Overview

• Rosa Lerchundi, current national news chief at Telecinco, will assume the Casa del Rey communications directorship on September 1, succeeding Jordi Gutiérrez after his eleven-year tenure.
• Marta Carazo, former TVE economics correspondent, will take over as head of the Queen’s Secretariat on the same date following María Ocaña’s departure for personal reasons.
• The appointments were approved by consensus of King Felipe VI, Secretary General Mercedes Araújo, and chief of the royal household Camilo Villarino after interviews with multiple candidates.
• Lerchundi’s appointment aims to strengthen the monarchy’s digital and audiovisual outreach, building on her 18 years leading political coverage at Informativos Telecinco.
• These changes represent the eighth senior leadership turnover under Camilo Villarino since his March 2024 overhaul of the Casa del Rey.