Andrés Varela Entrecanales

Proprietary Director

Member of the Board of Directors

 

Andres Varela Entrecanales (Madrid, 1961). After studying at the Colegio Estudio and at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in 1985 Varela Entrecanales began his career as a journalist and presenter for musical programs on Radio El País. In 1986 he moved to London where he worked for BBC Radio and Warner Music as well as on the launch of Channel 10 in Spain. Subsequently, in 1990, he returned to Spain and joined Canal Plus from the launch of its broadcasts and worked in the channel's self-promotion department. As a founding partner of GECA, he chaired the television consultancy from 1993 to 1997, specializing in the analysis of audiences and programming trends. In 1995 GECA merged with Globomedia, and he combined his duties at GECA with the post of head of  Entertainment Programs at Globomedia, where he produced more than 20 entertainment programs in Spain and Latin America through the company Promofilm. With the subsequent merger of Globomedia and Mediapro, he joined the boards of Grupo Imagina and La Sexta, after its launch in 2006. In 2015 he left Grupo Imagina to found and chair The Pool TM, an audiovisual production company. His family group has been part of PRISA since its foundation and he has sat on the Board of SER for two years.

 

Category:

Proprietary (proposal of Global Alconaba, S.L.)

First and last appointments:

  • 7 September 2022

Boards of Directors of other listed companies to which he serves (*):

None

(*) Excluding: (i) holding or family-owned companies and (ii) positions in companies that had been already recorded in the previous biographical note.

Boards of Directors of other non- listed companies to which he serves (*):

  • Chairman of Pool Anvar Holding, S.L.
  • Chairman of The Pool TM, S.L.
  • Chairman of The Pool Guest, S.L.

(*) Excluding: (i) holding or family-owned companies and (ii) positions in companies that had been already recorded in the previous biographical note.

Other paid activities:

The director is the MGVH 2000, S.L Joint Administrator and does not perform remunerated activities other than those mentioned.

Ownership Interest:

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