Maria Cudeiro. Although born in Tarragona, María Cudeiro comes from a Galician family, she studied pharmacy in Santiago and has been managing the Austrian-born Croma-Pharma laboratories for Spain and Portugal since 2016, specializing in the cosmetics sector since more than ten years.
Marta Ortega, President of Inditex MARCOS MGUEZ
Martha Ortega. From the daughter of the founder of Inditex, current president of the company, Forbes His leadership in the areas of internal audit, general secretariat, board of directors and communication stands out. His passion outside of business is horse riding, which he practices to the point that his mare Dana Blue was voted Horse of the Year 2021 by the Dutch Stud-Book. Marta Ortega took office last July before the general meeting of shareholders, succeeding her father 15 years after having started working within the multinational. Since childhood, she has lived the future of a company that, with her at its head, faces a new stage, more creative and more aesthetic.
Nadia Calvio, First Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs MARSHAL | ECE
Nadia Calvio. Economist and law graduate from UNED, Nadia Calvio was born in A Coruña, but soon – at the age of five – she moved to Madrid, where she settled with her family. After more than a decade of work at the Spanish Ministry of Economy, she moved to the European Commission in 2006, and in 2018, after the motion of censure against Rajoy, Pedro Sánchez offered her to take the head of the economic portfolio. Two years later, she was appointed third vice-president of the government and in 2021, promoted to first vice-president.
Sandra Ortega. Daughter of Amancio Ortega and Rosala Mera, she is the richest woman in the country, second shareholder of the textile group Inditex. Discreet, both in her appearances and in her banking transactions, she is a tireless philanthropist devoted to the Paideia Foundation, which she chairs, a social work centered on the promotion of equal opportunities and promoting social development.
Yolanda Daz, Second Vice-President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy ZIPI | ECE
Yolanda Diaz. Born in Fene (Ferrol) 51 years ago, she has been a lawyer in labor law, Minister of Labor and Social Economy since January 2020 and Second Vice-President of the Government since July 2021. She stands out for her sense of negotiation and her good humour, as she demonstrated with the labor reform begun in March, emphasizes Forbes,adding that this year the Galician has imposed herself even more on the platform of political recognition with Sumar, the movement she leads and with which she intends to stand in the next legislative elections.
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