Amparo Moraleda Martínez Explained

Amparo Moraleda
Birth Date:	1964
Birth Place:	Madrid
Nationality:	Spanish
Occupation:	business executive
Alma Mater:	Comillas Pontifical University, IESE Business School

Amparo Moraleda Martínez (Madrid, 1964) is a Spanish business executive.

Early life and education

Moraleda received a degree in industrial engineering at Comillas Pontifical University. She graduated from IESE Business School with an MBA.^[1]

Career

In 1988 Moraleda joined IBM, and took the role of president for the company for Spain and Portugal in 2001. In 2005 she was named president of IBM Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Turkey).^[2] In the same year she was also inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame.^[3]

At the end of 2008, Moraleda left the company to join Iberdrola as International Director of Operations,^[4] a position she was in until February 2012.^[5] She became member of the Board of Directors of CaixaBank in 2014.^[6] In May 2015, she replaced Josep Piqué as Spanish advisor for Airbus.^[7] In October 2016, Moraleda joined the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences.^[8]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• Maersk, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021)^[9]
• Spencer Stuart, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)
• Vodafone, Non-Executive Independent Member of the Board of Directors(since 2017)
• Airbus, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015)^[10]
• SAP Ibérica, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2013)
• KPMG Spain, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2012)
• Solvay, Member of the Board of Directors (2013–2021)^[11]
• Faurecia, Member of the Board of Directors (2012–2017)^[12]

Non-profit organizations

• Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Member of the Governing Board (since 2010)^[13]

External links

• Book: Esteban Fernández Sánchez. Administración de empresas : un enfoque interdisciplinar. March 2010. Editorial Paraninfo. 978-84-9732-802-9. 779–.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Executive Profile* Amparo Moraleda Martinez. Bloomberg. 3 August 2015.
2. Luque. Julia. Amparo Moraleda, Presidenta de IBM España, Grecia, Portugal, Turquía, Israel, Malta y Chipre. Dinero: Inteligencia Empresarial. 2005. 943. 50–53. Grupo Negocios. 1578-7311.
3. Web site: Women in Technology International Hall of Fame - Amparo Martinez . . 23 March 2018.
4. News: Moraleda deja IBM para dirigir el área internacional de Iberdrola . Spanish . El País . 16 December 2008 . 25 July 2015 .
5. News: Iberdrola sustituye a Amparo Moraleda en el área internacional después de tres años . Spanish . El País . 4 February 2012 . 25 July 2015 .
6. Web site: María Amparo Moraleda Martínez. CaixaBank.
7. News: Amparo Moraleda sustituye a Piqué como consejera española de Airbus. El País . 27 May 2015. Spanish . 25 July 2015.
8. Web site: La Real Academia inaugura el nuevo Curso Académico con el ingreso de Amparo Moraleda. September 29, 2016. RACEF.
9. https://investor.maersk.com/board-directors Board of Directors
10. Tim Hepher (27 May 2015), Airbus faces tensions over Spanish board appointment Reuters.
11. https://www.solvay.com/sites/g/files/srpend221/files/2021-05/AGO%202021%20PV%20%20VOTE_en%20%281%29.pdf Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting, 11 May 2021
12. https://www.faurecia.com/en/newsroom/appointment-new-board-members Appointment of new Board members
13. https://www.csic.es/en/csic/organisation/organizational-chart#Consejo-Rector Governing Board