23
Independent External Directors
Name or company name of Director
Profile
CARLOS GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ
Graduate in economics from the University of Bilbao and chartered accountant. He spent 35 years of his career
at Arthur Andersen, which in 2003 merged with Deloitte. He was appointed Chairman, firstly of Arthur Andersen
in 2000 and subsequently of the firm that resulted from the merger - Deloitte - from 2003 to 2009.
JOSE MARÍA LÓPEZ ELOLA
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 is currently a member of the Board of Directors of companies
including Festina Lotus, S.A. and Celo, S.A.
FRANCISCO ROMAN RIECHMANN
Graduate in Telecommunications Engineering. He began his career at Sainco, and in 1983 joined a subsidiary
of the computer multinational Hewlett Packard, where he was appointed Sales Director. In 1992 he became the
Director in Spain of Pacific Telesis, later known as AirTouch Internacional, one of the founding companies of
Airtel Móvil S.A. Managing Director of Microsoft Ibérica from 1998, in July 2002 he joined Vodafone as General
Operations Manager, where he was appointed Managing Director in February 2003 and Chairman-CEO in
January 2008.
Total number of independent directors
3
% of total Board
23.08
Indicate if any Director classified as independent receives any payments or benefits from the company or its group other than remuneration
for the post of Director, or maintains, or has maintained, a business relationship with the company or any company in the group in the last
year, whether in his own name or as a major shareholder, director or senior manager of an entity maintaining, or which has maintained, such a
relationship.
NO
If so, include a reasoned statement by the Board as to the reasons why it considers that this director can perform his duties as an independent
director.
Name or company name of Director
Description of the relationship
Reasoned statement
Other External Directors
Name or company name of Director
Committee reporting or proposing his or her appointment
Total number of Other External Directors
% of the Board as a whole
State the reasons why they cannot be considered proprietary or independent directors, and their relationship with the company, its directors
or shareholders:
Name or company name of Director
Reasons
Company, director or shareholder with
whom they are
Indicate the changes that, as applicable, have occurred to the status of each director during the period:
Name or company name of Director
Date of the change
Former status
Present status
RODRIGO ECHENIQUE GORDILLO
23/12/201
Other External
Proprietary
ANNUAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
