José Angel Olivero

José Angel Olivero Garcia, Lípidos Santiga, S.A.
Mr Olivero received a Degree in Economics from the University of Seville in 1988 and a Degree in Food Business Management from Instituto Internacional San Telmo in 2015.
During the last 33 years, he has been involved in the Oilseeds, Oils & Fats business. He has been Sales Director in Lípidos Santiga, S.A., since April 1996, and, prior to that, from May 1989 until March 1996, he worked in the Sales department of Cargill España, S.A.
Mr Olivero has participated as panellist and speaker in many international events, like Price Outlook Conference, Palm Oil Trade Seminar-POTS, Andalusian Commodity Exchange, High Oleic Oils Congress, APK, Grepalma and Fedepalma.
He has attended many worldwide food and oils and fats events, like Fie, Anuga, Sial, Alimentaria, Gulfood, IFT, ISM, and has participated as an exhibitor in many of them.
He represents Lipsa in international Forums and in international and national associations, like Fediol, AFOEX (Spanish association of crushers and refiners), the Spanish Foundation on Sustainable Palm Oil and the RSPO.
Lipidos Santiga is a family owned company founded in 1969 that started processing oils and fats in 1973. The company owns two refineries in the area of Barcelona and in Huelva, with a combined annual processing capacity of over 1 million tons.
Lipsa processes palm, palm kernel, coconut, sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, and corn oils; palm, rapeseed and sunflower oils, both conventional and high oleic. Lipsa refines both physically and chemically, hydrogenates, interesterify and fractionate, and sells to the food, feed, oleochemical and biofuels sectors. Currently the company is exporting to over 40 different countries in 5 continents.
Lipsa is producing specialty fats to many different food sectors and is an active supplier of the petroleum and biodiesel sector in Europe.
Lipsa is a member of the RSPO since 2005 and certified SG and MB since 2010.