Repsol

Mario Fernández Pelaz

Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
Independent Outside Director

Graduate in Law at Deusto University in 1965. He has been Professor of Mercantile Law in the Faculty of Law of Deusto University and in the Faculty of Business Science at the same University, and Professor of different Masters at Deusto University. In his long professional career, he has served, among other charges, as Minister and later Vice-president of the Basque Government, Chairman of the Central Administration-Basque Government Transfers Mixed Committee, Chairman of the Basque Financial Council, Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Basque Government, Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Basque Autonomous Community. He was also Executive Director of BBVA Group and member of the Executive Committee from 1997 to 2002, and Main Partner of Uría Menéndez from that date to June 2009. Currently he is Chairman of BBK (Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa) and Executive Chairman of Kutxabank, S.A. He has also published on mercantile and financial matters.

Mr. Fernández was appointed Director of Repsol YPF, S.A. by the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on 15th April, 2011.