Jaime Smith Basterra (*1965)

Chairman

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 2006 to 2009 he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica Europe plc. He also serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic.

Alfonso Alonso Durán (*1957)

1st Vice Chairman

Holds a BA degree in Economics from the Universidad Autónoma Madrid, and an MBA from IESE Business School Barcelona. He started his professional career in 1974 with Banco de Bilbao as manager/controller. He joined Telefónica as economist and worked in several departments: internal audit, accounts, infrastructure, international communications, financial controlling and cost management in the Spanish fixed business unit. In 1999 he left Telefónica de España for Telefónica, S.A., as Deputy Director for Planning and Management Control. In 2003, he became General Manager for Strategy, Budget and Control. In 2008 took the position of Director of Operations in the corporation and became in the same year Director of Transformation in charge of Purchases, Technology, Information systems and Strategy and Innovation to Transform in the scope of the operative integration of the business units of Telefónica.

Lubomír Vinduška (*1956)

2nd Vice Chairman

Graduated in radio and communication from the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering. In 1974–1979 he worked as a TV repairman and later as an electrical technician at Okresní kovopodnik Praha-východ (Prague-East Regional Metal Works), then at TESLA Strašnice and Czechoslovak Radio. He has been with Telefónica O2 Czech Republic and its legal predecessors since 1979. He worked as an energy operations foreman, head of energy operations and head of territorial transport and mechanisation, Prague. At present he holds the position of Transport and Mechanisation Specialist. He is Deputy Chairman for Telecommunications of the Post, Telecommunications and Newspaper Services Employees Trade Union Deputy Chairman of the Trade Union Steering Committee at Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, and Chairman of the Prague Trade Union Steering Committee.

Luis Lada Díaz (*1949)

Member

He holds a degree in telecommunications engineering and joined the Telefónica Group in 1973 in the Research and Development Department, rising through the ranks to hold various managerial and executive positions within the group. In 1989 he was Deputy Director for Technology, Planning and International Services. Later he joined Amper Group, a manufacturer of telecommunications system and equipment, as Director of Planning and Control. He returned to the Telefónica Group in 1993 as Chief Controller for Subsidiaries and Participated Companies. In 1994 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Móviles de España, S.A., and in September 2000 he went on to become President and Chief Executive of Telefónica Móviles, S.A. until 2004, when he was named Director for Development, Planning and Regulatory Affairs of Telefónica, S.A. In 2005 he was elected Executive Chairman of Telefónica de España, S.A.U. Until he left his executive positions in Telefónica in July 2006, he had served on the Boards of Directors of Telefónica, S.A., Telefónica Móviles, S.A., Telefónica Internacional, S.A. and other Telefónica Group‘s corporations, and currently is a member of several foundations and think-tank Groups in Spain, Professor “Ad Honorem” of the Politechnic University of Madrid, Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Scientific Advisory Board of Telefónica Research & Development (TID, S.A.) and the Telefónica Latinoamerica Advisory Board; and Member of the Boards of Directors of INDRA Sistemas S.A., Telefónica I+D, Telcel (Telefónica Venezuela), Ydilo Advanced Voice Solutions, S.A.

Maria Pilar López Álvarez (*1970)

Member

A graduate of Business Studies, she joined Telefónica after working for several years at JP Morgan in London and New York where she worked her way up to Vice President. Pilar joined the Telefónica Group 1999 in Telefónica de España’s Strategic Planning Department. In May 2000 she was appointed Director of Management Control at Telefónica, S.A. Two years later she joined Telefónica Móviles S.A. to head up its Management Control function. In October 2006 she was promoted to Director of Strategy and Business Development at Telefónica de España. On 1st March 2007, she was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Telefónica O2 Europe plc (now Telefónica Europe plc).

Enrique Used Aznar (*1941)

Member

Enrique Used Aznar acts as a member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica International, Telefónica of Brasil (Telesp) and Telefónica Perú. He is also a member of the Assembly Directive of IESE of Madrid, vice chairman of Spanish Association for Cancer Research and Patron of Cancer Science Foundation. He has also served as Executive Chairman of Telefónica Internacional S.A., Telefónica Servicios Móviles and Telefónica I+D, as executive vice chairman of TPI Páginas Amarillas, Telefónica of Chile and Telintar (investor from Argentina), and as member of the Boards of Directors of Telefónica, Telefónica of Argentina, AT&T Network System International and Ericsson Spain. He holds a degree in telecommunications engineering from Universidad de Madrid, and a degree from IESE (Business Management).

Ángel Vilá Boix (*1964)

Member

Graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (1988) and holds a MBA from Columbia University (New York, 1990). After working as a financial analyst at Citibank NA and consultant at McKinsey & Co. he went to work for Ferrovial and Pacsa, two Spanish construction and service companies. In 1997 Mr. Vilá joined Telefónica as Group Controller, being promoted in 1998 to CFO at Telefónica Internacional and, subsequently, to Managing Director of Corporate Development at Group level. Mr. Vilá is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telco SpA (Italy) and member of the European Advisory Panel of Macquarie’s MEIF 1, 2, 3 Funds. He previously served on the Boards of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), CTC Chile, Cablevisión Argentina, Terra Lycos, Indra SSI, Telefónica Sistemas, Telefónica Data, Atento and Catalana d’Iniciatives.

Anselmo Enriquez Linares (*1965)

Member

Simon Linares having joined from Diageo where he was HR Director for the leading premium drinks company’s Africa region, took up his position on 1 July 2008 as a new Group Human Resources Director and is responsible for the company’s businesses in Europe outside of Spain, and also serves as a Member of the Board at Telefónica Europe plc. Simon has significant experience in management development at an international level thanks to his previous roles as HR Director for Africa and Iberia regions at Diageo. Prior to Diageo, Simon worked for a number of major companies in the financial services and consumer goods industries, including Barclays, Lloyds TSB and Grand Metropolitan. British born with Spanish parents, Simon is bilingual in English and Spanish. His global career experience has included responsibility for regions as diverse as Thailand, Latin America and North America. He currently resides in London.

Antonio Botas Bañuelos (*1963)

Member

He earned his Bachelor degree at Universidad Complutense in law and a Master degree in Economics and Business Administration (MBA) at IESE in Barcelona. He has twenty years of experience in management, operative and strategic marketing and co-ordination of large multinational teams, and he has worked in international markets, namely those in the Americas and Europe. He worked as Marketing Manager in Royal Insurance, which he joined after leaving Johnson & Johnson. He joined the Telefónica Group in 1995 and he worked for Telefónica Publicidad e Informacion, Doubleclick Iberoamérica, Terra and Terra Lycos in positions ranging from Chief Sales and Marketing Officer to Executive Vice President for New Business. From 2005 until August 2007 he worked as Chief Transformation and Convergence Officer in Telefónica O2 Czech Republic. Since September 2007 he holds the position of Managing Director Product Development & Brand Management at Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG. He is member of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic since April 2008. In 2010 he took the position of Director of International Coordination Global Marketing in Telefónica S.A.

Guillermo José Fernández Vidal (*1946)

Member

He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Computer Science and in 1989 he joined Telefónica, first as a manager and later he was promoted to Commercial Director (1992–1995) and General Manager of Companies of Telefónica (1995–1999). In 1999 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Data and President of Telefónica Data España. In the same year he was also a member of statutory bodies at Telefónica Móviles, Telefónica de España, Vía Digital and Portugal Telecom. In 2003 he was appointed General Manager for Subsidiaries. From 2004 to 2005 he was General Manager for Commercial Development and Affiliates at Telefónica, S.A. In 2005 he was appointed as Corporate General Manager of Telefónica, S.A. and member of the board of Telefónica Móviles de España, Telefónica de España and TPI. He is presently advisor to Telefónica, S.A.

Eduardo Andres Julio Zaplana Hernández-Soro (*1956)

Member

Eduardo Zaplana has a degree in law and was the President of the regional Government of Valencia from 1995 to 2002. He has been a member of the Spanish Parliament and Senator, as well as the Spanish Minister for Labour and Social Affairs and government spokesman from 2002 to 2004. Among other official posts, he has also been President of the Commission for Regional Policy and Structural Funds, member of the Bureau and first Vice President at the Committee of the Regions (CoR). In April 2008, Telefónica appointed Eduardo Zaplana as the Company´s representative for Europe. Telefónica has an office in Brussels and operations in the UK, Germany, Ireland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mr. Zaplana is a member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica Europe plc from July 2008. In December 2008, Telefónica has carried out a reorganization of its directive structure to strengthen the sections depending from the Chairman, and specifically the Technical General Secretariat, and it has created a new position of Associate to the Technical Secretary General. This position will be occupied by Eduardo Zaplana, who widens in this way its field of action from his previous position related only to one of the geographical areas, Europe.

Petr Gazda (*1965)

Member

Graduated in Economics and Management (BA) from the Business College Ostrava. He has been with Telefónica O2 Czech Republic (and its legal predecessors) since 1991; he presently works as Network Operations Director for Regions; previously: 1991–2006 Eurotel Praha; 1988–1991 ČESKÝ TELECOM; 1986–1988 AŽD Praha, specialist; 1983–1984 AŽD Praha, electrical engineer. In the last five years he was not a member of any other statutory or supervisory bodies except for the Supervisory Board of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s.

Pavel Herštík (*1951)

Member

Graduated in communication technology from the Secondary Technology School of Electrotechnical Engineering. In 1972, he started working as a telephone test centre technician in Ředitelství telekomunikací Praha (Telecommunications Headquarters, Prague). For the next 20 years (1975–1995), he worked in the field of work procedure planning, evaluation and work efficiency measurement. From 1995 to 2005, he was Head of Information Management and went on to become Head of the Management, Organisation and Administration Department. At present, he is Senior Specialist in the area of management and administration of management documents. In 2005 and 2009 he completed courses in international accounting standards and intra-holding relationships. In 2007 he was certified under the National Certification Programme for Corporate Ethics and Culture. He is Chairman of the Trade Union Steering Committee of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic and member of the European Works Council of the European division of the Telefónica Group. He has not, for the last five years, been a member in another supevisory body of another company.

Tomáš Firbach (*1976)

Member

Graduated in Management and Economics in Transportation from the Czech Technical University, Department of Transportation. After his graduation in 1999 he worked in JSJ spol. s r.o. as information systems manager. In 2001 he joined Eurotel Praha, spol. s r.o. (the legal predecessor of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic) as network planning specialist. In 2004–2005 we worked in ČD Telekomunikace, a.s. (presently ČD Telematika, a.s.) as business consultant. He has been with Telefónica O2 Czech Republic since 2005, working as Senior Product Manager for fixed line data services. In the last five years he was not a member of any other statutory or supervisory bodies except for the Supervisory Board of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s.

Dušan Stareček (*1956)

Member

Qualified in Electronic and Electrical Technology at the Technical and Engineering Secondary School in Rožnov p. Radhoštěm. In 1975, he started work as a technician at Long-distance Cables Administration, Prague (the legal predecessor of ČESKÝ TELECOM). In 1992, he was promoted to the position of Head of External Maintenance in the Transmission Technology Unit (the legal predecessor of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic). At present, he works as Specialist for Operation and Maintenance of Digital Telecommunications Technology in Ostrava. He is a member of the Trade Union Steering Committee of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Chairman of KOV MORAVA and member of EWC (European Works Council) at Telefónica Europe plc.

Information about the term of office of Supervisory Board members is given in sub-section Governing bodies of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic.

All changes in the personnel composition in the Board of Directors in 2009 were described in the 2008 Annual Report and in the 2009 Half-year Report. No changes occurred in the personnel composition of the Board of Directors in the second half of 2009.

No changes occurred in the personnel composition of the Supervisory Board in 2009 and in the period from 1 January to 15 March 2010.