The Board of Directors of Customs appoints its new manager to replace Gonzalo Ansótegui, who is retiring after 39 years at the helm.

Source: Diario de Burgos

The Burgos Customs Transport Centre (Cetabsa) has found a successor for Gonzalo Ansótegui, the long-time managing director of the city’s logistics hub, who has decided to retire after a lifetime leading the organisation. The Board of Directors has appointed Juan Carlos Martín de Pedro as his replacement.

Among all the candidates who made it to the final selection, this Burgos native, with extensive experience in the sector, will take over the leadership of Cetabsa in the coming days. He has over a decade of experience in senior positions related to analysis and management in the logistics and technology industries, as well as a high level of specialisation in international trade and supply chain management.

The Burgos native Juan Carlos Martín de Pedro, a logistics expert, will lead CT Burgos. – Photo: LinkedIn

Since December 2019, he has served as director in Santander for Bergé, a Spanish logistics giant with nearly 2,000 professionals handling over 30 million tonnes of goods each year.

He previously held positions such as production control and logistics supervisor at Aptiv Vigo, warehouse and internal logistics supervisor at Expal’s Burgos plant, international logistics manager at Pack & Send (London), and logistics manager at Gerescyl (Valladolid). He has completed numerous master’s degrees and specialised courses in the field.

Among the main challenges Juan Carlos Martín de Pedro will face is boosting the commercialisation of the land expansion carried out by Cetabsa a year ago. So far, no new companies have moved into this 225,000-square-metre facility, although many have shown interest. In fact, one company even considered acquiring nearly all the available space but never followed up with the public-private entity in Burgos.

Rail Terminal

In addition to this, he will have to manage the Villafría rail terminal and its expansion. At present, the engineering firm Typsa is drafting various projects to extend two tracks, allowing the arrival and dispatch of trains up to 550 metres long (including the locomotive).