Francisco (Paco) BORAO
January 21, 1946 - Zaragoza, Spain
Race director for: - Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso & - Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, Spain President of AIMS

AIMS & RUNNING BACKGROUND:
1978 Runs his first marathon (24 May 1978, Madrid)
1979 Member of team founder of the Athletics Club “Sociedad Deportiva Correcaminos” at Valencia, Spain.
1996 Member of the AIMS Board of Directors
2005 President of Correcaminos, re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021
2010 Elected President of AIMS in 2010), re-elected in 2014, 2018, 2024

SPORTIVE BACKGROUND:
Member of the team setting the first Maraton Popular de Valencia in 1981.
Marathon runner: Has run marathons in Madrid (6), New York City (4), Valencia (2), Brugges, Paris, Owego, Xerez, Montreal, Calvia, Athens (the last in 2014).

Writer of articles related to the social aspects of road running in Spanish magazines.

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Mechanical Engineer (Toulouse, France).
Worked for IBM (1970-1995) in different technical/management positions at different locations (Montpellier, Paris, France; Tucson, Endicott, USA; Madrid and Valencia).
From 1997 to 2008, President of INNOVE VERDA, an Environmental Engineering Corporation established in Valencia, Spain.

Speaks fluently Spanish, French, and English.