María del Pino Velázquez Medina
Independent Non-Executive
Ms. Velázquez was appointed director of Repsol by the General Shareholders Meeting of 25 May 2023.
Background: She holds a degree in Mathematics with a major in Statistics from the Complutense University of Madrid and MBA from IESE in Barcelona.
Experience: Ms. Velázquez began her professional career in 1988 at Accenture, joining A.T. Kearney in 1991 as a senior consultant, focusing primarily on operations optimization for Alcatel-Lucent, Cruzcampo and the Fagor Group.
In 1993 she became member of the Presidency and Strategic Planning of Banco Santander, in 1995 she joined Vodafone where she became Director of Customer Service and from 1999 to 2021 she was founder, main shareholder and Chair of the Unisono Group.
She received the Best Businesswoman 2016 FEDEPE award, the 2008 IWEC Award granted by the International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge, in addition to the recognition of the Chambers of Commerce of Barcelona, New York, New Delhi and Johannesburg to the entrepreneurial work of women. She has also been a member of IESE's National Alumni Committee since 2007 and obtained an Honoris Causa master's degree from the European Business School in 2012. In addition, she appeared in the study "The 500 most powerful women in Spain 2018" (published in the newspaper El Mundo), among the most influential women in the world of technology.
Other relevant positions: She currently holds the position of External Independent Director of Renta 4 Banco, and she is also member of its Nomination and Compensation Committee. Ms. Velázquez is member of the Círculo de Orellana –a non-profit association that aims to promote female talent– and member of the Generation Foundation.
Board committees to which she belongs: Member of the Audit and Control Committee.