María Teresa Ballester Fornés
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Commission
President of the Sustainability Commission
Graduated Cum Laude in Finance and Political Science from Boston College and holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York City.
Her career began at GTE Corporation (Verizon) in the United States as a financial executive, later joining the consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton as a strategy consultant for leading multinationals in Mexico, United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal.
She has been CEO of 3i in Spain, where she developed extensive experience in the international private equity sector, leading many investments and divestments, and participating in the recruitment process of institutional investors for global funds promoted by 3i. He has also led numerous refinancing operations, IPOs and has wide-ranging experience on boards of directors of several companies, both listed and non-listed.
Between 2014 and January 2017 Ms. Ballester provided services to EY as external advisor of the Transaction Services (TAS) Division. She is currently the founder and Managing Partner of the private equity fund Nexxus Iberia I.
Ms. Ballester was also President of the Spanish Private Equity Association (ASCRI) and, until 2021, she served as a Director of Repsol and as member of its Audit and Remuneration Committee. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of ING.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Junior Achievement Foundation and of the Directors’ Institute (ICA) – where she also teaches – as well as the Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and the International Women’s Forum. She collaborates with business schools and professional associations on matters such as sustainability and private equity.
Category:
Independent
First and last appointments:
- 30 July 2019
- 29 January 2020
Boards of Directors of other listed companies to which se serves (*):
- Director of Cellnex Telecom, S.A.
(*) 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 she serves (*):
- Director of Nexxus Iberia I.
- Director of Significant Impact Systems SL
- Director of Spaicol LDA
(*) 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 does not perform remunerated activities other than those mentioned.