23
INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL DIRECTORS
Name or company name of Director
Profile
MR FRANCISCO ROMÁN 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.
MR CARLOS GONZÁLEZ FERNÁNDEZ
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. Currently he is
Director of Corporación Financiera Alba, S.A. and Sotogrande, S.A.”
MR 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.
MS KORO USARRAGA UNSAIN
With a bachelor’s degree and MBA from ESADE Barcelona, she joined the former Arthur Andersen (now
Deloitte) in its Auditing division in 1981, where she spent 20 years of her professional career. In 1993 she was
named a partner of Arthur Andersen.
In 2001 she assumed responsibility for the General Corporate Division of Occidental Hotels and in 2003
she decided to accept a position as the General Manager of a real estate group based in Barcelona, Renta
Corporación. From 2005 to the present she has been a shareholder and Director of 2005 KP Inversiones, S.L., a
company dedicated to direct investment in businesses and a management consultant
Total number of independent Directors
4
% of total Board
33.33%
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.
OTHER EXTERNAL DIRECTORS
Identify the other external Directors and state the reasons why they cannot be considered proprietary or independent Directors, and their
relationship with the company, its Directors or shareholders:
Indicate the changes that, as applicable, have occurred to the category of each Director during the period:
C.1.4 Fill in the table below with the information relating to the number of female Directors in the last 4 financial years, and their type:
Number of female Directors
% of total Directors of each type
2015
2014
2013
2012
2015
2014
2013
2012
Female Executive
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Proprietary
0
1
1
1
0.00%
10.00%
11.00%
11.00%
Independent
1
0
1
1
25.00%
0.00%
33.00%
25.00%
Other External
Female
Executives
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Total:
1
1
2
2
8.33%
7.14%
13.00%
13.00%
ANNUAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
