Pablo Arbones and José Luis Galar have taken up the management posts at SARGA and Turismo de Aragón, respectively, following appointments approved by the boards of directors of both public companies on November 4. The appointments conclude the selection processes launched in September and October.
José Luis Galar takes the helm of Turismo de Aragón after more than two decades at the public company
José Luis Galar Gimeno succeeds María Jesús Gimeno, managing director of Turismo de Aragón since October 2023. Since 2003, Galar had headed the organization’s Analysis and Strategy Department, a role in which he worked on tourism promotion, cultural and tourism projects, and the development of Aragón’s Tourism Intelligence System, SITAR.
His career at Turismo de Aragón has also included responsibility for the Aragón Network of Inns, the Santa Cilia Airfield and the Loarre Castle visitor center. Before joining the public company, he spent 11 years as a tenured professor at Zaragoza’s University School of Tourism, where he taught subjects related to the management and administration of accommodations and travel agencies.
Galar holds a cum laude doctorate in Education from the University of Zaragoza, as well as qualifications in Tourism, Applied Social Studies and Lifelong Learning. His professional activities include advising travel agencies, teaching at university and training institutions, publishing novels and essays, and audiovisual work as a screenwriter and director of short films.
Pablo Arbones joins SARGA with experience in public agro-environmental and forestry management
Pablo Arbones takes over as managing director of Sociedad Aragonesa de Gestión Agroambiental, SARGA, following a career of more than 30 years in the leadership and management of public and private organizations. A forestry engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid since 1994, he also has training in business administration, financial management, management control and occupational risk prevention.
Much of his experience was gained at Empresa Pública de Servizos Agrarios Galegos, Seaga, which provides services and carries out projects for the primary sector and the environment. Arbones served as managing director of the Galician public company for 12 years, between 2010 and 2022.
From October 2022 until joining SARGA, he served as Seaga’s director of Administration and General Services, participated in meetings of its Board of Directors and acted as the company’s legal representative. His professional career also includes a period as a forestry engineer at the Provincial Delegation of the Department of the Environment of the Xunta de Galicia, between 2001 and 2003.
SARGA and Turismo de Aragón are wholly owned public companies under the regional government. Their boards of directors formalized the appointments after the Government of Aragón approved the proposals on October 7 and 21.
