Overview

• Pepa Bueno was removed after nearly four years leading El País since her July 2021 appointment
• Jan Martínez Ahrens, formerly director of El País América, becomes the paper’s eighth director
• Martínez Ahrens brings experience as subdirector in Madrid and chief correspondent across the US, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
• Under Bueno’s tenure El País grew to over 400,000 subscribers and launched six editions in the Americas
• The leadership shift follows recent executive changes at Cadena Ser, where Ignacio Soto and Montserrat Domínguez were replaced