Independent

María Teresa Ballester

Nationality: Spain.

Education: MBA from Columbia University in New York City and graduated Cum Laude in Finance and Political Science from Boston College.

Experience: She is an international and multicultural investor with over 25 years of investment experience, focused on shareholders’ value creation thorugh Steering Committees and Boards. She has been CEO of 3i Private Equity in Spain where she has held over ten Board positions in private equity portfolio companies. Currently, she is founder and managing partner of Nexxus Iberia Private Equity Fund I and independent director of Sonae.

Se has been an independent director of Repsol, S.A. and member of its Audit and Risk and Remuneration committee. Independent director of Prisa, S.A., Chaired its Sustainability Committee and member of its Audit & Risk Committee.

Independent board member and audit committee at family- owned Grupo Lar and senior Advisor at EY Deals and AON Spain. Chaired ASCRI (Spanish Private Equity Association) and Level 20´s Spanish Chapter. Currently, she is member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) and the Board of Trustees of the Junior Achievement Foundation.

Started her career at GTE Corporation (Verizon) as a financial executive and Booz Allen Hamilton as a strategy consultant in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal.

Membership of Board Committees: Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nominations, Remunerations and Sustainability Committee.