Pilar López

Current public company boards: Inditex

Prior public company boards: Ferguson PLC, Telefonica Deutschland Holdings AG, O2 Czech Republic 

Executive experience: Pilar is currently vice president of vice president of strategic partnerships, London Stock Exchange Group – Capital Markets at Microsoft.

She began her career at JP Morgan in Madrid, London, and New York where she became vice president. She later joined Telefónica in 1999, working in a number of finance and strategy positions across the European and Latin American businesses, including financial controller in Telefónica Móviles, strategy director in Telefónica de España, chief financial officer of O2 in London, and chief financial officer for Telefónica Europe in Madrid.

She served as non executive director of Ferguson Plc (former Wolseley Plc). She is currently a non executive director of INDITEX and chair of the audit and compliance committee, and board member of Club Empresarial ICADE. 

Additional information: Pilar is a board member of ONCE Foundation and Club Empresarial ICADE, as well as a member of the board of governors of the US Chamber of Commerce in Spain and ESIC Business School.

Pilar López holds a bachelor of science in business administration and a major in finance from ICADE University in Madrid, Spain.