Honorary Membership
Honorary member of the foundation’s board of trustees:
Luis Antonio Malvido
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica Czech Republic, a.s.
Graduated in Industrial Engineering at from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires. Joined Telefónica in the 1980s during the privatisation process as a member of a team for the valuation of the target company. Afterwards he worked in various customer service, sales, business development and strategic planning positions in Telefónica. In June 1998 he was appointed Vice President and Executive Director at Telefónica Móviles Argentina, Unifón, where he was responsible for the start-up of the company, its merger with another regional operator and for the establishment of a nation-wide mobile operator. From January 2005 he was President and Executive Director of Telefónica Venezuela, Movistar and later he became member of the Management Committee of Telefónica Latam, where he was also President of the Regional Quality Committee. From January 2008 he was Executive Director at TeleSP, a Telefónica subsidiary in Brazil. In February 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telefónica Czech Republic, and simultaneously also member of the board of Telefónica Europe and honorary member of the O2 Foundation.
