2019
• Commissions for the preparation of the ROM (Maritime Works Recommendations: Geotechnics, Berthing Structures, Breakwaters…) standardization program of Puertos del Estado (State Ports), since 1996
• Chairman of MarCom in PIANC 2011-2019
Short CV:
• 1981-1993 Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Infrastructure
• 1993-1994 Puertos del Estado (State Ports), Ministry of Transportation
• 1994-2020 FCC Construcción S.A., Technical Services. Technical Director since 2015.
• 2021- Today: Independent consultant
• 2024- Today: Advisor of TYPSA for Ports and Coasts
Participates regularly in Courses, Congresses, Seminars, Workshops and Roundtables, as Lecturer, Speaker, and Session Chairman.
Several National and International civil and military distinctions and awards
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