Diego Castillo Gutiérrez

As the Managing Director international maritime group since early 2020, I have navigated different companies through
significant growth and transformation. On a personal note, I am proud to have a wonderful family,
including my wife and two daughters, who have been a constant source of support.
My journey with more than 20 years in Maritime industry began in 2008 when started as ship broker and Chartering operations. Over the years, I have held various roles, including
Line Manager, Commercial Manager, strategy Manager, and
General Manager in different activities such us shipping lines, maritime agencies, port terminals, and logistics.
My academic background includes a degree in Naval and Oceanic Engineering from the
prestigious Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and an MBA from IESE Universidad de Navarra,
ranked among the top executive universities by the Financial Times.
Professionally, I discovered that my strengths lie in management and leadership, I successfully launched the new business
line project, which became a key growth driver for the companies. Under my leadership, we expanded
our international presence, growing the company from €80M in revenue to nearly €200M and
increasing our workforce from 200 to over 400 employees. We achieved a x6 increase in results
within four years.
Taking on the highest leadership role in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, I led the company
through a complete overhaul of procedures, implemented advanced digitalization, and
transformed from a family business into a fully professionalized multinational. Bring a high-performing executive team is now capable of tackling complex challenges, such as rapid
development and growth in complicated places like Africa or south America.
During my tenure as Managing Director, we have launched several disruptive projects, including
the creation of an e-commerce portal and an international freight forwarding service to complete
the supply chain logistics. We have also outsourced low-value-added tasks and internalized key
areas such as in-house systems, marketing development, and the integration of people
management as strategic aspects to differentiate our value proposition beyond our core maritime
and logistics business.
My key skills and competencies include strategic vision, negotiation, digitalization, adaptability,
leadership, empathy, teamwork, humility, business development, client-centricity, high-pressure
decision-making, strategic planning, talent development, and international projection.
Being part of differente boards and shareholder meetings in a different boardmember roles with different type of JV and partners, allows me to help others.