Leopoldo Arnaiz Eguren

Leopoldo Arnaiz Eguren, founder of Arnaiz in 1975, is an architect and urban planner with 50 years of professional experience in different countries around the world. He has been a government official in the Commission for Planning and Coordination of the Metropolitan Area of Madrid (COPLACO), municipal architect for numerous City Councils, and director of the Urban Planning Consortium of the University Campus of Madrid, having also directed and served in various consultancies devoted to urban and territorial development.

He is currently the executive president of the Advisory Council of the Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Local Government Associations (FLACMA), and secretary general of the Mexican Association of Smart Cities (AMMECI).

He also chairs the Instituto Arnaiz de Estudios e Investigación, dedicated to professional qualification in urban development, and has been the director for many years of Postgraduate Courses in Urban Management and Real Estate Development at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid. In terms of educational activities, he has also taught numerous courses at universities and financial institutions. He is currently a lecturer on urban planning, technology and municipal governance in Latin America.

As an architect and urban planner, Leopoldo has carried out a large number of comprehensive national and international projects. Throughout his career, he has stood out for his ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in planning, environmental, legal, urban engineering, architecture and construction, having carried out countless architectural projects of all types of buildings, territorial plans, municipal plans, master plans, urbanisation projects and regularisation of properties in Spain and with offices in many countries around the world.