José María Álvarez-Pallete

José María Álvarez-Pallete López (born 12 December 1963, Madrid) is a Spanish economist and chief executive officer of Telefónica S.A. since 8 April 2016.

José María Álvarez-Pallete
José María Álvarez-Pallete López
Personal details
Born (1963-12-12) 12 December 1963
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationEconomist, Director

Career at Telefónica

In February 1999, he joined the Telefónica Group as de of Telefónica Internacional SA, and on September of that same year he took up the post of Managing Director of the Corporate & Finance in Telefónica S.A.. In July 2002, he was appointed Executive Chairman of Telefonica International S.A.,[1] in July 2006, Managing Director of Latin America Telefonica,[2] and in March 2009, President of Latin America Telefonica.[3] In September 2011, he was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO) of Telefónica Europe;[4] at that time, he developed Wayra, the accelerator of Startup Company in Latin America and Spain.

He is Managing Director of Telefónica S.A. since 17 September 2012,[5] and he became also a member of the Administrative Board of Telefónica S.A. in July 2006. In addition to this, he is a member of the Executive Committee of Telefónica.

On 20 March 2016, César Alierta left the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of Telefónica S.A.. and named José Maria Álvarez-Pallete as his successor, who took up the CEO position on 8 April 2016,[6][7]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Awards and recognition
Álvarez-Pallete with Lenin Moreno, president of Ecuador, in 2017.
  • 2007 – Master of Gold of the High Direction Forum[12]
  • 2011 – Economics Person of the Year, awarded by the journal El Economista.[13]
  • 2014 – Sorolla Medal, awarded by the Hispanic Society of America
  • 2014 – aInnovative Corporate Leader of the Year, awarded by the Latin Trade Magazine.[14]
  • 2014 – Most Creative People, listed by Fast Company Magazine[15]
  • In 2017, Forbes magazine recognized José María Álvarez-Pallete as the best CEO of companies that quoted in Spain in 2016.[16]
  • In 2019, he received the "Manager of the Year" award in the Large Corporations category granted by the Asociación Española de Directivos .[17]

References
  1. Ediciones Invertia. "Telefónica aprueba una reestructuración de su cúpula directiva". Invertia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2002.
  2. Ediciones El Economista. "Telefónica remueve su cúpula directiva para enfocarse al negocio móvil y Latinoamérica directiva". El Economista. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
  3. Ediciones Expansión. "Dos pilares para la nueva Telefónica". Expansión. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  4. Ediciones Cinco Días. "Telefónica refuerza su cúpula directiva en Latinoamérica para ganar eficiencia". Cinco Días. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  5. Ediciones El Huffington Post. "José María Álvarez-Pallete, nuevo consejero delegado de Telefónica y número dos de César Alierta". El Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. Ediciones El País. "Alierta anuncia que deja la presidencia de Telefónica". El País. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. Ediciones El Confidencial. "Álvarez-Pallete, nombrado nuevo presidente ejecutivo de Telefónica". El Confidencial. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. Board of Directors Endeavor.
  9. Board of Trustees Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies.
  10. Members European Round Table of Industrialists.
  11. Board of Trustees Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
  12. Canal Forum (2007). "Ediciones Anteriores De Los Premios "Master De Oro"". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  13. El Economista (2011). "La Noche de la Economía premia la labor de Telefónica, Inditex, Grifols, Universia y Siro".
  14. Región Digital (2014). "José María Álvarez-Pallete recibe la medalla Soralla de la Hispanic Society of America".
  15. Fast Company (2014). "José María Álvarez-Pallete".
  16. "Los mejores CEO 2016". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  17. "AED premia a los Directivos del Año 2019".
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