Pablo Isla Explained

Pablo Isla
Birth Date:22 January 1964
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Alma Mater:Complutense University, IE University
Years Active:1988-present

Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera (born 22 January 1964) is a Spanish businessman and a State lawyer who was chairman and CEO of Inditex, a Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group, from 2005 to 2022.

Early life and education

Isla graduated with a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1987 being the second in his year and the best grade of the squad until the date.[1] [2] He joined the State Lawyers Corps in 1988, the 1st in his promotion.[3]

Career

From 1992 to 1996 Isla was Director of Legal Services for Banco Popular Español.[4] In 1996, he left that position and became the General Manager of the National heritage department of the Treasury. In 1998, he rejoined Banco Popular Español as General Secretary. From 2000 to 2005, he was chairman of Altadis group.[5] [6] Isla was named CEO and deputy chairman of Inditex in 2005 and was named chairman of the company in 2011.[7]

Under Isla, Inditex committed to eliminate the release of all hazardous chemicals from production and products by 2020.[8] [9] [10] Isla has also committed the company to adopt an eco-efficient store model that can reduce emissions by 30 percent and water consumption by 50% by 2020.[11]

Inditex expanded from 2,692 stores in 2005, to 7,013 stores at the end of 2015 under Isla's leadership. During the same period, he is also credited with leading the company's online expansion.[12]

In 2022, Inditex paid Isla 12.4 million euros in his last year with the company, more than double what he received in 2020 as the executive president.[13] He was replaced with Oscar Garcia and Marta Ortega.[14]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Recognition

In 2017 Isla was recognized as the Best-Performing CEOs in the World's list by Harvard Business Review[20] (up from 3rd position in 2015 [21] and 14th in 2014 [22]). Likewise, from 2012 to 2013, Isla was listed on Barron's list of World's Best CEOs.[23] [24]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pablo Isla, a broad curriculum to succeed Amancio Ortega at the helm of Inditex. 1 October 2011. El Mundo. 23 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Industria de Diseno Textil S.A. Key People. The Wall Street Journal. 23 August 2016.
  3. Pablo Isla, elegido el mejor 'Directivo de 2008' por la AED. Expansión. 20 May 2009.
  4. Web site: Executive Profile Pablo Isla Alvarez De Tejera. Bloomberg Business. 13 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Telofonica Professional Profile. Telefonica . 10 May 2007. 13 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Board Members. Inditex. 13 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161028015122/http://www.inditex.com/our_group/board_members. 28 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Pablo Isla Alvarez de Tejera Biography. Business of Fashion. 13 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Zara Commits to Detox after Greenpeace Dressing Down. Business Green. James . Murray. 30 November 2012. 13 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Sustainable Inditex 2011-2015. Inditex. 13 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313091615/http://www.inditex.com/documents/10279/28230/Grupo_INDITEX_plan_1115_en.pdf/ec2e49f0-5cf5-4e7b-b597-b72fc8a0cb7a. 13 March 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: Is Apple "Greener" Than Starbucks?. Fortune . Brian . Dumaine . 24 June 2014. 13 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Inditex Adaptará Todas sus Tiendas de China al Modelo Ecoeficiente. El Pais. 29 October 2015. 13 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Zara Parent Inditex Slows Store Expansion as Online Sales Grow. The Wall Street Journal. Jeannette . Neumann . Ana . Garcia. 9 March 2016 . 13 July 2016.
  13. Corina Pons (1 April 2022), Analysis: More than a chairperson - founder's daughter takes Zara helm Reuters.
  14. Corina Pons (1 April 2022), Analysis: More than a chairperson - founder's daughter takes Zara helm Reuters.
  15. https://www.bertelsmann.com/news-and-media/news/pablo-isla-appointed-to-bertelsmann-supervisory-board.jsp?atn=2862170&abp=2862170,2862222, Pablo Isla Appointed to Bertelsmann Supervisory Board
  16. Web site: Board of Directors . 2023-02-13 . Nestlé Global . en.
  17. Web site: External Advisory Group McKinsey & Company . 2023-02-13 . www.mckinsey.com . en.
  18. https://www.ert.eu/members Members
  19. https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/museum/patrons Board of Trustees
  20. Web site: The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017. Harvard Business Review. October 2017. 24 October 2017.
  21. Web site: The Best-Performing CEOs in the World. Harvard Business Review. November 2015. 13 July 2016.
  22. Web site: The Best-Performing CEOs in the World. November 2014 . Harvard Business Review. 13 July 2016.
  23. Web site: Profiles of the World's Best CEOs. Barron's. Jonathan . Buck. 24 March 2012. 13 July 2016.
  24. Web site: World's Best CEOs. Barron's. Andrew . Bary. 25 March 2013. 13 July 2016.

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