The Chambers of Commerce of the Canary Islands renew their leadership on the four main islands

Four resolutions to renew the Canary Islands business fabric

Official Gazette of the Canary Islands No. 164, published on 17 August 2026, contains four resolutions from the Directorate General for Trade and Consumer Affairs —the governing body for the chambers— publishing the appointments of the presidents, members of the Executive Committee and members of the Plenary of the Official Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and La Graciosa, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Fuerteventura.

The resolutions, dated between 21 and 29 July 2026 and signed by the Director General David Mille Pomposo, close an electoral process that began in December 2025 and whose formal call in the Canary Islands was issued by Order of the Regional Ministry of Economy, Industry, Trade and Self-Employed Workers of 13 May 2026, published in BOC No. 96.

Legal framework and electoral process

The procedure is governed by Law 4/2014, of 1 April, on the basic framework for Official Chambers of Commerce, and by the Canary Islands regulation Law 10/2019, of 25 April. At state level, Order ECM/1382/2025, of 28 November, from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, declared the process of renewing plenaries open throughout Spain from 1 December 2025 to 31 December 2027, with each regional administration responsible for calling elections.

Following the constituent sessions held on each island, the results were communicated to the governing administration. Royal Decree 669/2015, of 17 July, in its Article 33.5, requires the appointments of presidents, Executive Committee officers and Plenary members to be published in the regional official gazette.

The new presidents of each island

The four presidents elected by the plenaries are:

• Luis Padrón López, president of the Gran Canaria Chamber, representing Comercial Bibiano Servicios Especiales de Montajes, S.L. (Group 4). His Executive Committee includes Juan Acosta González as first vice-president, María de la Salud Gil Romero as second vice-president, Santiago de Armas Fariña as third vice-president and Cristóbal Castro Henríquez as treasurer (Ref.: BOC-2952).

• José Valle Martínez, president of the Lanzarote and La Graciosa Chamber, representing Tahíche Logística, S.L. (Group 1, Transport category). He is joined by María del Carmen Martinón Ramírez as first vice-president, José Antonio Martínez Mpanga as second vice-president and Nayra Valls Cabrera as treasurer (Ref.: BOC-2953).

• Santiago Tomás Sesé Alonso, president of the Chamber of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, representing Satse, S.L. (Group C, Hospitality category). The vice presidency is held by Rodolfo Núñez Ruano (1st), Victoria González Cuenca (2nd) and Olga María Sanfiel Hernández (3rd); the treasury, by Marcos José Delgado Ojeda (Ref.: BOC-2954).

• Juan Jesús Rodríguez Marichal, president of the Chamber of Fuerteventura, representing companies and individuals of recognised prestige. His management team is made up of Yasmina Newport Perdomo (1st vice president), Soledad Monzón Cabrera (2nd vice president), Juan Tomás Figueroa Benítez (3rd vice president), Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Armas (treasurer) and José Tomás Armas González (deputy treasurer) (Ref.: BOC-2955).

Composition of the Plenary and companies represented

The plenaries of the four chambers include members elected by suffrage —distributed among sectoral groups for industry, commerce, transport, tourism, services and construction— as well as representatives of companies making the largest voluntary contributions and individuals of recognised prestige in the economic life of each constituency. Among the firms with institutional presence in the new governing bodies are Binter Canarias, Dinosol Supermercados, El Corte Inglés, Satocan, Disa, Caixabank, Cajasiete, Fred Olsen, Moeve and Mutua Tinerfeña, among others.

The publication requires that appointments and any modifications during the term of office also be disseminated on the website of each chamber.

Relevance to the Canary Islands economic fabric

The Canary Islands Chambers of Commerce are public-law institutions that represent, advise and promote the interests of the business community on each island. The simultaneous renewal of their four main governing bodies —with terms extending within the framework of the 2025-2027 electoral cycle— will shape the institutional agenda, training policies, internationalisation and intermediation with public administrations in an archipelago whose economy depends largely on commerce, tourism and services. The cross-cutting presence of sectors such as hospitality, transport, energy and industry in the new plenaries reflects the intention to maintain a balance among the different branches of economic activity.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands No. 164, 17 August 2026, Section III. Other Resolutions, pp. 31988-32007 (official references: Resolution 2952, 2953, 2954 and 2955).