Jose Lopez - Telefnica Chairman

Mr. Jose Maria AlvarezPallete Lopez serves as a Executive Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Telefonica, S.A. He has a degree in Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also studied Economics at the Universit Libre of Brussels, holds an International Management Programme from IPADE Business School and an Advance Research Degree from the Department of Financial Economics and Accounting of Complutense University of Madrid. In February 1999 he joined the Telefnica Group as Chief Financial Officer of Telefnica Internacional, S.A.U. In September of that same year, he became Chief Financial Officer of Telefnica, S.A. In July 2002, he was appointed Executive Chairman of Telefnica Internacional, S.A.U. in July 2006, General Manager of Telefnica Latinoamrica and in March 2009, Chairman of Telefnica Latinoamrica. In September 2011, he was named Chairman of Telefnica Europe. And in September 2012 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Telefnica, S.A. Since April 8, 2016, he is Executive Chairman of Telefnica S.A. and member of the Board of Telefnica S.A., position he holds since July 2006. He began his professional career at Arthur Young Auditors in 1987 before he joined Benito MonjardnKidder, Peabody Co. in 1988. In 1995 he joined Compaa Valenciana de Cementos Portland CEMEX as head of the Investor Relations and Analysis department. In 1996 he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in Spain, and in 1998 to Chief Administration and Finance Officer of the CEMEX Group in Indonesia and member of the Board of Directors of CEMEX Asia Ltd. In 2001, he was granted with CFO Europe Best Practices award in the Mergers Acquisitions 2000 by CFO Europe Magazine. In April 2003, he was appointed Member of Merit at the IberoAmerican Forum of the Fundacin Carlos III, and in 2007 he was awarded with the Gold Master of the Executive Management Forum. since 2017.