Gastón Bottazzini, until now executive advisor to Marta Álvarez, president of El Corte Inglés, will be the new CEO of the department store group. He will lead the new strategic plan for the five-year period 2025-2030.
Gastón Bottazzini will report to the delegated executive committee, chaired by Marta Álvarez and composed of José Ramón de Hoces and Javier Rodríguez-Arias, and the rest of the board of directors. In the company's organizational structure, the two general managers, José María Folache, for retail, and Santiago Bau, for corporate affairs, will continue in their roles. Both will report to the new CEO.
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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1969, Gastón Bottazzini had been an executive advisor to Marta Álvarez since February. Previously, he was the CEO of the Chilean distribution company Falabella, where he also held various positions for 15 years, and an associate at McKinsey & Company between 1996 and 2008, focusing primarily on the financial and consumer goods sectors in Latin America, the United States, and Spain.
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