Total number of executive directors
1
%
of total Board
6.667
EXTERNAL PROPRIETARY DIRECTORS
Name or trade name of director
Committee that proposed the appointment
Name or trade name of the significant
shareholder represented or proposing the
appointment
MR JOSÉ ANTONIO CASTRO
SOUSA
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
GRUPO INVERSOR HESPERIA, S.A.
CORPORACIÓN FINANCIERA CAJA
DE MADRID, S.A.
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
BANCO FINANCIERO Y DE AHORROS, S.A.
MR FRANCISCO JAVIER ILLA RUIZ
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
GRUPO INVERSOR HESPERIA, S.A.
HOTELES PARTICIPADOS, S.L.
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
HOTELES PARTICIPADOS, S.L.
MR IÑAKI ARRATÍBEL OLAZIREGI
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
CAJA DE AHORROS Y MONTE DE PIEDAD
DE GIPUZKOA Y SAN SEBASTIÁN
PARTICIPACIONES Y CARTERA DE
INVERSIÓN, S.L.
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
BANCO FINANCIERO Y DE AHORROS, S.A.
MR RAMÓN LANAU VIÑALS
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
GRUPO INVERSOR HESPERIA, S.A
MR ROBERTO CIBEIRA MOREIRAS
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
PONTEGADEA INVERSIONES, S.L.
MRS ROSALBA CASIRAGHI
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
INTESA SANPAOLO, S.P.A.
SOCIEDAD DE PROMOCIÓN Y
PARTICIPACIÓN EMPRESARIAL
CAJA MADRID
APPOINTMENTS AND REMUNERATION
COMMITTEE
BANCO FINANCIERO Y DE
AHORROS, S.A.
Total number of proprietary directors
10
%
of total Board
66.667
INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL DIRECTORS
Name or trade name of director
MR RODRIGO ECHENIQUE GORDILLO
Profile
Graduate in law from the Complutense University of Madrid and state counsel on extended leave of absence. Between 1973 and 1976
he held various government posts, holding the position of deputy director general and head of legal services, deputy director general
and member of the steering committee of Banco Exterior de España. Since 1984 he has held senior positions at Banco Santander, being
appointed chief executive of the bank in 1988, a post which he occupied until 1994. He remains a member of the board of directors and
executive committee of Banco Santander. He has been a member and chairman of the Board of Directors of many industrial and financial
companies and is currently deputy chairman of Banco Banif, S.A., and chairman of Allfunds Bank and SPREA.
Name or trade name of director
MR CARLOS GONZÁLEZ FERNÁNDEZ
Profile
Graduate in economics from the University of Bilbao and chartered accountant. For 35 years he worked for Arthur Andersen, which in 2003
merged with Deloitte, being appointed chairman, first of Arthur Andersen in 2000 and subsequently of the firm that resulted from the
merger - Deloitte - from 2003 to 2009.
Name or trade name of director
MR GILLES PÉLISSON
Profile
Graduate of ESSEC Business School and MBA from Harvard Business School. He began his career at the hotel group Accor in 1983, where
he held positions of responsibility, being appointed CEO of the group in 2006, as well as chairman of the board from February 2009 to 2011.
He has also held the position of chairman and CEO of companies such as SUEZ Group, Bouygues Telecom and Disneyland Paris Resort.
Name or trade name of director
MR JOSÉ MARÍA LÓPEZ ELOLA
Profile
Graduate in economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. For the last 35 years, he has been director general of various credit
and banking institutions, such as Bancaya Hipotecaria, S.A., Citibank España, S.A., Banco Zaragozano, S.A. and Barclays, S.A. He currently
sits on the board of directors of companies such as Festina Lotus, S.A. and Celo, S.A.
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