ANNA BONET | CEO, Elizabeth River Crossings and Abertis USA

Anna Bonet moved from Barcelona to Virginia in 2021 to lead Spanish toll-road management company Abertis’ first U.S. company, Elizabeth River Crossings, which operates the downtown and midtown tunnels that run between Norfolk and Portsmouth through a public-private partnership with the Virginia Department of Transportation.

During her tenure at Elizabeth River Crossings and in her previous role as CEO at Autopistas, another Abertis company, Bonet has worked to make sure female employees aren’t overlooked.

“I have been very fortunate to build teams primarily led by women,” she says. “Back in Spain, when I was CEO, 50% of my executive team was female, and here it is 62%. In addition to that, at the company level, 54% of our employees and 51% of our managers are also female. It is extremely rare in the infrastructure industry for women to be the majority.”

Bonet has also worked to build relationships with the community.

In 2023, Elizabeth River Crossings donated $400,000 to the expansion of Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy. Bonet attended a September 2024 ribbon cutting for the expansion, which allowed the college to increase program offerings by 56% and enrollment capacity by 86%.

Bonet earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Universitat de Lleida and a master’s degree in economic and financial management from Esade. Both universities are located in Spain.

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