Kind:

Independent

Professional and biographical profile:

Education: : Law Degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (CEU San Pablo) and PDG from IESE Business School. Qualified Insurance Mediator - Insurance Broker of the Ministry of Economy (DGSFP). She has specific training in Cybersecurity Governance for the Board of Directors, from the MIT Sloan School of Management and in cyber crisis management and cybersecurity, from the National Cryptology Center.

Experience: Elena Jiménez de Andrade has more than 30 years of experience in business management, strategic consulting and the comprehensive management of corporate, personal and wealth-related risks, with a particular focus on the insurance sector. Her career combines business management with corporate governance, innovation, digital transformation and risk oversight, particularly cyber risks and risks associated with artificial intelligence. 

Her experience includes cyber risk mitigation and the design of global strategies for digital asset protection and corporate resilience.

Since 2013, she has been President of the Professional Association of Insurance Intermediaries of Madrid. She was the first woman to preside the General Council of the Spanish Insurance Intermediaries Association, and has served as a director and in senior representative roles in international organisations such as the Pan-American Confederation of Insurance Producers (COPAPROSE), the World Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (WFII) and the European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries (BIPAR).

She is an advisory member in different advisory boards of companies related to the insurance and technology industry.

Date of appointment:

First appointment: May 9, 2019 by co-option and ratified on June 13, 2019.

Last reelection as director: June 15, 2023

Appointment as lead director: December 18, 2023.