A relative of the director applies for the Port Authority of Las Palmas’ Head of Audit post
The Port Authority of Las Palmas published on February 5, 2026 the rules for a selection process to fill a Head of Audit and Internal Controls position. The call included the application model, the list of merits, and the responsible declaration required of applicants. Among the admitted candidates, according to the journalistic information verified by CanaryMaritime, is a person with a family relationship to Francisco Trujillo, the director of the Port Authority of Las Palmas. The entity’s Ethics Code, in section 6, governs communication of conflicts of interest situations in selection procedures.
The submission window remained open between February 6 and March 6, 2026. On April 17, 2026, the authority published the provisional list of admitted and excluded individuals. On June 12, 2026, the Selection Tribunal approved an interpretive agreement on the professional experience requirement set out in the call and published the definitive list of admitted and excluded applicants. The same day, it released the provisional assessment of merits.
The interpretive agreement clarified that the experience considered analogous must be linked to financial statement auditing, operational management auditing, or internal control in the public or private sector. The Tribunal also ruled that specialized technical audits in quality, environment, or occupational risk prevention would not be considered similar functions for purposes of the selection process. On July 8, 2026, the Port Authority published the definitive assessment of merits and the call for interviews.
Among the admitted applications is the one identified with registration number REGAGE26e00023138813, which, according to the administrative resolution, is associated with a partially anonymized national identity document. According to the information verified by CanaryMaritime, the holder of that application maintains a family relationship with the director of the Port Authority of Las Palmas.
Ethics Code
The Ethics Code of the Port Authority of Las Palmas regulates conflict of interest situations. The document states that the activity of spouses, people with a similar affective relationship, family members, or friends may give rise to conflict of interest situations and that these circumstances must be communicated to the hierarchical superior.
The text also adds that employees and executives will report any situation in which their independence, objectivity, or neutrality could be questioned, with the aim of preserving the institution’s impartiality. The Ethics Code includes a specific reference to access and promotion procedures for job positions and establishes that these actions must be carried out in accordance with the principles of publicity, free competition, objectivity, and impartiality.
Documentation reviewed
In the administrative and public documentation examined by CanaryMaritime for the preparation of this report, no communication related to the application of section 6 of the Ethics Code is listed in the selection procedure covered by this chronicle. The previous reference describes exclusively the content of the administrative and public documentation reviewed by this outlet and does not constitute a claim regarding the existence or non-existence of other documents that do not form part of the documentation consulted.
Request for a response
Before publication of this information, CanaryMaritime requested a response from the Port Authority of Las Palmas and its director through several communications sent directly. At the time this edition was closed, no reply had been received.
Sources
The information has been prepared based on the selection rules published on February 5, 2026; the procedure’s annexes; the provisional list of applicants published on April 17, 2026; the interpretive agreement of the Selection Tribunal; the definitive list of admitted and excluded applicants and the provisional assessment of merits published on June 12, 2026; the definitive assessment of merits and the call for interviews published on July 8, 2026; the Ethics Code of the Port Authority of Las Palmas; and the administrative and public documentation examined to prepare this report.
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