Audit Committee
(as at 15 March 2011)
Alfonso Alonso Durán (*1957)
Chairman
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
María Eva Castillo Sanz (*1962)
Vice chairman
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Pavel Herštík (*1951)
Memeber
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Maria Pilar López Álvarez (*1970)
Memeber
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Jaime Smith Basterra (*1965)
Memeber
Graduated in Economics and Business Administration (BA, Universidad Comercial Deusto, Spain) and holds an MA in Finance and Investments (Exeter University, UK). Before joining Telefónica, he worked in the financial sector for a Spanish brokerage firm, and for Banesto (BSCH Group) as Director for Global Equities in its fund management division. He joined the Telefónica Group in 1999 as Director for Financial Planning at Telefónica Internacional, and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in December of the same year. In October 2000, he was appointed Controller of the Telefónica Group. From December 2002, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Telefónica de España. In June 2005, he was made Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ČESKÝ TELECOM (now Telefónica O2 Czech Republic). In June 2007, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH. Since June 2009, he was made Director of Subsidiaries and Indurstrial Alliances of Telefónica, S.A. From October 2010 he is Director of Telefonica Mobile Operations in Mexico, Central America and Venezuela. From 2006 to 2009 he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica Europe plc. and from 2008 to 2011 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic.
Personnel composition of the Audit Committee
of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s. as at 15 March 2011
| Name | Function | Member since |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Alonso Durán | Chairman of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| María Eva Castillo Sanz | Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee | 7 May 2010 |
| Pavel Herštík | Member of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| Maria Pilar López Álvarez | Member of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| Jaime Smith Basterra | Member of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| vacant | Member of the Audit Committee | Since 20 September 2010 |
Information about the duration of tenure of Audit Committee members can be found in section Governing bodies.
Changes in the personnel composition of the Audit Committee during the first half of 2010 were described in the 2009 Annual Report and in the 2010 Half-year Report.
The following changes occurred in the personnel composition of the Audit Committee in the second half of 2010 and in the period from 1 January until 15 March 2011:
| Enrique Used Aznar | his membership in the Supervisoy Board expired upon his death on 20 September 2010 |
