Maya Ormazabal is Telefónica’s Director of Environment and Human Rights, she leads the company’s strategy on issues such as climate change, circular economy and the sustainable supply chain.
She also coordinates sustainability aspects of the company’s sustainable financing initiatives and the Taxonomy reporting. Has worked on environmental topic at Telefónica for 20 years and is also part of the board of directors of organizations such as the Spanish Green Growth Group, the international sectorial initiative JAC and leads international working groups on sustainability in the ICT sector.
She has a degree in Environmental Sciences, Master in protected areas and Executive programme PDG by IESE Business School.
I am passionate about the study of societies and their relation with the corporate world. I take pleasure in trying to understand society and its diversity, dynamics and conflicts. I strongly believe that corporations have a key role in advancing towards a more sustainable model of global development. To me, including social and environmental responsibility criteria across the strategic business plan represents a growth opportunity. Therefore, it enhances the economic viability of the business in the medium to long term.
Why should we think that working to build a better company and a better world is not compatible with improving results?
Miguel Calderón is currently the Director of Public Policy Strategy at Telefónica HISPAM. Calderón joined Telefónica México in 2007, where he was VP of Public & Regulatory Affairs, Strategic Planning, Quality & Processes, and the Wholesale Market in Mexico.
Previously, Calderón worked as CTO and CMO at Avantel, a former telecom operator.
Calderon also has experience in the financial sector in IT, communications engineering, strategic planning, and credit card operations in Citibanamex.
Calderón is currently the President of the Digital Economy chapter at ICC Mexico. In addition, he coordinates the Diploma program in Digital Economy in collaboration with Escuela Libre de Derecho.
Calderón has a BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana and has Diplomas in Marketing, Regulation, and Digital Economy. He has also given telecommunications seminars at the Universidad Anáhuac, Iberoamericana, and Tecnológico de Monterrey. In addition, Calderón writes technology articles for different magazines.
I have been with Telefónica since 2002, I started at Fundación Telefónica and in 2009 I began my professional career in the Sustainability area after completing a Master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Alcalá de Henares. This change was decisive for the development of my professional career.
At a time when sustainability was not so prevalent in organisations, Telefónica was visionary in incorporating what are now known as ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues into the company’s DNA. I am proud to work for a company like Telefónica, which has been committed to sustainability as the backbone of the company, not only as a business strategy, but also because it is a company with values, which knows the essential role it plays in society and the environment.
PhD and MsC. in Telecommunications Engineering, MsC. in Economics and Diplomated in Competition Law. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Víctor Mendoza prize in 2012. With more than 25 years of experience in the ICT sector, he has worked in the private sector, in public organisations and in consultancy. He teaches on various courses, and has published in academic journals and the media. He is the author of the book “Mitos sobre la regulación para la competencia” and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.
He has been with the Telefónica group for more than 15 years, always in the area of regulation, initially at Telefónica España and since 2013, at Telefónica S.A.
In this role, he designs and coordinates the strategy of the company in Spain, Brussels and Telefonica´s footprint on issues related to digital markets public policy, competition law and regulation.
Juan holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Management Development Programme (PDD) from IESE Business School. After five years practicing law in a firm based in Madrid, he joined the Legal Services team of Telefónica Móviles in 1996, a decisive moment when the process of liberalization of telecommunications in Spain began. From 2006 to 2016, he headed the Telecommunications Legal Department in Telefónica España; and in 2016 he joined the Corporate Legal Services of the Group, at Telefónica S.A., as Director of the Competition Law, Privacy and Legal Regulatory Units. In 2021 was appointed to his current position as Chief Public Policy, Competition and Regulatory Officer at Telefónica S.A.
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Born in Barcelona, she studied Telecommunications Engineering at the UPC. She has spent her entire working life in the Telefónica Group, where she started in 1994 as a radio network optimiser at Telefónica Móviles España, and then went on to lead the mobile coverage deployment project in Catalonia.
In 2006, she was appointed Director of Operations for the Northern Territory of Telefónica España, where she was responsible for the creation, provision and maintenance of Telefónica’s fixed and mobile network in that region, and in 2012, she was appointed Territorial Director of the Southern Territory, before assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica España in 2018.
In April 2021, she was appointed CEO of Telefónica Tech Cyber Security & Cloud, where she led the cybersecurity and cloud division of Telefónica Group’s leading technology services provider NextGen. She has recently been appointed COO (Chief Operating Oficcer) for Spain and the Americas of Telefónica Tech.
Telefónica Tech has a strategic presence in Spain, the UK, the DACH region, the Adriatic region, the Nordic countries, the US, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Mexico, with the capacity to serve 5.5 million B2B customers of the Telefónica Group, including Enterprise and Public Administration, as well as SMEs and SOHO.
Graduated in journalism and with a master’s degree in corporate communication. I am passionate about the world of social media and storytelling that can contribute to society. He is now part of the Estudio 24 team.
Eusebio is responsible for the Digital Public Policy strategy with focus on new technologies and standards. He represents Telefonica in the International Telecommunications Union and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, as well as in others international organisations and institutions.
Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona and Master in Telecommunications Business with extensive experience in wholesale business, fixed networks, mobile networks, and regulation.
Experienced in the grounds of the telecommunications industry, worked on the external plant of Telefónica’s fixed network, in X.25 data networks and in mobile network radio accesses. He participated in the launch of first alternative mobile operator in Morocco in 2000 as chief engineer and later joined the wholesale business team of Telefónica Móviles where he developed business intelligence and international coordination tasks. In 2012 he joined the global units to develop Telefónica’s corporate regulatory positioning.
Since 2017, he is working in the Digital Public Policy Department representing Telefónica’s interests in international standardisation bodies.
He is a passionate about new technologies, both those directly related to telecom’s core business such as 5G, Edge, APIs, etc., and those that will become part of it in the future, such as blockchain and crypto, Artificial Intelligence, quantum computing, etc.
Javier Domínguez is responsible for Spectrum Policy. His role also includes the economic regulation of telecommunications and digital services. He is Chairman of the Frequencies group of GSMA-Europe.
Lawyer with a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and Master in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Diplomatic School of Madrid, he is specialised in the Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector, with extensive international experience in the development of Institutional Relations and Public Policies.
He has participated as a speaker on Telecommunications Regulation with different academic institutions such as the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, the Universidad Panamericana, the Universidad Anahuac, or the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo.
Since December 2019, he is responsible at Telefónica for the development of the European Green Deal regulatory package promoted by the European Commission.
Dr. Richard Benjamins is Former Chief Responsible AI Officer at Telefonica and founder of its “AI for Society and Environment” area, including the ethical use of AI. Before that he was the company’s Chief AI & Data Strategist.
He is among the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100, 2018).
He is co-founder and Vice President of the Spanish observatory for ethical and social impacts of AI (OdiseIA), board member of the environmental non-profit CDP Europe.
He forms part of the advisory board of the Centre for Digital Culture at the Vatican, of MIT-Sloan’s panel on Responsible AI, and is external AI expert for the AI Observatory of the European Parliament.
He is also co-chair of UNESCO’s business council for their AI recommendation, and member of GSMA’s AI for Impact taskforce.
He was Group Chief Data Officer at AXA (Insurance), held during 10 years executive positions at Telefonica on Big Data and Analytics, and was a member of the B2G data-sharing Expert Group of the EC.
He co-founded iSOCO, an early AI startup, in 1999.
Furthermore, he holds a PhD in Cognitive Science, has published over 150 scientific articles, is founding editorial board member of Springer’s AI Ethics journal, and is author of the books “The myth of the algorithm” (Spanish) and “A Data-Driven Company” (English, Spanish), and “The algorithm and I” (Spanish). He is a frequent speaker on Artificial Intelligence events, and a strategic advisor to several start-ups and companies.