Currently, José Antonio Muñoz Barcelo occupies the position of Co-President, Global COO & Director at Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. and Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Nissan Mexicana.

He is also on the board of Huntsman International LLC, Huntsman Corp. and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.

In his past career he was Chief Performance Officer & Vice President at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Chairman for Nissan North America, Inc. and Global Chief Performance Officer at Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (both are subsidiaries of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) and President & Chief Executive Officer at Hyundai Motor America, Inc.

He received an MBA from Instituto de Empresa SL and a doctorate from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.