MARTA ORTEGA PÉREZ
ÓSCAR GARCÍA MACEIRAS
AMANCIO ORTEGA GAONA
JOSÉ ARNAU SIERRA
FLORA PÉREZ MARCOTE
PILAR LÓPEZ ÁLVAREZ
JOSÉ LUIS DURÁN SCHULZ
RODRIGO ECHENIQUE GORDILLO
DENISE PATRICIA KINGSMILL
ANNE LANGE
Chairperson. Vigo, 1984.
Non-Executive Chairperson since April 2022.
Ms Ortega has built her entire career within the Inditex Group, which she joined in 2007 after she graduated in International Business from Regent’s University London. During her first years at the Group she carried out her professional duties in several international branches and business areas, later joining the Zara Woman design and product development team. In recent years she has focused on defining Zara’s brand and product strategy. She sits on the boards of directors of Pontegadea Inversiones S.L. and Partler Participaciones, S.L.U., both of them significant shareholders of Inditex.
Ms Marta Ortega, daughter of Mr Amancio Ortega Gaona, founder and majority shareholder of Inditex and of Ms Flora Pérez Marcote –both of whom sit on this Board of Directors–, has been a member of the Amancio Ortega Foundation Board of Trustees since 2015.
She was appointed to the board by the Board of Directors in the meeting held on 29 November 2021, effective as of 1 April 2022, and ratified at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2022.
She is the direct owner of 42,511 Inditex shares.
CEO. A Coruña, 1975.
Chief Executive Officer since 2021.
Óscar García Maceiras obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Universidade de A Coruña and PhD in Law from Universidad CEU San Pablo.
He is a State Attorney, a position he held in his city of birth between 2001 and 2005.
In 2005 he joined Banco Pastor, first as the Chief Legal Officer and later as its General and Board Secretary.
In 2012 he was named Deputy Secretary of the Board and Head of Corporate Legal Department at Banco Popular.
That same year, Mr. García was appointed Managing Director of Corporate Development and Legal Affairs at SAREB, Spain’s management company for assets arising from bank restructuring, as well as its General Counsel and Board Secretary.
In 2016 he joined Banco Santander as Group General Counsel and Deputy Secretary of the Board of Directors.
In 2021 he joined Inditex as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors, a role he carried out until his appointment as the Group’s CEO.
He directly owns 41,548 shares of the Company.
Founder of Inditex and Member of the Board. León, 1936.
Mr Ortega began his business career in the textile manufacturing sector in 1963. In 1972 he founded Confecciones Goa, S.A., the first garment-making factory of Inditex and 3 years later he founded Zara España, S.A., the first retailing company of the Group. He was Inditex’s Chairman from the date of incorporation until 2011. He currently chairs the board of directors of Pontegadea Inversiones S.L. and Partler 2006 S.L. as well as the Board of Trustees of Fundación Amancio Ortega.
He was re-elected to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meetings held on 30 June 1990, 31 July 1995, 20 July 2000, 15 July 2005, 13 July 2010, 14 July 2015, 16 July 2019 and 11 July 2023.
Mr Ortega is the controlling shareholder of the company where he owns 1,848,000,315 shares through Pontegadea Inversiones S.L. and Partler Participaciones, S.L.U.
Deputy Chairman. Lugo, 1956.
Inditex’s Deputy Chairman since June 2012. Non-executive proprietary director since 2012, representing the founder, Mr Amancio Ortega Gaona.
A law graduate from University of Santiago de Compostela and State Tax Inspector, he has been the chief executive of Group Pontegadea since 2001.
He was the head of the Tax Department and a member of Inditex’s Steering Committee from 1993 to 2001, and served on its Board of Directors from 1997 to 2000. He had previously held different positions within the Tax Administration. He has been a member of different boards of directors as legal representative of Pontegadea Inversiones, S.L. From 1993 to 1996, he taught Tax Law at the University of A Coruña. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Amancio Ortega from inception and its Executive Deputy Chair since 2017.
He was appointed to the Board of Directors in June 2012, ratified by the AGM held on 17 July 2012 and re-elected at the Annual General Meetings held on 18 July 2017 and 13 July 2021.
He directly owns 30,000 shares.
Ordinary member, Pontegadea Inversiones legal representative
The company is represented on the Board of Directors of Inditex by Ms. Flora Pérez Marcote. It owns 1,558,637,990 shares of the Company, which represents 50.01% of the share capital.
Ms. Flora Pérez Marcote is the legal representative of Pontegadea Inversiones S.L., where she holds the position of First Deputy Chair. She has spent her entire career within the Inditex Group, where she held different positions in areas relating to both design of products and the supply chain. In addition, she has broad experience as company director since 1992. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Inditex since 2005 representing Pontegadea Inversiones, S.L. Additionally, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Amancio Ortega Gaona since March 2003 and its Chairperson since August 2023.
She was appointed to the Board of Directors on 9 December 2015, ratified at the Annual General Meeting on 19 July 2016 and re-elected at the Annual General Meeting held on 14 July 2020.
Ordinary member. León, 1970.
Independent director since July 2018.
Ms López has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Major in Finance from ICADE. She has worked in a variety of roles at J.P. Morgan in Madrid, London and New York (1993-1999). She joined Telefónica in 1999, where she held the following positions: Head of Management Planning and Control (1999-2001), Financial Controller in Telefónica Móviles (2001-2006), Strategy Director in Telefónica de España (2006-2007), Chief Financial Officer of O2 Plc., based in the UK (2007-2011) and for Telefónica Europa based in Madrid (2011-2014), and Head of the Operational Simplification Program of Grupo Telefónica (2014-2015).
She has served as Supervisory Board member of Telefónica Czech Republic AS (2007-2014), and as Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG (2012-2015). She was a member of the Board of Tuenti Technologies and non-executive director of Ferguson Plc (2013-2018). She was a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundación ONCE and a member of the Board of Directors of Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección (APD).
She joined Microsoft in 2015 as CEO in Spain. In 2021, she was appointed VP Sales, Marketing, Ops (COO) at Microsoft Western. At present, she is the VP to lead the strategic partnership entered into with LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) to architect the transformation of capital markets globally.
Ms López was elected as director on 17 July 2018 by the Annual General Meeting.
She is the direct holder of 7,000 shares in the Company.
Ordinary member. Madrid, 1964.
Independent director since July 2015.
Mr Durán holds a degree in Economics and Management from ICADE. From 1987 through 1990, he was an auditor at Arthur Andersen. In 1991, he joined Carrefour Group, where he held the following positions: Head of Management Control for Spain, Europe and Latin America (1991-1997); Chief Financial Officer for Spain (1997-2001); Group Chief Financial Officer (2001-2005) and Group Chief Executive Officer (2005-2008).
In July 2009, he joined Maus Frères International Group, based in Switzerland, where he held the following positions, until January 2015: Chief Executive Officer of Lacoste, Executive Chairman of Gant and Board member of Aigle, S.A. Until 4 October 2015, he was member of the Governance, Remuneration and Nomination Committee at Unibail-Rodamco, and member of the Board of Directors of such company. Until 30 June 2017, he was an independent director and member of the Audit Committee of Orange. At present, he is the CEO of Value Retail Management.
Mr Durán was was elected as a director by the Annual General Meeting held on 14 July 2015 and re-elected at the Annual General Meetings held on 16 July 2019 and 11 July 2023.
He directly owns 3,106 shares.
Ordinary member. Madrid, 1946.
Independent director since July 2014.
Mr Echenique is a law graduate from Complutense University of Madrid and Spanish State Attorney [Abogado del Estado].
At present, he is the Chair of Fundación Banco Santander and member of the Board of Directors of Banco Santander Internacional (BSI) and non executive director of Directorio Santander Chile.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Consejo España-EE.UU, Deputy-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Teatro Real, member of the Board of Trustees of Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia, of Fundación Empresa y Crecimiento and of Fundación ProCNIC y CNIC.
From 1987 through 2020, he served on the Board of Directors of Banco Santander S.A. He has been CEO, Deputy Chairman and Executive Director of Banco Santander, S.A., and has chaired Santander España and Banco Popular. He also served as Deputy Chairman of Banco Banif, S.A., Chairman of Allfunds Bank, and of SPREA. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Santander Investment. He has been Ordinary Member of the Board of Directors of different industrial and financial companies such as Ebro Azúcares y Alcoholes, S.A., Industrias Agrícolas, S.A., SABA, S.A. and Lar, S.A.
Mr Echenique chaired the Social Advisory Board of University Carlos III of Madrid. Additionally, he was first member and then Chairman of the Advisory Board of Accenture, S.A., Lucent Technologies, and Quercus y Agrolimen, S.A. He has been the Chairman of Vallehermoso, S.A., Vocento, S.A., NH Hotels Group, Metrovacesa, S.A., Merlin Properties, and SOCIMI, S.A.
Mr Echenique was elected to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting held on 15 July 2014 and re-elected by the Annual General Meeting held on 17 July 2018.
He directly owns 20,000 shares.
Ordinary member. New Zealand, 1947
Independent director since July 2016.
In 2000 she was awarded a CBE for services to Employment Law and Competition. In June 2006, Baroness Kingsmill was appointed to the House of Lords as a Labour Peer. She is a Member of the Select Committee on Fraud and Digital Crime.
After a 20 year legal career she became deputy chair of the Competition Commission between 1996 and 2004. She has 5 honorary Doctorates from universities in the United Kingdom. Baroness Kingsmill has been a Chair/member of the Remuneration committees of many international companies. As a lawyer she has advised in relation to remuneration schemes. In 2001 she was invited by the Government to head a task force looking at women’s employment and remuneration in the UK.
In 2003 she was appointed Chair of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Accounting for People task force. She headed a second Government enquiry (“Accounting for People”) into how companies should evaluate and measure the contribution of their work forces and specifically as to how they should communicate their progress in this area of “Human Capital Management” to all their stakeholders (www.accountingforpeople.gov.uk). In 2013 she was the co-chair of the Design Commission report into Design and Public Services (“Re-starting Britain”). Until May 2018, Baroness Kingsmill was the Chair of Monzo Bank and a Member of the Supervisory Board of E. ON SE.
She is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Global Sustainability Forum and the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School. She has recently been appointed a UK representative on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Baroness Kingsmill has been an adviser to a number of international companies and has been a non-executive director of various British, European and American boards, including International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. and Telecom Italia.
A diverse and varied career spanning fashion and design, the law and regulation, as well as politics and people have given Baroness Kingsmill a unique perspective on the contemporary boardroom.
Baroness Kingsmill was elected as a director on 19 July 2017 by the Annual General Meeting and re-elected by the Annual General Meeting held on 14 July 2020.
Ordinary member. Nice, 1968.
Independent director since December 2019.
A French citizen, Ms Lange is an entrepreneur and a sought after C-level business advisor with over 25 years of experience in technology innovation, both private & public sectors. She is graduated of French Grandes Ecoles, Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA).
Her career began at the French Prime Minister’s office as head of department for state-owned broadcasting companies until she joined Thomson, a high-tech champion, where she built up a new generation of consumer internet access devices. Anne worked in diverse global executive functions with Cisco since 2004, based out of France and Silicon Valley. As a C-level executive, her engagements centered on adoption and innovation of technological, organizational and business processes to drive business transformation. Ms Lange is the co-founder and former CEO of Mentis Services, an IoT Data Intelligent Software provider of urban space services. She is currently the founder and managing partner of Adara, a consulting company that provides senior-level advice in transformation strategy and an investor in start-ups.
She currently serves on the executive boards of Orange (French leading service provider), Pernod-Ricard (second largest wine and spirits company in the world) and FFP (Peugeot’s family holding).
She was appointed to the Board of Directors on 10 December 2019 and ratified by the Annual General Meeting on 14 July 2020.