Audit Committee
(as at 31 January 2012)
María Eva Castillo Sanz (*1962)
Chairman
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Maria Pilar López Álvarez (*1970)
Vice-chairman
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Vladimír Dlouhý (*1953)
Member
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Pavel Herštík (*1951)
Member
(résumé in section Supervisory Board)
Jaime Smith Basterra (*1965)
Member
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 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 Industrial Alliances of Telefónica, S.A. From October 2010 he is Director of Telefónica 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. In 2006–2009 he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica Czech Republic.
Overview of membership in the Audit Committee of Telefónica CR as at 31 January 2012
| Name | Position | Member since |
|---|---|---|
| María Eva Castillo Sanz | Chairman of the Audit Committee | 7 May 2010 |
| Maria Pilar López Álvarez | Vice-chairman of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| Vladimír Dlouhý | Member of the Audit Committee | 8 November 2011 (elected substitute member on 28 April 2011) |
| Pavel Herštík | Member of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
| Jaime Smith Basterra | Member of the Audit Committee | 3 April 2009 |
All changes in the personnel composition in the Audit Committee in 2011 were described in the 2010 Annual Report and in the 2011 Half-year Report.
In the second half of 2011 and in the period starting 1 January and ending 31 January 2012, the following changes occurred in the personnel composition of the Audit Committee:
| Alfonso Alonso Durán | resigned from membership in the Audit Committee and from his vice-chairmanship of the Audit Committee with effect from 8 November 2011 |
| Vladimír Dlouhý | became member of the Audit Committee by succession from his substitute membership |
