Management Team

Mr. Asunción serves as Wallbox’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the board. Mr. Asunción is a Wallbox co-founder and has served as Wallbox’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Wallbox board since 2015. Prior to Wallbox, Mr. Asunción served as Program Manager of Charging Installations at Tesla, Inc., an American electric vehicle and clean energy company, from June 2014 to June 2015. Prior to Tesla, Inc., Mr. Asunción worked as an engineer at Applus+ IDIADA, an engineering company providing design, testing, engineering and homologation services to the automotive industry, from July 2011 to June 2014. Mr. Asunción holds an Engineering degree from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (DNF).

Mr. Castañeda serves as Wallbox’s Chief Product Officer. Mr. Castañeda is a Wallbox co-founder and has served as Wallbox’s Chief Product Officer since 2020, and was formerly Chief Technology Officer from 2018 to 2020. Mr. Castañeda also served on Wallbox’s Board of Directors as a technical director from 2015 to 2020. Prior to Wallbox, Mr. Castañeda served as a track engineer at TPV Racing, a company that introduced telemetry data into real-time motorsports racing teams, from 2005 to 2015. Mr. Castañeda holds an Industrial Engineering degree from the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona.

Mr. Lainz serves as Wallbox’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lainz has served as Wallbox’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2019, and served on Wallbox’s board of directors from July 2017 to May 2019. Prior to joining Wallbox, Mr. Lainz served as Corporate Director and Chief Financial Officer of Eurofred Group, distributor of air conditioning and industrial heating systems, from June 2011 to February 2019. Prior to Eurofred Group, Mr. Lainz served as a director and member of the audit committee of Ficosa International SA, an automotive global supplier, from May 1998 to May 2011. Mr. Lainz holds an Economics degree from Universitat de Barcelona and is an auditor in Spain (Censor Jurado de Cuentas).

Mr. Riba serves as Wallbox’s Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Riba has served as Chief Operations Officer since April 2019. Mr. Riba joined Wallbox after nearly 20 years of operational experience at Ficosa, a leading Tier-1 supplier dedicated to the research, development, production of systems and parts for the automotive industry, headquartered in Barcelona. After receiving his degree from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Mr. Riba joined Ficosa as a Product Engineer, acting as a Project Manager in 1999. Since 1999 he has held various roles such as Project Director & Mexico Engineering Director, Technical Director at Command & Control Division, Project Director for the entire Southern Europe Region, and spent 5 years as Ficosa’s General Plant Director from 2014 until 2019. Mr. Riba is a strong operations professional skilled in 6 Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Operations Management, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Management, and Continuous Improvement.

Mr. Rabbani serves as Wallbox’s Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Rabbani has served as Wallbox’s Chief Commercial Officer since February 2019. Mr. Rabbani has over a decade of experience in big multinationals like Google and Sony, as well as a handful of startups. After graduating from Vienna University of Economics and Business with a degree in Business Administration and Management, Mr. Rabbani began his career at Sony, where he developed experience in budgeting, forecasting, P&L analysis, product marketing, and business development. Mr. Rabbani later joined Google as a financial analyst, later becoming the Global Accounts and Agencies Head of Analytics for Southern Europe. Mr. Rabbani then transitioned to Senior Sales Consultant for Google’s Vertical Search, in which he developed the analytical platform and optimization tools for Vertical Search Products for Google's largest travel clients, and worked closely with product and engineering teams to improve the product performance for clients.

Mr. Alfaro serves as Wallbox’s General Manager, North America. Mr. Alfaro has served as Wallbox’s General Manager, North America since January 2019. Mr. Alfaro is an electric vehicle (EV), energy and sustainability expert with more than a decade of experience working in the industry. Mr. Alfaro began his career in public policy roles in California in 2008, developing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs around smart buildings, e-mobility, and emissions reduction. In 2013, Mr. Alfaro joined Tesla to kick off the first ever cross country network of fast-charging stations throughout North America and later managed the rollout of fast-charging and destination charging stations across Southern Europe from Lisbon to Istanbul.

Ms. Calixto serves as Wallbox’s Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Calixto has served as Wallbox’s Chief Marketing Officer since December 2019. With an international career and experience in both large corporations and start-ups, Ms. Calixto has been dedicated to the technology sector for the past 10 years, making her experienced in new product launches, brand development, international business expansion impact and external communication. Prior to working at Wallbox, she worked as Global VP of Marketing at Cabify from 2017 to 2019, Director of Product Marketing at Microsoft from 2013 to 2017 and Merchandise Buyer for Target from 2011 to 2013. Ms. Calixto holds an MBA from the University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business.