BBVA and Revolut present new faces and Goirigolzarri formalizes arrival at Inditex

BarcelonaNews on Inditex's board of directors. The Galician fashion giant – parent company of chains like Zara, Bershka, or Stradivarius – held its shareholders' meeting this week, which approved the incorporation into the highest governing body of a well-known profile on the Ibex-35; specifically, in the broad financial chapter of the selective. The banking sector has also announced new faces in its technology segment, with signings at Openpay and Revolut.

Raimundo Sala

Executive Director of Openpay

Openpay, BBVA's payment solutions platform, has renewed its management. Raimundo Sala will be the company's new chief executive officer. He arrives in the position, according to the bank, to "continue developing the value proposition" in the payment services segment of the Basque-based bank. With over 20 years of experience in the sector, Sala has worked for financial players of the caliber of EVO Payments, Bankia, or PayPal. According to the new Openpay leader, the platform must face an environment where "payments have ceased to be a simple transaction to become a growth platform for businesses"; with advances marked by AI and data analysis.

From his new role as Openpay's top executive, Sala assures that he must "lead the evolution" of the digital payments segment for companies and clients. The company is dedicated to developing the various payment methods that BBVA incorporates, from those dedicated to e-commerce to point-of-sale payment terminals, as well as solutions in the entity's mobile application that allow payments to be made and recorded with the device.

Kuba Fast

CEO of Revolut UAB

The digital bank Revolut accompanies its growth in the European Union with senior appointments. The company announced this week the appointment of Kuba Fast as the new Chief Executive Officer of Revolut Bank UAB, the Lithuania-based entity from which the neobank operates in most of Europe. Fast joins Revolut UAB from Chase UK, the retail banking segment of the North American entity JPMorgan Chase, where he contributed to the launch of its international consumer banking. His resume also includes several relevant roles at the Polish mBank, as well as at the consultancy McKinsey, where he was a partner. After receiving approval from the European Central Bank and the Bank of Lithuania, Fast will become part of the team leading Revolut's banking operations in the European Economic Area (EEA).

In a statement issued this week, Fast highlighted Revolut's ability to "offer innovative and localized products" adapted to the needs of the more than 55 million customers the entity has in Europe. The neobank, in fact, is undergoing a transition towards a dual headquarters structure, seeking to balance the entity with a Lithuanian license with the French banking hub, led by the CEO for Western Europe Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier. According to Nik Storonsky, Revolut's Chief Executive Officer, Fast's arrival "will allow us to accelerate our successful trajectory in Europe and consolidate our position as a leading bank on the continent".

José Ignacio Goirigolzarri

Independent Director of Inditex

The fashion giant founded by Amancio Ortega does not renounce its link with the financial world in the renewal of the board of directors that the general shareholders' meeting of 2026, held this week, had to approve: the company's investors ratified on Tuesday the appointment of the former president of CaixaBank, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, as a new independent director. Goirigolzarri takes over from another historical figure in the Spanish credit sector: Rodrigo Echenique. The multinational thus confirms an appointment that had already been announced at the beginning of June.

In her speech during the shareholders' meeting, the non-executive chairwoman of Inditex, Marta Ortega, valued Echenique's "12 years of rigor, dedication and commitment" on the board of directors. The executive thanked the director's work, of whom she assured that he "is part of the shared history" of the textile company. In addition to Goirigolzarri's entry, shareholders ratified the mandate of the board of directors, including the chairwoman and the CEO, Óscar García Maceiras. The meeting also approved increases in directors' remuneration, in view of the "excellent results" achieved in a "complex macroeconomic context".

Pedro Fondevilla

Executive Director of Yomovo

The Catalan mobility industry has also seen faces move in relevant companies. The dealership group Yomovo, born from the merger between Vallescar Automoció and Grup Maas in 2025, announced this week the appointment of Pedro Fondevilla as its new executive director. Fondevilla will assume the position on October 1st with the objective of "driving expansion, accompanying the recent merger, accelerating digitalization, and reinforcing its position among the main mobility operators in Spain".

With more than 20 years of experience in the automotive sector, Fondevilla previously held the general management of Seat and Cupra in France. He reached this position after holding various roles within both brands; as well as within the Volkswagen group in general, and in other relevant companies in the sector such as Renault. According to the executive, Yomovo "is born with the ambition to lead new mobility in Spain". For their part, the company's CEOs, Agustí Garcia and Josep Pont, have considered Fondevilla's experience "key" to "consolidate Yomovo as one of the major mobility groups" in the State.

Helena Borràs

HR Director of Atrys

In the medical sector, Atrys Health has incorporated Helena Borràs as HR Director, the executive position in charge of people management and talent management. The company, specialized in oncology care services, telediagnosis, pathological anatomy, and nuclear medicine, "is in a stage of transformation and evolution that offers a unique opportunity," according to the new director. Borràs arrives at Atrys with more than 15 years of experience in HR management to "develop talent, strengthen the company's key capabilities, and accompany the organization's evolution".

Throughout her career, Borràs has been part of Omnicom PR Group, where she created the human resources function in Spain, and collaborated with healthcare companies such as Novartis or Takeda in processes of cultural transformation, leadership, and talent management. She also held the position of Director of People and Transformation at PRIM, where she led the HR strategy during a process of expansion and business integration.

Rosa Cañadas

President of Acorfi

Several companies specializing in the financial market have established the Spanish Association of Corporate Finance Companies (Corporate Finance (Acorfi), the first entity of its kind in Spain. The objective, they assure, is "to give visibility, structure, and rigor to an ecosystem that is still little known and very atomized". The president of the entity will be Rosa Cañadas, also president of Talea Capital Partners. Accompanying Cañadas at the head of Acorfi will be the co-founder of M&A Fusiones y Adquisiciones, Jordi Alberich, as vice-president; and Gerard García, founder of Deale, who will be the general director. The board of directors will also include partners from various profiles within the Spanish financial fabric, such as CaixaBank, Pwc, EFPA Spain, ETL Global, Magallanes Business Consulting, and Mediterranea Capital Partners.

According to Cañadas, the entity's objective is "to contribute to the understanding of the tools that allow companies to finance themselves, grow, transform, and ensure continuity". Over the next few months, the entity plans to organize several institutional events to publicize its main lines of action. Furthermore, they expect to prepare and disseminate reports on the situation of Spanish corporate finance. "It is not just about analyzing the market, but about contributing to structuring it better, making it more visible, and bringing it closer to real business," she added in a statement.

Marta Garcia Escandell

President of FAGEM

In the employer's sphere, the Federation of Business Associations and Guilds of Maresme (FAGEM) has appointed Marta Garcia Escandell as the new president of the entity. The association's general council has proclaimed the businesswoman unanimously, as she was the only candidate presented during the process of renewing the governing bodies. Garcia Escandell takes over from Roser Moré, who retired at the end of 2024 after twenty years at the helm of the Maresme federation. The entity's vice-president, Albert Cortada, and the general secretary, Rosa Sánchez, will repeat in their positions.

A restaurateur by profession, Escandell is the manager of the Auto d'Ara and Barram establishments, both in Mataró; and she also holds the vice-presidency of the Hospitality Guild of Mataró and Maresme. According to her statement, the objective of her presidency is to make "a FAGEM even more useful, accessible, and influential, which will be the voice of the business community" of the region. "When we work together, we have a greater capacity to defend the interests of businesses and promote the economic development of Maresme," concluded the new president.