Fernando Carro de Prada (born 27 July 1964) is a Spanish

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director who is the CEO of

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Early life

Carro is the son of a Spanish teacher mother. Carro grew up in Barcelona. He attended the

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, and went on to study

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and

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at the

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in Germany. During his time as a university student and in his first years after it, Fernando was President of AIESEC International.

Career

After completing his university studies, he joined

Bertelsmann The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (), is a German privately held company, private multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, ...

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. He held various positions there for 24 years, including a position on the Group Executive Board. In 2015, the Supervisory Board of Arvato AG, appointed him

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and CEO. Shortly afterwards, following an internal reorganization, he became managing director of the company and oversaw the reintegration of AG into Bertelsmann's global structure in 2016..Fernando Carro wird neuer Geschäftsführer von Bayer 04
bayer04.de, 20 April 2018, retrieved 21 April 2018- In 2018, Carro was appointed CEO of German

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side

. He is credited with helping the club win the league. Since 2021, Carro has also been a member of the executive board of the

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Personal life

Carro has been married. He has three children.

References

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