Overview
- Telefónica's board approved Ortuzar's appointment yesterday, according to the Spanish outlets reporting the decision.
- Ortuzar joins the board of Telefónica Audiovisual Digital, which runs Movistar Plus+ and holds major sports rights including La Liga and European competitions.
- The company frames the move as reinforcing the platform's governance with profiles of high specialization and strategic vision.
- A former president of the Basque Nationalist Party, Ortuzar previously led public broadcaster EITB for about a decade.
- The step follows his recent work as an external advisor to PwC, and Telefónica also added Marcos Contreras, a longtime CriteriaCaixa board member, to the same governing body.