Carlos López Blanco

Biography

 Carlos López Blanco was born in Valladolid in 1959, and holds a degree in law from Valladolid University. He also obtained a Business Executive degree from the IESE Business School and is a State Lawyer. From 1984 to 1989, he worked as State Lawyer in the Basque Region of Spain and at the Ministries of Education, Justice, Economy and Finance. In 1989, Mr López Blanco moved to the private sector, where he was appointed Secretary of the Board of Directors and General Counsel at Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A. (CASA). In 1992, he was appointed Director of Legal Affairs at IBM Spain and from 1995 to 2001 occupied the position of General Secretary of Airtel, which later became Vodafone Spain. From 2002 to 2004, he held the position of Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society in the Spanish Government. From 2004 to 2007, he was Chairman of ENTER, the Centre for the Analysis of the Information Society and Telecommunications at the Instituto de Empresa Business School. He was member of the Board of Ericsson Spain and Ydilo Advanced Voice Solutions, as well as member of the Advisory Board of INDRA. He was also Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Innovation, Bankinter. In July 2007, Mr López Blanco joined Telefónica S.A. and was appointed Director of the International Office. In November 2012, Mr. López Blanco was appointed Global Head, Public and Corporate Affairs at Telefónica, S.A. and from March 2014 has been appointed Global Head, Public and Regulatory Affairs. Now Mr. López Blanco is a Member of the Executive Committee of Telefónica.

Research Interest

 telecommunication