| Globalvia | |
| Industry: | Transportation |
| Founded: | 2007 |
| Hq Location City: | Madrid |
| Hq Location Country: | Spain |
| Area Served: | Spain United States Ireland Portugal Mexico Costa Rica Chile United Kingdom Sweden Norway Singapore |
| Key People: | Javier Pérez Fortea (CEO) Juan Béjar Ochoa (Non-Executive Chairman) |
| Num Employees: | 30,000 |
| Parent: | OPTrust (40.3%) PGGM (40.3%) USS (18.9%) |
| Subsid: | Openvia (100%), Go Ahead Group (49%) |
| Website: | https://www.globalvia.com/en/ |
Globalvia (stylised as globalvia) is a Spanish multinational transport infrastructure company that operates in 11 countries across three continents.[1] In June 2022, Globalvia in partnership with Kinetic Group launched a takeover bid for the British bus and rail operator Go-Ahead Group. The sale was approved by Go-Ahead's shareholders in August 2022.[2] Globalvia has a 49% shareholding.[3]
Globalvia is owned by OPTrust, PGGM and USS who bought Globalvia in a takeover bid worth Euro 420 million in 2015.
In 2007 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) and Caja Madrid founded Globalvia to unite their shared infrastructure assets under one brand with FCC and Caja Madrid each controlling a 50% stake in the new company.[4]
Globalvia won the private international tender to acquire two highways in Chile in 2008, and in the same year was also awarded a contract in Portugal to build and operate the Transmontana IP4 highway, thus beginning the company's expansion outside of Spain.[5]
The company continued to expand its road infrastructure investments over the years and in 2013 expanded into the rail industry with the purchase of Metro de Sevilla, a light rail system in Seville, Spain.[6] Later that year, Globalvia expanded into Ireland by being awarded a 5-year, 35 million contract in partnership with Sacyr to manage and operate the 161km of toll-free motorway segments in Dublin.[7]
In 2015, OPTrusts, Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PGGM) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) purchased Globalvia[8] for a total of 420 million.[9]
The company entered the United States in December 2016[10] by successfully securing the purchase of Pocahontas Parkway located in Richmond, Virginia.[11]
In 2020, the company founded Openvia to focus on technology and innovation platforms such as Tap&Go, Slora by Globalvia and Meep Sevilla.[12]
In 2022, in partnership with Australian based multinational bus operator Kinetic Group, Globalvia purchased a 49% stake in the Go-Ahead Group,[13] a United Kingdom-based operator of buses and railway services in the UK, Singapore, Germany, Ireland and Norway.[14]
Globalvia operates a number of road infrastructure projects listed below, all of its public transport assets outside of Spain are part of Go-Ahead Group.:[15]
See main article: Go-Ahead Group. Through its 49% shareholding in the Go-Ahead Group (UK-based), Globalvia operates public transport networks in the UK, Singapore and Ireland, and railway services in the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany.