BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SUPPORT COMMITTEES

Mr. Azuaga has a degree in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Málaga. He was head of Risks at Caja Rural de Málaga. He was also Head of Audit and Internal Control, Deputy Director of Planning and Management control, Organization and Human Resources at Caja de Ahorros y Préstamos de Antequera.

He has been Chairman of Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, S.A. (AENA), member of the Board of Directors of the following companies: Deóleo, S.A., Autopista del Sol Concesionaria Española, S.A., Lico Corporación, S.A., Cía. Andaluza de Rentas e Inversiones, S.A. (CARISA), Sacyr Vallehermoso, S.A. and Banco Europeo de Finanzas, S.A.

He held the positions of Deputy Director of Planning and Management Control, General Secretary, Regional Director of Business, Head of the Division of Investees and Managing Director at Montes de Piedad y Caja de Ahorro de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga, Antequera (UNICAJA).

He has also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of  Banco de Caja España de Inversiones, Salamanca y Soria, S.A. He has held the positions of Managing Director and Deputy Chairman and CEO at Unicaja Banco, S.A.

He is currently, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unicaja Banco, SA, holding the position of Executive Chairman of Unicaja Banco since June 2016, and Director of the Company since December 2011.

Also, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cecabank, SA and Director of CECA, Trustee of the Savings Banks Foundation (FUNCAS) and representative of Unicaja Banco on the Board of Directors of the CIFAL Málaga Association.

Mr. Menéndez has a PhD in Economic Science from the University of Oviedo and is a Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the same university (on leave).

He has developed his professional career in the banking and energy sector, having been the Chairman of Asturgar, Caja de Ahorros de Asturias, Banco de Castilla La Mancha, Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, S.A. (currently EDP), and Naturgas Energía Grupo, S.A.

He has also been member of the Board of Directors of Cecabank, Enagás and CECA; Chairman of Fundación Bancaria Caja de Ahorros de Asturias, Trustee (Patrono) of Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros (FUNCAS) and member of the Board of Asociación de Empresas de Energía Eléctrica (AELEC).

At Liberbank, he has held the positions, successively, of Chairman (executive) and CEO since 2011.

He is currently member of the Board of EDP Renovaveis and Chairman (non-executive) of EDP España, Trustee (Patrono) of Fundación Princesa de Asturias, Chairman of Fundación EDP España and Trustee (Patrono) of Fundación DIPC.

Ms. Martínez Caro, born in 1969 in Alicante, has a 5-year degree in Law and a 3-year degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. She also obtained a Certificate in Business Administration from Yale University and a master’s degree in European Law, specialization in Finance, from the Institute for European Studies in Brussels.

Throughout her career, she has attended several executive programs at business schools around the world, such as IESE (Barcelona), Wharton BS (Philadelphia), CEIBSS (Shanghai) or Haas BS (San Francisco). She has also participated in programs for directors organized by companies such as PwC, SPENCERS STUART and DELOITTE, among others.

Ms. Martínez Caro has held different relevant positions in the financial sector, such as: Senior Vicepresident-Investments in the area of Global Wealth Management for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Spain and Executive Director and CEO for Spain and Portugal at Julius Baer Bank.

She is currently Senior Advisor to Forbes Global Properties, Founder and CEO of CMC Family Advisors, member of the Board of Asociación Española contra el Cáncer, member of the Advisory Board of the law firm FinReg and member of the Patronato de la Fundación ITER and Advisor to the Board of Directors of LH Paragon Inc.

Ms. Sáez has a degree in Economics from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She started her career at the Financial Division of Sociedad Petrolífera Española Shell S.A. She has developed most of her career at the Official Credit Institute (Instituto de Crédito Oficial - ICO), with the following positions: Financial Deputy Director; Manager of Financial Markets; Senior Dealer in Treasury and Coordinator of Front Office and Back Office activities.

She was also Director of the Financial Division of Caja España de Inversiones, General Director of Banco Europeo de Finanzas, S.A. and Head of Investees at Unicaja Banco.

She was director at different companies of the financial and industrial sectors. She has been a trustee of Fundación Bancaria Unicaja.

Directorship Category: Proprietary (proposed by Fundación Bancaria Unicaja).

Ms Arjonilla has a degree in Biology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. With a broad experience in the sector of Banking and Financial Markets, she has been Head of Technology and Transactions Commercial Banking at Banco Santander, Head of Technology at Banco Popular, and she also held that same position previously at Barclays Bank España. At EURO AUTOMATIC CASH, entidad de pago, S.L., she was appointed non-executive Director. She has also spent part of her career working in other sectors as Head of Product at Alnova Technologies or Consultant and Manager at Accenture and as an advisor to Mintsait.

 She has also carried out teaching work in the technology area as an Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Polytechnic School (Carlos III University) and as a teacher of a Digital Transformation Master's Degree Program (University of Salamanca), in addition to collaborating with the Stock Market Studies Institute (Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles). At present, she continues to collaborate with AFI School executive programs specialising in technology.

She has recently completed two specialisation courses in the technology area respectively taught by Stanford University and the University of Michigan.

She is currently the Corporate Technology Director at Grupo Proeduca Altus and a member of the Management Committee.

La Sra. Costa es licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Doctora Cum Laude por la Universidad de Barcelona, Catedrática de Economía y Directora de la Cátedra de Sostenibilidad Energética de la Universidad de Barcelona.

Ha ocupado cargos relevantes tanto en el sector público como el privado. Ha sido Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Energía (CNE); Presidenta de Asociación de Reguladores de la Energía Iberoamericanos (ARIAE); Presidenta del Consejo de Mercado Ibérico de la Electricidad (MIBEL); Vicepresidenta de la Asociación de Reguladores de la Energía del Mediterráneo (MEDREG) y presidenta del Comité Científico del mismo; miembro de Consejo de Reguladores de Energía de Europa (CEER) y miembro del Consejo Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN).

En el sector privado ha sido miembro del Consejo Asesor de Abertis en 2012, miembro del Consejo de Administración de ABERTIS (IBEX), entre 2013 y 2018, asumiendo las funciones propias como miembro de las Comisiones de Auditoria, Nombramientos y Retribuciones y Presidenta de la Comisión de RSC; Desde 2018 hasta marzo de 2022 ha sido consejera de Red Eléctrica, S.A. (IBEX) y miembro de su Comisión de Sostenibilidad. En la actualidad es consejera de ENAGAS, S.A (IBEX) y miembro de la Comisión de Sostenibilidad y Nombramientos.

También ha sido Presidenta del Consejo de Administración de la empresa no cotizada EPLICSA (Empresa de Promoción y Localización Industrial de Cataluña, consejera del Instituto Catalán de Finanzas; consejera de INCASOL (Instituto Catalán del Suelo); del Instituto de Investigación Automotriz Aplicada (IDIADA) y del Instituto General de Ensayos e Investigaciones (actual Applus Laboratories), entre otros.

Dispone de una dilatada experiencia en investigación y docencia, con múltiples libros y artículos en publicaciones especializadas internacionales, habiendo alcanzado por sus contribuciones científicas el máximo reconocimiento que concede la agencia de evaluación española. Actualmente es coordinadora del Programa de Economía de la Energía y Sostenibilidad en el Máster de Energías Renovables y Sostenibilidad de la Universidad de Barcelona y dirige un grupo reconocido por la AGAUR (Agencia de Gestión de Ayudas Universitarias y de Investigación) de excelencia investigadora sobre sostenibilidad energética.

Entre 1987-2000 fue asesora de la OCDE, Comisión Europea, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Gobierno de España -en distintas etapas-, diversas Comunidades Autónomas y Ayuntamientos españoles.

Es miembro correspondiente de la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas y ha recibido el premio nacional de energía Victoriano Reinoso en 2019.

Mr. Delclaux has a degree in Economic and Business Studies from Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF).

He started his professional career as Assistant Director at Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited, to continue his career in Investment Banking at UBS Phillips and Drew and at Rothschild, where he was Global Partner and CEO for Spain.

In 2006 he joined Inversiones Ibersuizas, S.A. as Deputy Chairman and CEO, and in 2012 he was appointed CEO at Roland Berger in Spain.

During his professional career, he has been member of the Board of Directors of several companies such as Grucycsa, S.A., Safei, S.A., Ebro Agrícolas S.A., Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A., Península Capital, S.A.R.L. and many other investees as Private Equity manager.

He has been director at Liberbank, S.A. since 2011 and he is currently director at Preventiva, Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. Asimismo, actualmente es Socio Fundador y Chief Operating Officer de Azzurra Capital, una gestora internacional de capital riesgo.

Mr. Domínguez has a degree in Business Management from Instituto Internacional de San Telmo, and he has also completed the Owner President Management programme (OPM) from Harvard Business School.

He has held relevant positions in the management body of the listed companies CAVOLO Inversiones SICAV, Wilmington SICAV and Patton Investment SICAV. He has also been proprietary director at Masmovil Ibercom, S.A.

He has developed all his career at Grupo Mayoral, holding several managerial and responsibility positions at different companies of the family group: he is the sole manager of Global Portfolio Investments, S.L. and of Wilmington Capital, S.L., CEO (Consejero Delegado) of Indumenta Pueri, S.L. since May 2022, and General Deputy Director of Mayoral Moda Infantil, S.A.U., company where he has held several managerial positions since 1989, expanding the business to over 50 countries.

Directorship category: Proprietary (proposed by Global Portfolio Investments, S.L.).

Mr. Fernández has a degree in Economic and Business Science from the University of Bilbao. He has been Lecturer of Statistics and Econometric Analysis at the University of Oviedo, Faculty of Business and Economics.

He has held the position of Director General at Caja de Ahorros de Asturias. He has held several managing positions at Asturias Regional Administration. He has also been Head of Admin and Finance at EDP España, S.A.U. and member of the Board of Directors of Instituto de Medicina Oncológica y Molecular de Asturias, S.A. and Lico Leasing, S.A.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the following companies: EDP España, S.L.U.; Cementos de Tudela Veguín, S.A., Cimento Verde do Brasil, S.A., Masaveu Inmobiliaria, S.A. He is also member of the General Supervisory Board of EDP Energías de Portugal, S.A., and Trustee (Patrono) of Fundación Caser.

At Liberbank, he was Head of the Business Corporation Area and Director since 2013.

Directorship category: Proprietary Director (proposed by Fundación Bancaria Caja de Ahorros de Asturias).

Ms. Garaña has a degree in Law and Business from Universidad CEU San Pablo, a degree in International Trade from the University of Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard University.

She has worked as a Consultant at Andersen Consulting and as a Manager at Bain & Company, Mexico. She has been Inventory Director for Televisión Azteca, Mexico. She has worked with Microsoft in different regions, holding the positions of Head of Operations and Marketing in Mexico, President of Latin America South Cone and President and CEO of Microsoft Iberica, S.A. She has worked at Google as Director General of Professional Services for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Currently, she is Vice-President of Professional Services for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Adobe Inc.

From 2015 to 2021, she has been independent Director at the Board of Liberbank, S.A.. She has also been independent Director at the Board of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentos (DIA) (2016-2019), miembro del consejo de la compañía de seguros Euler Hermes (Alliance Group, hoy es Alliance Trade), en Paris (2016-2020) and member of the European Institute of Technology (EIT), under the European Commission (2012-2017). Since 2015 she has been a director of Alantra Partners, S.A. and since 2020 she is a member of the Supervisory Board of TUI AG, positions that she currently holds.

Ms. Mateos-Aparicio has a cum laude PhD in Economics and Business Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and she is a professor of Financial Economics.She is also the Deputy Chairwoman of the USA-Spain Chamber of Commerce, since February 2011, and Independent Director at Técnicas Reunidas, S.A., sin February 2016.

She has been Indpendent Director of Solvay (2009-2013) in Belgium; Executive Chairwoman of Hispasat (2004-2012); Non-executive Chairwoman of Hisdesat (2005-2011); Director at Hispamar Satélites (Brazil); Director at Xtar Llc (USA) since 2005 until 2012. Since 1983 until 1985 she was Director of Iberia and Banco Exterior de España, where she was Deputy General Director (Directora General Adjunta) from 1985 to 1987.

With a broad academic experience, Mrs. Mateos-Aparicio is Member of the International Advisory Board of Science, University and Society of the CRUE (Conference of Chancellors of Spanish Universities). She has been (1982-2015) Professor of Financial Economics in the Department of Business Economics and Accounting of School of Economics of the UNED, and Professor of Financial Economics at Colegio Unversitario de Estudios Financieros (CUNEF); member of the National Board of the Instituto Español de Analistas Financieros (IEAF) (2011-2017) and Member of Board of ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain) (2009-2015).

Mrs. Mateos-Aparicio has received several awards and prizes, such as: Knight of the Legion of Honor from the Republic of France (2011); Business Leader of the Year (2010), from the USA-Spain Chamber of Commerce; or Woman Together Foundation (2009) Award from the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).

She has published several books and papers on financial topics. Her latest published book, Finanzas Corporativas, with the authors Brealy, Myers, Marcus and Mateos (McGraw-Hill and UNED, 2010) is a relevant text for decision-making in the financial field.

Directorship Category: Proprietary (proposed by Fundación Bancaria Unicaja).

Mr. Muela has a degree in Political Science and Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a degree in Law from the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia).

He was member of the Deputy General Secretariat of the Instituto de Crédito de las Cajas de Ahorros.

He held the positions of Head of Department of Savings Banks (Jefe de Negociado de las Cajas de Ahorros) and Head of Credit Institutions (Jefe de Sección de Entidades de Crédito) at the Bank of Spain. He has also been Chairman of the Liquidation Committee IGS Mercado Hipotecario and Executive Chairman of the Liquidation Committees if several Sociedades de Garantía Recíproca (Mutual Guarantee Schemes), upon proposal by the Bank of Spain.

He has held the following positions: Deputy General Director and Technical General Secretary at Caixa Catalunya, General Director at Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Cádiz, CEO at Bank of Credit and Commerce, S.A.E. and Executive Chairman at Banco Europeo de Finanzas (in the latter two, upon proposal by the Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos), as well as independent Director at Grupo Caja3, Non- executive Chairman of Banco de Caja España de Inversiones, Salamanca y Soria, S.A. (EspañaDuero) and Consejero de Caja de Seguros Reunidos, Compañías de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. (CASER).

Directorship Category: Proprietary (proposed by Fundación Bancaria Unicaja).

Mr. Unda has a degree in Law, specialization in Legal-Economics, from the University of Deusto (Bilbao), is State Tax Inspector and Statutory Auditor.

His career started in the Public Administration, as Chief Inspector of Special Taxes at the Special Delegation of the Tax Agency in País Vasco, and as Member of the Regional Economic-Administrative Court. He was then member of the Negotiating Committee for the accession of Spain to the European Union in his stage at the Directorate General for Customs and Special Taxes of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Later he carried out activities as Technical Advisor at the Directorate General for Budget, at the same Ministry.

He was Deputy Director General and Financial Director of the Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros, CEO at Crédito y Caución and CEO and Chairman of the Management Committee at Atradius NV; Chairman of Inverseguros, Sociedad de Valores y Bolsa and member of the Board of Directors of Mutua Madrileña Automovilísitica.

In addition to his professional career, he has carried out teaching activities in centers such as the Escuela de Hacienda Pública, Bilbao Chamber of Commerce, Instituto Español de Seguros or visiting professor of the MBA at the Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

He is currently member of the board of directors of Nacional de Reaseguros, S.A. and of Ges Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A.

Mr. Vaamonde holds a degree in Economic and Business Science from the University of A Coruña and a Masters’ degree in Finance from London Business School. He has been associate professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of A Coruña.

His professional career started in Caja de Ahorros de Galicia as analyst in the Deputy Directorate of Studies. He has worked at Fitch Ratings Ltd, as bank rating analyst, and at JP Morgan Europe Ltd, as credit risk analyst with financial institutions. He has also worked as a securities analyst of Spanish and Portuguese banks at Fidentiis Equities S.V. S.A. and MainFirst Bank AG (2013-2015). Since April 2015 he works at Oceanwood Capital Management LLP, where he is a partner and portfolio manager of financial institutions.

He has been member of the Board of Directors of Liberbank, S.A. since 2018.

Directorship category: Proprietary Director (proposed by Oceanwood Capital Management LLP).